Thinking Anglicans

Opinion – 25 February 2026

Alan Rusbridger Prospect The Church of England is still treating gay people as second-class citizens

Chantal Noppen ViaMedia.News The Cost of Calling: Then and Now

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Fr Dean
Fr Dean
1 hour ago

Sometimes it takes a journalist to describe the CofE’s silliness so succinctly.

Fr Dean
Fr Dean
1 hour ago

Chantal Noppen’s article ought to be considered as part of the CofE’s efforts to tackle its recruitment and retention crisis. Young people looking at this mean spirited maternity policy are likely to look elsewhere if they’re hoping at some stage to become parents. Her analysis of the comparative spending on those opposed to women’s ministry and on women themselves gives the lie to the ‘mutuality’ in mutual flourishing. If I may be allowed to highlight another inequality in the sphere of mutual flourishing in its broadest sense; the Bristol diocese are advertising for a chaplain to the LGBTQI+ community; a… Read more »

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