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[Telegraph] The actress and the bishop: Church of England makes drama out its own crisis

Posted on July 8, 2013 by The_Elves

…Canon Porter then brought in a 24 professional “facilitators” to chair informal discussions in which every member of Synod, including the bishops and Archbishops, were asked how the defeat of the measure made them “feel”…

Read it all and see also earlier account from a participant, Bathwellschap here and Peter Ould’s comment here

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4 comments on “[Telegraph] The actress and the bishop: Church of England makes drama out its own crisis”

  1. Undergroundpewster says:
    July 8, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    Beware of facilitated discussions, but this drama thing sounds nuts.
    [blockquote]But one traditionalist said: “It is official – the Church of England has gone stark raving mad.” [/blockquote]

  2. sophy0075 says:
    July 8, 2013 at 9:39 pm

    Nauseating. Any decision regarding WO should be based on the Bible and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, not the touchy-feely psychogarbage of the 21st century relativism.

  3. Sarah1 says:
    July 8, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    Heh. It sounds *exactly* like TEC General Conventions. And we said it would be ten years, before the COE sunk to the level of vacuity and emoting that TEC General Conventions have been at for decades now.

  4. Adam 12 says:
    July 8, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Scary that Church decisions are being based on transient feelings in what are evidently peer-pressure exercises in groupthink.