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Swimming in the deep end ...
The Inclusive Evangelical convenors are grateful to Mthr Arwen Folkes for permission to post her reflection here. She very honestly shares her experience of engaging with expressions of the evangelical tradition in the Church of England at this time. Someone once wrote that ‘the last thing we realise about ourselves is our effect’. This is a tough read but offered by a critical friend. It is an appeal for a greater self-awareness and thoughtful depth. We publish this here n

Arwen Folkes
Oct 27, 20253 min read


Crumbs of Comfort: Standing together for Standalone Services
Canon Simon Butler was for some years one of the most senior priests in General Synod and a member of the Archbishops' Council. He is Rector of Holy Trinity & St Mary’s Guildford . The crumbs of Living in Love and Faith ( LLF ) are meagre. Institutionally-speaking, the Church of England is almost as unwelcoming to those LGBT+people who wish to celebrate their life-long commitment before God as it was before LLF began. Whatever happened to “radical new Christian inclusion”?

Simon Butler
Oct 18, 20254 min read


Representation and Celebration
Canon Dr Phil Groves, is a leading authority on the Global Anglican church. He was a CMS Mission partner and lecturer in theology at St Philip’s Kongwa in Tanzania. He served at the Anglican Communion Office for 10 years. He has attended two Lambeth Conferences, three Primates’ Meetings and four ACCs. He has a PhD on Partnership in the Anglican Communion and is Vicar of the parishes of Cuddington and of Stone, Dinton and Hartwell. This blog was first published by viamedia.new

Phil Groves
Oct 18, 20256 min read


Understanding the House of Bishops decisions
The Inclusive Evangelical convenors met this week and Steve Hollinghurst writes this response on our behalf for those needing help understanding the present state of play on the slow and very painful journey towards inclusion. Other responses will be offered in due course so this is not a point by point addressing of the particular issues - in part because no final decisions have yet been made. Steve writes: What follows is an interpretation of events from me as an IE con

David Runcorn
Oct 17, 20253 min read


When Doctrine meets Dinosaurs
An edited version of keynote address given at the recent ‘Radical Love: being an inclusive evangelical’ conference, hosted by the...

David Runcorn
Oct 13, 202411 min read


'Watch Night’ ✊🏾 🏳️🌈 ✝️📍 - a poem by Seth Pinnock
Seth Pinnoock is a well known evangelist, gospel singer and gifted entrepreneur - hailed by the Tony Blair Foundation as a “young leader...

Seth Pinnock
Jul 29, 20243 min read


The Church of England in the Global Anglican church
This is the first of two responses to recent initiatives by conservative evangelicals resisting General Synod decisions on human...

Phil Groves
Jul 15, 20246 min read


Where is the Colour? The CEEC Commissioning of Overseers:A Theological and Ecclesiological Critique
This is the second of two responses to recent initiatives by conservative evangelicals resisting General Synod decisions on human...

Augustine Tanner-Ihm
Jul 15, 20246 min read


Is Genesis chapter 2 a definition of marriage?
David Runcorn is one of the convenors of Inclusive Evangelicals and the author of the forthcoming book, 'Playing in the Dust - a...

David Runcorn
Jun 25, 20247 min read
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