News - May 2010
Reform Initial Response To Revision Committee Report:
Posted on 10 May 2010
The Revision Committee's report on Women in the Episcopate published on 8th May "provides no adequate framework for recognition of our future ministry in the Church of England and so could lead to a serious squeezing of the pipeline for future ordinands" said Revd Rod Thomas, Reform chairman today.
He continued: "It is very disappointing that the C…more
Letter to the House of Bishops from 100 Reform Clergy:
Posted on 5 May 2010
Dear Bishops,
As active clergy within the Church of England we are writing to say why, in our view, the consecration of women bishops would be a mistake and would raise for us great difficulties of conscience and practice, as well as being wrong for our Church as a whole.
Our concern is derived from Scripture. It seems to us that the Apostolic teac…more