The Charity Commission has set an expectation that the Archbishops’ Council should implement independent safeguarding structures as endorsed by the Church’s General Synod in February 2025 within 18 ...

This does require some time-limited changes to the Constitution, and the Governing Body will meet on Tuesday 25 November 2025 to discuss these proposed changes. More details are in this press release, ...

As Colin highlights, where we have ended up is that an ordained minister can use his or her discretion to decide which relationships should, or should not, be blessed. Synod has shown that it is not ...

The paper details final approval of the majority of the recommendations from the Makin Review. Of the recommendations, 24 are accepted fully and three in part. The Steering Group will continue to ...

The next meeting of the Church of England’s General Synod is in February 2026. A number of miscellaneous papers, listed below, have already been issued. They include reports from the Faith and Order ...

“Is the upcoming appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury the last chance saloon for the C of E to save itself?” ...

Over my lifetime the Church of England has sold off many sacred spaces to become houses, community centres, cafes and shops. I find that far more disturbing than a temporary exhibition and, if ...

Anglican Church of Canada: Pastoral statement from the Primate and Metropolitans of the Anglican Church of Canada concerning the Anglican Communion ...

Opinion – 11 October 2025 Opinion Chris Baker William Temple Foundation Towards the Conversion of the Church of England by the rest of England Archdruid Eileen The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley Wine ...

Opinion – 14 June 2025 on Saturday, 14 June 2025 at 11.23 am by Peter Owen categorised as Opinion Timothy Goode ViaMedia.News The Body the Church Forgot: Reimagining Sacred Space from the Margins Phil ...

on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 at 3.23 pm by Peter Owen categorised as Church of England, Safeguarding Statements from bishops Archbishop of York Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Birmingham Bishops of ...