‘Making way for Women Bishops’ A Fulcrum Statement Following the vote by General Synod in July 2008, the Revision Committee on Women in the Episcopate has been meeting to draft legislative proposals for the next Synod meeting in February. After their discussion in October they announced a way forward which seemed directly at variance with … Continue Reading
Problems with the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans UK by Stephen Kuhrt pre-published, with permission, from The Church of England Newspaper, 16th October 2009 First of all I’d like to express my thanks to the Church of England Evangelical Council for this invitation to address it on the issue of The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans United … Continue Reading
Why FCAUK will not be ‘Good News’ in Southwark Diocese by Stephen Kuhrt pre-published, with permission, from The Church of England Newspaper, 31st July 2009 discuss this article on the forum thread On Monday 6th July The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans United Kingdom (FCAUK) was launched in Westminster Central Hall. The addresses given during the … Continue Reading
Growing Women Leaders: nurturing women’s leadership in the Church by Rosie Ward Women’s leadership in the Church is a hot topic around the world, yet there are few books which address the issues women face as well as the theological debate which lies behind them. This is why I wrote Growing Women Leaders: nurturing women’s … Continue Reading
Developing Evangelical Women as Leaders: CPAS and AWESOME by Elisabeth Goddard Rosie Ward is Leadership Development Advisor at the Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS). CPAS had noticed that there were relatively few women applying for the Arrow Leadership Programme developed and spearheaded by James Laurence and which Rosie now co-leads. Their department also saw that … Continue Reading
‘Women Bishops: A Response to Cardinal Kasper’, by the Rt Revd Dr Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and the Rt Revd Dr David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury. A background article written for the discussions at General Synod, York, July 2006 Introduction We greatly valued the chance to hear Cardinal Kasper at the House of Bishops … Continue Reading
On the basis of biblical theology, the Fulcrum leadership team positively advocate the consecration of women to the episcopate for the sake of the Church and for the sake of the mission of the Church. In order to build the strongest possible consensus for their consecration, and to discern how best to respond to the … Continue Reading
The Revd Dr Colin Craston, served 15 years on the Anglican Consultative Council including six years as Chair. He was in parish ministry in the Church of England for 50 years and in retirement lives near Bolton. While the Anglican Communion as a whole is a considerable way from agreement as to whether the consecration … Continue Reading
Discussion Paper by Ven Judith Rose In July 2000 as a member of General Synod, I presented a Private Members Motion asking for a theological report from the House of Bishops outlining the issues to be addressed in preparation for the debate of women in the episcopate. (The current debate is about the Church of … Continue Reading
A Conference Paper for the Symposium, ‘Men, Women and the Church’ St John’s College, Durham, 4 September 2004 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N T Wright I am very grateful to the organisers for inviting me to address this important conference, and only sorry that because of other duties I have been unable to … Continue Reading