thirty-nine articles
I will continue to make our Bishops remember their commitments solemnly given at their consecration - that there is only ONE CHURCH, ONE FAITH and ONE LORD embracing the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion with Biblical Teaching placed at the heart of it all.
I have repeatedly used Synod's formal Questions process to hold national Church bodies to account on matters ranging from Church finances and parish ministry to clergy formation and the place of the Thirty- Nine Articles in ordinand training.
I love the CofE’s doctrine (particularly the Thirty-Nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer), its remarkable reach into so many areas of our society, and the way it brings so many different people together.
Alongside the Church of England Evangelical Council, “I affirm the faith uniquely revealed in the holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds, of which the Thirty- Nine Articles of Religion are a general exposition.” I welcome generous and respectful dialogue where differences remain, while believing that our decisions should ultimately be rooted in the faith we share, even when that faith challenges the assumptions of the age.
I will endeavour to speak in Spirit and Truth to motions that reject the traditional view of marriage recommendation by the church elders in the Thirty-Nine articles.
member of the Church Buildings Council As an orthodox member of the Church of England, I uphold the Church’s formularies, the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-nine Articles and the Ordinal.