THE Voice of the people CHURCHOF Whatthe public ENGLAND reallythinkof Jesus (and Newspaper Christians) Page 8 25.09.15 £1.50 No: 6298 AVAILABLEONNEWSSTAND Gafcon unconvincedbyplans foNEW PROPOSALSrPby the Arrich- malogical differences,tewith ones’our theologiGacal understtheranding lighted divisionsinin gthe sub- can Communion is understand- bishop of Canterburyfor aunit- sourcetelling TheChurch of urges unity.” stance and authority of faith ing that ‘strength and unity does ed Anglican Communion have England Newspaper that any dif- Andrew Symes of Anglican between the two. not depend upon institutional been described as ‘sad’ by the ferences are‘apparently contra- Mainstream told The Church of “They cannot be seen as just structures.’ Gafcon leader. dictory.’ England Newspaper thatthere equally valid different respons- AndrewSymes added: “If you The37Primates were last The Archbishop wrote: “The areproblems with the Archbish- es to God according to context,” downgrade understandings of week invited to aspecial gather- difference between our soci- op’s approach to reconcile the he said. truth to ‘second order’ status ing at Canterburyinastatement eties and cultures, as well as the Primates to the wider Church, Symes said another problem and focus on pragmatic institu- that called on Primates to move speed of cultural change in because of the assumption that with Archbishop Welby’scom- tional relationships, how is this forwardincommunionwith the muchofthe global north, differences arecultural, muniqué is its focus oninstitu- goingtobring Christ to the wider Anglican Church whilst temptsustodivide as Chris- between Provinces. tional restructuring. world? respecting the decisions of Lam- tians:whenthe commandof He said these differences In his statement, Archbishop “The message will be sent out beth 1998. scripture, the prayerofJesus, weretheological, adding that Wabukala asks for the recogni- But the PrimateofKenya and the tradition of the church and theissue of sexuality has high- tion that survival of the Angli- Continued on page 4 Chairman of the Gafcon Pri- mates’ Council, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, described the proposals as ‘verysad.’ Thestatementasserts that New Bishop of therift betweenthe GafconPri- mates and the Archbishopisa mark ofsacrifice of ‘real disci- Gloucester inaugurated pleship’. THE CHURCH of England’s first woman diocesan bishop was Archbishop Wabukala writes: inaugurated last Saturday. “If we truly love Jesus Christ, The Rt Rev Rachel Treweek was joined by over 1,000 people for we will love one another and we the special service to welcome her to therole, with thousands will work together to love the morewatching the event live on YouTube. lost.” In her address she said: “One of my great hopes and prayers is “Weseek to unite,” the state- that as theAnglican Church in this diocese we will be people of all ment reads,“despite being mar- ages and backgrounds who amidst both the struggle and joy of ginalised and even forced out of our lives, renew and increase our confidence to trail the waters of their traditional spiritual homes our baptismacross everypartofthis diocese… and beyond; and by therise of false teaching in thatthose baptismal footprintswill be transforming.” the Church.” People fromasfar afield as California and Crete joined more TheArchbishop’s approach than 2,200 viewers as they watched the service live on the Diocese has been viewed by critics as of GloUcester’s YouTube channel. The full service can still be downplayingfundamental theo- viewed at http://bit.ly/1JesAjW. Take the Advent SleepoutChallenge N G andhelp marginalisedpeople all over O M ET H I England transformtheir lives and communities. D O S Get together with friends, have fun ZING andmakeareal differencethisAdvent. AMA NT ADVE www.sleepoutchallenge.org.uk THI S #SleepoutChallenge [email protected] facebook.com/churchnewspaper @churchnewspaper 2 www.churchnewspaper.com Friday September 25, 2015 THECHURCH IN ENGLAND DioceseofHereford appearing in Ludlow and Madeley in The Diocese’s two bishops are Telfordand THE inviting churchgoers to come and Allensmorein talk to them at aseries of events Herefordshire. this month. The Rev Ruth The Bishops of Herefordand Hulse, one of the DIARY Ludlow said that numbers organising committee, Send your events to attending had already been high, saidthat the ‘Pints of [email protected] and admitted that they had been View’ had been ‘put on the spot’ several times. particularly popular. or Tw eet@churchnewspaper Around100 people turned up at “The chance for a the Craven Arms Community chat with other Centreand even morefor the church people event at HerefordCathedral. alongside the bishops 25 September Bishop of HerefordRichard over chips, curry and 7pm BurrswoodInter-Church