The Society's Council of Bishops records its deep sadness at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Her Majesty steadfastly witnessed to the Christian Faith for just over seventy years as monarch and administered the responsibilities as our nation's head of state dutifully and without complaint in that time. We are all [...]
Following the resignation of the former Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Jonathan Goodall, in September last year, a consultation on the way forward for the see has received a number of calls to consider relocating the post to be rooted in an individual diocese and diocesan college of bishops. The Bishop of Ebbsfleet - one of [...]
The Society's Council of Bishops welcomes the proposals being set out by the Archbishop of Canterbury for what is currently the See of Ebbsfleet and what would become the See of Oswestry. They would result in additional support being provided at a diocesan level to the Provincial Episcopal Visitor (PEV) for the western half of the [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It falls to me in this time of vacancy to write a note with the sincerest greetings for the coming Nativity of our Saviour, and to thank you for your faithfulness, holiness and sheer hard work at a time which has been difficult, isolating and challenging. Since the [...]
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Five years ago at an Ebbsfleet Lay Congress the then Archdeacon Missioner of Coventry Diocese, Morris Rodham, introduced the Natural Church Development approach to growing healthy churches which has been a key part of his Diocese’s strategy for the last decade. Emerging from a worldwide academic study into the characteristics of churches, it has identified [...]
The Ebbsfleet Council of Priests has met at the Royal Foundation of St Katharines London to make some strategic plans to ensure the Ebssfleet parishes are both supported and encouraged during the Episcopal vacancy. This meeting was jointly convened by the Bishops of Wakefield and Richborough and we were joined by the Director of Forward [...]