Many, many words have already been written about Professor Helen King's Private Member's Motion that is due to be debated at the Church of England's General Synod on July 13th. This blog offers three warnings and two suggestions as to how the threat the understanding of discipleship might be handled. The motion is simple, but as Rev Dr Andrew Goddard, Senior Research Fellow of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, says,"slippery": "That this Synod affirm that there are no...

Saying sorry is humbling - because a true apology requires one to put aside one's own power and stop hiding behind excuses. It requires an understanding of one's actions (or lack of action) and the willingness to name the harm that others have suffered as a consequence.

Between 2019 and 2021 Emmanuel Church Wimbledon appear to have spent about £250,000 more than usual on 'professional fees' and 'other expenses'. [1] This time covers the period during which they were managing the allegations surrounding their former vicar, Jonathan Fletcher. It is therefore reasonable to assume that some of this eye-watering sum was spent on trying to ensure that such terrible harm could never occur at their church again. Indeed, between 2019 and 2021, they commissioned the...