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David Baker

Date posted: 1 Sep 2017

General Synod met in July and was generally reckoned shocking by evangelicals. Motions were passed both in relation to liturgy for transgender people and counselling for gay people which were considered theologically vacuous by many. Evangelical amendments on both were rejected. Most bishops said little.

I wrote an analysis for Christian Today (google ‘Church of England Synod was so shocking’).

David Baker

Date posted: 1 Jul 2017

Let’s consider some possible futures for Anglican evangelicals concerned about the Church of England.

Option 1: Remain and resist

This is the strategy from Lee Gatiss of Church Society, Bishop Rod Thomas and many others. In this view, the battle is not lost. As I write, the next bishops’ report on marriage and sexuality is awaited. Southwell bishop Paul Williams – who spoke at a Proclamation Trust conference a few years ago – says: ‘Whatever some would like to claim, the Church of England is and remains faithful to the teaching of Scripture on these matters…’ The new document ‘will be deeply rooted in and faithful to Scripture,’ he claims.