• Where is the Church’s Prophetic Voice?

    Where is the Church’s Prophetic Voice?

    “Many of us like to think we would, or even do, speak truth to power, but when we’re actually confronted with it, either in ourselves or our colleagues, we struggle to recognise it for what it is. After twenty-five years of worshipping and, latterly, discerning in the Church of England, I see plenty of power,…

  • Does the Church of England Face “Disestablishment by a Thousand Cuts”?

    Does the Church of England Face “Disestablishment by a Thousand Cuts”?

    In 2000, the then future Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, predicted that before long the Church of England would experience “disestablishment by a thousand cuts”.1  This did not happen during his tenure as Archbishop, and as we shall see, for various reasons it seems even less likely to happen under the current Archbishop of Canterbury,…