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Today, while I prefer more formal and sacramental worship, I treasure the friendships made through the New Wine network and would describe myself, only half- jokingly, as a committed anglo-catholic charismatic evangelical.
I will work to ensure the church uses its resources to lift up the poor, and provides pastoral and sacramental care to every local community across the nation.
A healthy theology of safeguarding goes hand-in-hand with our sacramental life; thus, I will resist proposals to remove the Seal of the Confessional.
In this, I hope all sacramental Anglicans, of whatever view on other matters, will work together to keep such a powerful channel of God’s mercy flowing through the Church of England.
Anglican worship, sacramental life and theological engagement have enriched that foundation.
Retreat, spiritual direction and sacramental confession are important to my own maturity in faith.
I stand in the Catholic tradition and value the power of the sacramental life to mediate God's grace and encounter the risen Christ.
I have taught this year alongside a fellow priest, Sacramental Theology and Ministry at St Augustine's and I will tutor on the SPIDIR course, starting September 26.
to encourage confidence in Anglican worship, preaching, sacramental life and pastoral presence in every community.
At the same time, the starting point for ordained ministry must be the Ordinal: prayer, preaching, teaching, sacramental ministry and pastoral care.
Orthodox teaching grounded in scripture and tradition on marriage, and sacramental theology.
This is why I have consistently pushed for financial transparency at diocesan level, and funding that reaches beyond the diocesan office to sacramental ministry.
I am committed to uphold this and other catholic sacramental principles.
Sacramental life
Again and again sacramental ministry carries people through moments words cannot reach: grace made visible and touchable.
My ministry is grounded in the sacramental and liturgical life of the Church.
I am simply not optimistic about carrying on as we are. Þ I am standing for General Synod because I believe in a Church rooted in its parishes, confident in its faith and sacramental inheritance, generous in its breadth, genuinely inclusive - and prepared to reform itself. Þ I support Save the Parish, Together and Inclusive Church.
• My faith, church community and sacramental worship are central to my life.
I want to respect the conscience of those who cannot accept the sacramental ministry of women or the blessing of same-sex relationships, but we must also respect the majority who, like me, support women’s ministry as equal to men’s and wish to recognise faithful same-sex relationships among Christians.
This is how we grow the Church young: through steady, physical presence and regular sacramental life, not short-term central initiatives.
I am deeply committed to the Church of England – to its sacramental and missional life, working for the advancement of God’s Kingdom; and to its Christian witness as part of the worldwide church.
My time in Wales has left me with a passion for robust synodical government and collaborative working amongst Bishops, clergy and laity, a deeper conviction that it is possible to work well across difference for the good of the whole church, and a deeper and more abundant sacramental life.
My spirituality is deeply sacramental and liturgical and influenced by St Francis.
I’d describe myself as inhabiting a central, broad churchmanship, with an essentially sacramental theology and a commitment to inclusion.
To promote the Sacramental life of the Church of England.
places the sacramental life of the Church is being watered down.
I believe our parishes are the beating heart of our society, and I wish to work with others to ensure that we continue to deliver pastoral and sacramental ministry to our communities.
I affirm the compatibility of Christian discipleship and queer identity and would support the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the sacramental life of the Church.
In terms of churchmanship, I’ve grown up within the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and I continue to value its sacramental depth, its sense of beauty in worship, and its conviction that the liturgy forms the Christian life.
The evangelicals taught me to value scripture, the catholics taught me to find joy and peace in The Revd Jackie Doyle Brett, Area sacramental worship.
My roots are charismatic and evangelical, but my ministry has been deepened by sacramental, liturgical and contemplative traditions I have been called to serve in.
Why I’d like your vote I love the Church of England: its reformed and catholic heritage; its Scriptural, liturgical and sacramental worship; its commitment to pastor and evangelise through the parish system; and its place within the worldwide Anglican Communion.
the case that liturgical and sacramental expressions of church life are underrepresented in projects supported by the Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board.
The Church of England is a broad church, a Biblical church, and a Sacramental church and is in a unique position to proclaim the Gospel.
With April’s Ministry Statistics showing 30% of paid parish clergy are likely to retire within the next 5 years, and that 50% of all active clergy (including those who are retired but still ‘helping out’) are over 65, we urgently need to find creative solutions to ensure all communities benefit from pastoral and sacramental parish ministry.
My spiritual home is in Sacramental Anglicanism, where the universality of Christ comes into contact with the everyday joys and sorrows of humanity.
I am the author of the recent book Sacramental Trans Feminism: Ritualism, Liberation and Trans Rites, published by SCM Press, and I am also interested in the overlaps between liturgy and performance.
I resist the amplification of views which over-ride the convictions of those who seek a middle way and for whom the life of prayer, pastoral and sacramental care and the love of God and neighbour is a priority.
tradition, I find there is much to commend sacramental evangelisation.
The sacramental life, shared with the Universal Church, has a depth and significance which can win many people for Christ.
I stand by the traditional understanding of what some would call sacramental marriage.
Within the same church family we can grow different worshipping communities - traditional and contemporary, sacramental and informal, intergenerational and age-specific - each with its own identity while belonging to something bigger.
I believe the Church of England is called to be a sacramental, inclusive, and hopeful presence in every community.
I am standing because: I want to help the Church respond wisely to the needs of a changing society while remaining rooted in its sacramental identity. I believe in strengthening trust between parishes, dioceses, and national structures. I care deeply about ensuring that national decisions reflect the lived experience of local churches. I want to contribute to debates with clarity, compassion, and a desire for the common good.
Sacramental Ministry
As someone whose faith is rooted in the rhythm and daily pattern of the offices and the full sacramental life of the church, if elected I hope to join with our brothers and sisters not just in matters of administrative governance and policy but also to engender greater fellowship through prayer and faith in action.
I believe in the full inclusion of our LGBTQ+ sisters and brothers in the liturgical and sacramental life of our Church and will use every opportunity to argue for it.
At twenty-five, I became a Roman Catholic driven by the spiritual and sacramental side of the Roman Cathcolic Church.
Through helping young people live well with difference and working closely with churches of many traditions I felt a calling to leadership and sacramental ministry.