Here in the Diocese of Chelmsford we have a casual vacancy for General Synod in the House of
Clergy. Nominations are in (no, I’m not standing) and voting papers are going out.
Mine haven’t arrived yet (!), but I have seen the list of candidates and the addresses they give in
support of their election. As one might expect, the position of candidates on the issue of women
bishops is generally made clear. What is perhaps less expected is that in some cases, so is their
explicit support for ‘full inclusion’ of same-sex relationships.
Of course this was bound to happen at some stage. I had long thought that if the matter of women
bishops were not sorted out this summer (and what are the chances of that, I wonder?) then the
next round of elections to the Synod, in 2015, would be a two-issue race. In the event I was just a
year and a half out.
So watch this space. Perhaps when the votes are in I will be able to offer an analysis.
Certainly, however, it bears out the prognosis of many (and a statement made to me by a leading
Anglican theologian) that there has been an agenda: defeat the Anglican Covenant, get women
bishops, get LGBT inclusion.
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Just to rub it in, our Presbytery agenda will look pretty different. Looking at some potential church plants, how to support young church plants, some reports from "sister churches" & on those currently in training. Maybe supporting mission in poorer parts of the world. That sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteDarren Moore
Chelmsford
It is beginning to look as if the end is in sight for the Church of England.
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