Stephen Parsons

Cathedrals are for Everyone and they Need our Support

If England lets its cathedrals crumble, it will be everybody’s loss. People walk into cathedrals for all sorts of reasons: to light a candle, hear a choir, escape the rain, attend a service, admire the architecture or simply to sit quietly for a few minutes...

Why C of E bishops won’t oppose the Conversion Practices Bill

Orthodox Christians opposed to the Labour Government’s Conversion Practices Bill should expect no support from the 26 Church of England bishops in the House of Lords.  The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker, a prominent supporter of the LGBT agenda in Parliament, fired a warning shot across the...
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Crisis and dissension in the Free Church of England

The word Anglican is one of those words in the English language which has...

Pilavachi and Soul Survivor: Some further Reflections

Back in April, Surviving Church was one of the first to jump in with comment about...

Was the Independent Safeguarding Board ever Independent? The Archbishops set out their position to a complainant

The Archbishop of York wrote to a complainant regarding several serious cases of miscarriage and misconduct of...

Allegations of Bullying and Financial Mismanagement in the Scottish Episcopal Church

Up till now I have avoided writing anything about the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC)...

Surviving Church and the World of Ecclesiastical Politics

When I began the Surviving Church blog in 2013, I thought of it as an attempt...

The departure of Tim Dakin

The departure, through ‘retirement’, of the Bishop of Winchester, is proving to be a...

The Winchester College Review about John Smyth

The ugly and criminal behaviour of John Smyth QC towards young men and boys...

The Charity Commission and Christ Church: Is this the End-Game?

During the months and years of my trying to understand the Christ Church College...

The Church of England and failures in the administration of justice

I do not remember at what age I was introduced to two important principles...

Hierarchy, bishops and leadership in the church

A few years ago, I was giving a paper on Joan of Arc. The...

Reflections on the Bishopsgate letter

A flurry of activity has occurred recently on the St Helen’s Bishopsgate website.  This...

Some further reflections on the Christ Church saga

The judgement by Dame Sarah Asplin should have marked the end of at least...

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Cathedrals are for Everyone and they Need our Support

If England lets its cathedrals crumble, it will be everybody’s loss. People walk into cathedrals...

Why C of E bishops won’t oppose the Conversion Practices Bill

Orthodox Christians opposed to the Labour Government’s Conversion Practices Bill should expect no support from the...

22 more churches to be sold in North Queensland

Court documents lodged by the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland’s recievers, SV partners, in...

Anglicans: A comprehensive message from Brisbane

The strange patchwork that makes up the Anglican Church of Australia was analysed by...