Emma Thompson considers the type of person the new Archbishop of Canterbury should be and argues that the Church “needs a parish-facing, pastoral Archbishop” who is willing to scale back the “bishops, bureaucracy and bluster.”
That the Archbishop of Canterbury had to resign is a dark day in the life of the Church of England. He was right to resign but this leaves us with the question of where the church goes now.
When Channel 4’s Cathy Newman summed up the Church of England’s John Smyth scandal as showing that ‘the church had neither process nor kindness’, Justin Welby agreed. The Makin review into the church’s handling of the abuse allegations against Smyth shows what happens when things aren’t done by the book.
What a sad day this is for the Church of England. We are holding all concerned but, particularly the abused, in our prayers.
Martin Gaskell points out that Welby is apparently going to receive a knighthood. Yet he has overseen the managed decline of the Church of England and has focused on politics,…
A disestablished Church of England would be more inclined to focus on its core role of supporting its parishes rather than meddling in politics. Read original article here
The Archbishop, who has been in post since 2013, said the decline in church attendancewas something that “personally, I count as failure”. The total average attendance for Sunday services across…
On whether, were he to begin his tenure again, he would focus more on the renewal of “the little, the local, the ordinary parishes” rather than “flagship projects”, he said:…
Archbishop Welby is not part of the elected UK government and should put his own house in order before lecturing others. Read original article here
“However, responding to the £100 million fund, Rev Marcus Walker, founder of the Save The Parish (STP) campaign group, said: “Suddenly, the Church has money. After decades of telling us…