Opinion

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  Chair of CofE's National Safeguarding Panel quits amid row

  Meg Munn's departure follows a row over how safeguarding is being handled in the Church of England and the controversial decision of the Archbishops' Council to disband the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB), of which she was also acting Chair.

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  Praying for God to raise up a generation of leaders for such a time as this

  We need leaders who are prepared to look for solutions to problems, rather than constantly reacting to the symptoms, applying sticking plasters and hoping that something will turn up.

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  Gavin Drake's resignation from the Church of England General Synod

  Only time will tell whether the central structures of the Church of England are actually capable of being a 'learning organisation'.

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  Pope Francis appoints men and women to build a synodal church

  These recent appointments show that Francis now understands that 'personnel is policy.'

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  Synod's Alpha and Christianity Explored snub

  The vote in July's General Synod against an amendment affirming the Alpha and Christianity Explored courses in prisons showed a disturbing level of hostility towards the gospel message that charismatic and conservative evangelicals are proclaiming.

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  Confusion to commission: do we accept God's plans for us?

  As followers of Jesus, do we need to re-embrace our calling and purpose and encourage others to do the same?

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  Trust falls over CofE safeguarding debacle

  Trust levels at General Synod have hit an all time low this morning with some feeling that the Archbishop of Canterbury may have misled Synod during the Questions on Friday evening.

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  Same-sex blessings and safeguarding dominate CofE General Synod

  Just a few weeks ago, Bishop Sarah Mullally said that the bishops were "on track for November". Discussions this weekend will reveal whether that was just wishful thinking.

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  Will the Archbishops allow General Synod to speak?

  As the summer session of the Church of England's General Synod opens in York, the mood is more than a little "niggly" according to the former Chair of the Prayer Book Society, Prudence Dailey.

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  The Pit, the spring and the well: lessons for the nation's wellbeing from Proverbs 5

  Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster, reflects on Proverbs 5 and what it has to say about some of our present challenges.

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  Can the Church win back people's trust?

  Today, in the UK and around the world, trust in institutions of all kinds – including the Church – is at an all-time low. But could advice to a bishop from a Victorian writer help win back public confidence?

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  Closing bank accounts based on personal views is a vicious, covert attempt at social engineering that must stop

  What's happened to Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Toby Young, and Rev Robert Fothergill could happen to any one of us, at any time, and must be resisted.