Archive for November 2014

How can Church of England diversity become a strength?

Posted on: 26/11/14 | Posted By: Lorraine Cavanagh | Category: Blog

I have a small dog who wants to consume her very large bone in my study. This would make my working environment smell of meat, so the bone is to be eaten outside. Being an obstinate little dachshund she is trying to gain access to the warmth of indoors via the cat flap, her usual…
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Growing the Church of England

Posted on: 17/11/14 | Posted By: Tony Baldry | Category: Blog

The Church of England is nothing if it is not a National Church. A National Church – a National Institution – present in every community. However, there has been a progressive squeeze on the Church’s ability to sustain a nationwide presence. As the research from the Archbishop’s Council and the Church Commissioners concluded starkly: “put…
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The Church of England must remain credible as well as viable

Posted on: 12/11/14 | Posted By: Lorraine Cavanagh | Category: Blog

Last Thursday’s Oxford Faith Debate at the church of St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford was a timely reminder of the fact that there are other things at stake, when it comes to the future of the Church of England, than the issues which have occupied its attention in recent years. In the time scale…
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