Quiz, teams wel- Frith said: “Weplantobring those conversations beer proved irresistible to around ahundred. It come, ChurchofChristthe Healer, Burr- together and work out how God is inviting us as certainly stretched the catering as that was alot more swood TN3 9PY. Tickets £10 includes Christians, as churches, as adiocese today,torespond than the numbers who had signed up. But like the ploughman’s supper to hisgreat generosity,and to be partofthe difference miracle of the two loaves and five fishes, therewas he longs to see in the lives of the communities we enough for all!” serve. The Bishops want as many people as possible to turn 26 September “That is abig conversation. It affectsall that we are up and join the conversation with people from their own and all that we do!” churches and from other parishes in settings that are 12noon Who let the dads out, golf day. Frilford Events still to comeinclude familyevents in informal. Heath GolfCourse, OxxfordGreen Course. Leominster and Withington in Herefordshireand Information about all events can be found on the £60 (£30members). Coffee and bacon PontesburyinShropshire. Pop-up cafes will be Diocesan website www.hereford.anglican.org rolls before, Pieand chips affterwards. 2pm Messy Cathedral, PortsmouthCathedral. 7pm Dramatic retelling of St Mark’s GosPel, DioceseofLeicester Diocese of Hereford DioceseofWest Yorkshire & BathAbbey. Canon GeraldOsborne has TheDales memorized11,000 words of the gospel in Anew charity for the HerefordCathedral is partnering order to raise awareness for ‘Send aCow’. homeless in Leicester is with the GREATBritain Campaign to Achurchgoer is planning to runthe Tickets availablefrom Bath box office celebrating after being send its copyofthe Magna Carta on a equivalent distance between Yorkshireand 7.30pm St Peter &StPaul Church, Great Mis- recognised as an official world tour. the Grand Canyon over the next five years. senden. Autumn Concert. Tickets £10 charity. An originalversion of the document Andy Wright, from St John theBaptist adults, £5 children The SoundCafe has had a and the only surviving King’s Writ Church in Kirkheaton, is Planning to trial runsince its launch last from Runnymede in 1215 will pass undertake themarathon challenge to raise year,but the organisers say through seven countries, across four funds for the Kirkheaton Hospice. that now they have an official continents, travelling atotal of He will runanaverage of over 80 miles 27 September charity number,their fund- approximately 65,000 miles. each month over the whole 60-monthperiod 10.30amFunday Sunday, St Jude’s, Southsea. Cof- raising can finallytakeoff. The event, coincidingwith the and hopes to raise aquarter of amillion fee andbreakfast, Sunday newspapers The Rev Helen Hayes, who International Day of Democracy,is pounds. andchildren’s games with a45-minute had the idea forSoundCafein partofamajor Government initiative His first event will be the Yorkshire Presentation of the faith. the first place, is the first to shareBritish legal expertise Marathon inOctober.That will nethim 26.2 Pioneer Priest for people who worldwide. miles out of his planned 5,000. arehomeless in the Leicester Baroness Anelay said: “Democracy He said: “Iwork full time, I’m 48 years old Diocese. under the rule of law is the best form (I’ll be nearly 54 when this challenge is 29 September She said: “Weare thrilled of governance we know-and the over), and Ihave awife and two teenage 1.05pm Lunchtime concertwith Zephyr Wind that the charity number has longer-termtrend is towards daughters. Ensemble, HolyTrinity, Fareham, free. been granted because this countries wanting moredemocratic “Even though life isbusy, I’m pledging to 7.30pm BakedAAlaska, St Michael theAArchangel, means we will be able to raise governance, not less. The UK runanaverage of 20 miles Per week for the ChurchSquare, Warfield, Bracknell, funds to develop our wish-list government is committed to next five yearstohelp raise vital funds for RG42 6EG. Box Office: 01904 613000. full of big ideas to help people supporting this. my local Hospice.” Tickets: £12/£9 (concs) who have suffered “The fund that Iamlaunching The Rev RichardSteel, Rector of homelessness.” today offers British legal expertise to Kirkheaton, said: “What Andy isdoing countries aroundthe world that want makes ‘Marathon effort’ sound small scale!” 30 September DioceseofWest toimprove the rule of lawand their http://on.fb.me/1iBIxf7 Yorkshire and the democratic processes.” @andy5000miles 1pm Lunchtime organ recitals at Bradford Dales Foreign Office Minister Hugo Cathedral. ColinDruce (Warwick Swirewelcomed the tour: “The School). Anew Christian community Magna Carta is ahugely important in Leeds for addicts, ex- partofour historyand stands as a DioceseofLichfield