Posted on 07/09/2021 11:11:14 PM PDT by Cronos
Petertide — the days around the feast of St. Peter on June 29 — is traditionally one of the most joyful seasons for the Church of England, a time for ordination of new priests and deacons. But this year’s Petertide has been marred by what many have interpreted as an attack on the future of Anglican priesthood itself.
As Britain’s national church prepared to gather for its General Synod, which begins Friday (July 9), one of its most senior clerics submitted a paper for discussion arguing that the future lies not with clergy in the pulpit, but with worshipping communities led by lay people.
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell — second-only in the hierarchy to the archbishop of Canterbury — first floated his ideas last year in a report from a “Vision and Strategy” committee that Cottrell heads. But its publication last month, just before the laity, bishops and other clergy attended the Synod sessions online, has caused an outcry.
Cottrell’s latest reflections include not only a proposal for 10,000 lay-led communities within the next decade but a focus on young people: It urges a doubling of the number of children attending church and what he calls “active young disciples” by 2030.
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Yawn... so in other words they’re thinking of planning a meeting to discuss rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic...
Inviting Jesus back into the church is, I assume, still it of the question.
The Episcopal church lost me a long time ago. Bishop Robinson in New Hampshire was the last straw.
Need more sodomy. That always works.
Episcopals want you to worship the pink sock. (see: Urban Dictionary for definition, please be warned)
I’ll do that after breakfast…maybe.
Would England dare separate Church and State at a time when foreign cults are trying to destroy the Church?
House churches are becoming more attractive every day. Letting a government-connected church know where they are and who goes to them? Not such much.
To whom should they turn? To their brethren clergy, or the nearest alter boy?
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