Churchy; believe people should be able to realise their God-given potential
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No more silence! Shout out with a thousand tongues! I am seeing the world going to ruin because people are not speaking out. St Catherine of Siena
HTB safeguarding: Jonny Gumbel seems to lay the culpability of a 30-year-old, subsequently jailed teacher, on the 15-year-old who “ran away to France with him.” Just before 20 minutes. youtu.be/sI_EmUxiWsk?is=5EQz…
“The authority of charismatic leaders may be dressed up as theological and willed by God, often by stressing obedience or humility, but also by shaming or excluding community members.” thetablet.co.uk/news/study-f…
“Lance Ford asks whether church production has begun to substitute for spiritual substance—and whether stage-centered churches are creating disciples or spectators.” roysreport.com/podcast/why-y…
Victims [of clergy sexual abuse] must be treated with great respect and with an understanding that those who have suffered very deep wounds because of abuse, sometimes carry those wounds for their entire life. Pope Leo XIV
Re Nicky Gumbel & General Synod. As well as the typo (“Courtfield Garden”), commas & grammar (“has given my wife Pippa and I”), connection to/absent comment on controversies with Chartres, Fletcher, Brian Houston, Paul Marshall, James Orr, Pilavachi, Smyth needs attention.
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Proud to be part of the working group that produced this statement. The apology & acknowledgement of harm done are huge! Now we need to see the recommendations implemented.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kl…
Germany’s churches are getting richer, despite a drop in numbers. politico.eu/article/germany-…
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🚨 How many more warnings does the Church need before it stops commissioning reviews and starts confronting itself?
⚠️Alexis Jay warned it.
⚠️IICSA warned it.
⚠️The Church's own Independent Safeguarding Board exposed it.
⚠️Now INEQE is warning it.
The reports keep changing. The outcome doesn't.
The greatest safeguarding risk was never Doris in the parish office with expired training.
It has always been leadership that refuses to be held to the same standards it demands of everyone else.
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Review after review. Working group after working group. Governance debate after governance debate.
At some point, repeating the same recommendations stops looking like reform and starts looking like institutional avoidance.
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 👇
Review Fatigue: How Many More Warnings Does the Church Need?
guardingtheflock.com/post/re…
🐑 #GuardingTheFlock #ChurchOfEngland #Safeguarding #Leadership #Governance #Accountability #IICSA #INEQE #ChurchReform #Whistleblowing #ListenToSurvivors
CSA specifically as to its potential long term effects on male victims roysreport.com/thoughts-on-r…
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Why is is so hard to say sorry? And why is it so hard for survivors when there is silence?
anglicanfutures.org/post/why…
More on the man who had such an influence on HTB and, therefore, the Revitalise Trust. roysreport.com/hillsong-foun…
An excellent overview. premierchristianity.com/opin…
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Thanks for all the comments - here are some reflections on the statement @drstevelewis @DanLeafe1 @RainbowOfLove24 @garethtrussell @carlmchambers anglicanfutures.org/post/hav…
Justice “denied or delayed by church leaders” again. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05…
My article from a while back about Brian Houston’s church. survivingchurch.org/2024/05/…
