eastern orthodox
I value and wish to promote further ecumenical dialogue with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Through this, I have facilitated dialogue between Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Methodists, and Pentecostal Christians.
Benjamin has a passion for ecumenical work based on the call to full visible unity, with the promotion of good relationships between Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Having attended various kinds of worship in high church traditions (including Anglo-Catholics, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Lutherans), and in low church traditions (including Evangelical Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Reformed), I have come to be grateful for the variety of churches within the Anglican tradition which provide us with unique insights into faith and practice, leading me to find my home somewhere in the middle between the high and the low end of the candle.
I much prefer not to use labels but if pressed would describe myself as an open inclusive charismatic evangelical with a deep heart connection with the eastern orthodox church!
Both in academia and in the church, I have worked with Christians from many different traditions, including those from Methodist, Baptist, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran churches.
This perspective has informed my two speeches in General Synod debates on the war in Ukraine, in which I drew on my knowledge of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.