Thinking Anglicans

Opinion – 30 August 2025

Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Are Charismatic Evangelical Anglican churches becoming more welcoming and open to LGBTQIA+ people?

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Froghole
Froghole
6 hours ago

Many thanks to Colin Coward for his explorations. I did a similar tour around London diocese on foot, via tube, bus, etc. in 2011-15. I still make periodic forays (my office is now close to St Paul’s). The rehabilitation of St Leonard’s Shoreditch is, it has to be said, something of a relief: it seemed pretty benighted when I went there, but there were then significant crowds at St John’s Hackney (though it then badly needed a lick or more of paint). My experience of a decade or more ago was that central London had been metamorphosing into a sequence… Read more »

Fr Dexter Bracey
Fr Dexter Bracey
3 hours ago

I’m struck by Colin Coward’s description of the security at some of these churches. I have encountered an evangelical church whose doors are closed and only accessible if someone with a lanyard opens them for you. I really don’t understand why a church would conduct itself as if it were the HQ of a massive business. The cynical part of me assumes it is to keep out the poor and the lame, who might spoil the vibe.

David Hawkins
David Hawkins
2 hours ago

It’s good to hear from Colin Coward that some evangelical churches are more welcoming to LGBTQIA Christians but for me that avoids a fundamental question. As Christians we believe that we are all loved by God (Sinner and Saint).and God will judge, not us. So by what right does a church get to pick and choose who it welcomes to God’s table ? Our welcome should be unconditional and if it isn’t that is a grave sin. I am David not Dave because I was Christened David not Dave. I find it very ironic that the informality of “Dave” is… Read more »

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