women bishops
However, it wasn’t until the debate regarding Women Bishops that I knew I had a significant part to play.
favour of women bishops.
The debate over women bishops took five years of thorough, often painful dialogue — every aspect examined, every theological and pastoral concern heard, with Scripture, tradition, and reason all carefully brought to bear.
I have been a life long campaigner for the ordination of women and voted in favour of the women bishops legislation when I last served on General Synod.
Several years of experience campaigning for Women Bishops and championing LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Church, supporting Durham Cathedral at Pride, and working as a member of the North East England Rainbow Alliance.
working group reviewing the practical outworking of the settlement that accompanied the Women Bishops Measure (2018-2021)
Some examples: 1980 and 2000, the introduction of new, alternative, liturgies 1981, permission granted for remarriage of divorcees in church 1994, the ordination of the first women priests, followed in 2015 by the consecration of women bishops 2010, Clergy freehold replaced by Common Tenure bringing ‘professionalisation’ to Parochial ministry: annual reviews, disciplinary procedures, and codes of conduct.