Tuesday, October 03, 2006

The Exclusive Church

The Church of England used to be a broad church embracing a wide spectrum of opinion. Now sadly it seems to be keen to limit its intake of clergy to those who promise not to rock the boat.

Michael Howard's son has completed three years training at Durham, earned himself a 2:1 in theology and is refused ordination. See this article from the Mail. I don't know the man personally, but surely there must be room for a few prophetic voices within the Church? I can think of several churches where he would be welcome.

1 comment:

Armando said...

Well, you are one of those prophetic voices as well. I wonder if the Bishop of Durham knows about this particular issue happening in his jurisdiction.
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