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16 小时之前 · QUESTIONS about where liability would lie should a new independent safeguarding body for the Church of England fail in its delivery of services are raised in a new legal paper published on Friday.. The delegation of safeguarding powers by diocesan boards of finance (DBF) to an external body would be a “novel” development, effectively divesting trustees of any control over an “intrinsic ...

2025年1月17日 · Fears for St Ethelburga’s, in shadow of skyscraper. A PROPOSED 54-storey skyscraper in the City of London will harm St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation, situated opposite the site, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams has warned. In a letter quoted in The Daily Telegraph this week, he writes: “Loss of natural light, building works over some five to six years, general ...

2025年1月17日 · NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI is rarely hailed as a notable theologian — indeed, his most famous book, The Prince, was banned by the Church: placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by Pope Paul IV. But its central insight was that, whatever else you want to say about leaders, in leadership, perception is more influential than reality.Because of this, he has been pilloried as the patron saint of PR.

2024年12月10日 · THE Church of England is facing “one of the biggest existential crises . . . since the Reformation”, in the wake of the Makin Review into abuse perpetrated by John Smyth, the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Jonathan Gibbs, said on Tuesday.. Speaking after voting in favour of a diocesan synod motion that expressed no confidence in the Archbishops’ Council’s oversight of safeguarding (News, 10 ...

2025年1月8日 · THE question whether clergy should become employees could be asked this year, the Archbishop of York has said, on his first day holding the primatial functions of the Archbishop of Canterbury.. In an “Epiphany letter” sent on Monday to all clergy, lay ministers, and congregations in the Church of England, Archbishop Cottrell writes first of the need to “become a safer and more ...

2025年1月10日 · READERS will spot a few changes in the Church Times this week. You’ll notice that news has returned to the front page, reflecting our proud heritage as an independent newspaper. We’re providing a second Faith page every week, on which we offer creative — and practical — ideas for ministry in ...

Theos: ‘Social prescribing’ can improve health outcomes. THE part played by churches and faith groups in “social prescribing” — connecting people to community-based activities to benefit their well-being — presents a possible pathway for improving health outcomes, a new report from the think tank Theos has found

2025年1月10日 · THE Church Commissioners have invested £4 million in a community housing fund that is aimed at building 1000 homes, of which 90 per cent will be “affordable”.. The money has been allocated by the Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme, which was set up in 2020, within the Archbishops’ Council, to “direct capital towards new solutions to deep-rooted social challenges ...

2024年12月13日 · THE Methodist experience, well documented through follow-up research, demonstrates that reflective pastoral supervision can support both clergy well-being and safer practice. Its regularity and continuity ensure that someone knows you, your work, and the emotional toll that it takes. Unpacking relational difficulties or boundary issues in a confidential space enables perspective.