Opinionated Vicar

It would seem an obvious thing for a church to prioritise evangelism. Jesus parting words were 'go and make disciples of all nations...

I've just posted the following to the 'e-hustings' for our diocese , for the candidates for the new General Synod of the CofE ...

The blizzard of discussion papers from the CofE this week has been helpfully summarised over at Thinking Anglicans , I hope they don't ...

The background to the Green report is now a bit clearer, thanks to a paper by the 2 CofE Archbishops just published , in advance of next mo...

Do you ever have those chats where the other person takes ages to get round to what they wanted to say in the first place? It's felt a b...

Following this afternoons debate on 'Intentional Evangelism' (which prompted some wag on Twitter to ask what 'Unintentional Evan...

The good news of Jesus Christ is not a human invention but the revelation of  God’s grace to humankind This gospel of Jesus Christ offers ...

To celebrate the decision of the Church of Wales to have women bishops, here's one of the moments I remember most vividly from theologic...

Quite a few people are blogging from within about General Synod, which closes today. Here are a few of them: ( updated to include.... )  B...

There's no point reading the mainstream press about General Synod , which starts tomorrow in York. If you get withdrawal symptoms, there...

I've been critical in the past for the absence of mission from the agenda of General Synod. Looking at some of the papers for sessions s...

There's an end of term torrent of press releases from the Church of England media centre, including a response to the latest Energy Bill...

I assume that from now on, every Reform church will be paying its parish share in full, and there'll be no more talk about opting out fr...

Thinking Anglicans have kindly published the agenda for Novembers General Synod: GENERAL SYNOD : NOVEMBER 2012 Timetable Monday 19 Nov...

Just had this from our Diocese: GENERAL SYNOD VOTE ON WOMEN BISHOPS Tuesday, 10 July 2012 Dear Colleagues, You will have heard throu...

'The perfect forum for those who want to avoid decisions' . That description of the Church of England General Synod was penned back ...

Having frequently had a go at General Synod for leaving mission off the agenda (ask anyone on my Twitter feed during February), I'd like...

In between deciding nothing in particular about women bishops, and spannering the Weddings Project, there were some good initiatives announc...

Sorry to go on about this, but.... This week General Synod has 4 debates about women bishops . Now ok, this is a biggie for the CofE, but ...

Following on from yesterdays figures for adult attendance , here's the stats on childrens attendance at CofE churches from 1989-2010. I ...