Church Society podcast

George Crowder, Regional Director for Church Society in the north of England, discusses the exciting ministry of gospel revitalisation of churches.

Vicky Parsons and Fiona Bronsdon join Ros Clarke to talk about the opportunities and obstacles for complementarian women in ministry, as the new Co-Workers network is announced.

Lee Gatiss and Ros Clarke discuss the official sermons of the Church of England, why they still matter and Church Society's new modernised edition of them.

Ordinands Niv Lobo and Oyinlade Oladipo talk to Ros about why the church needs to have the difficult conversations about racism, what we might need to repent of, and how we can work towards a church that better represents the great vision of people from every tribe and tongue, people and nation of Revelation 7.

Kirsty Birkett and Amanda Robbie join Ros Clarke to talk about some of the responses to the Living in Love and Faith material over the past few weeks, and how we can engage in a godly way when we disagree.

Tony Cannon, Chris Moore and George Crowder join Ros Clarke to talk about their roles as Church Society's Regional Directors, supporting local groups, building networks and encouraging individuals.

In the week that the Church of England published the Living in Love and Faith book, along with the suite of accompanying resources, Lee Gatiss and Kirsty Birkett join Ros to share their first impressions of the material and make suggestions about how we begin to respond to it. Find the LLF resources online here: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/living-love-and-faith Read the CEEC statemen...

The third and final Bible reading from the 2020 Fellowship of Word and Spirit Conference, given by Jason Ward, looks at Paul's defence before Agrippa.

In the second of three Bible readings on the sermons in Acts from the 2020 Fellowship of Word and Spirit Conference, Jason Ward looks at Stephen's sermon before his execution.

The first in the series of Bible readings from 2020's Fellowship of Word and Spirit Conference, "Preaching to the Heart" by Jason Ward. In this talk, Jason considers Peter's sermon to the crowds from Acts 2:14-36. The recordings of this talk from the conference itself failed, but Jason has kindly re-recorded them for the benefit of those who couldn't be there.

Lee Gatiss asks this question in a talk recorded earlier this summer for All Saints' Church, Belfast. In this encouraging and challenging talk, Lee Gatiss reminds us that while the Bible is precious and sweet, nevertheless its life-changing words are threatening to much of what the world holds dear. He invites us to embrace that danger and trust our lives to it.

Mark Lucas's short workshop for the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Partnership introduces the daily offices of morning and evening prayer and suggests how and why they are valuable in Anglican evangelical life.

George Crowder's short workshop for the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Conference: Anglican Essentials on the importance and value of local church partnership.

Lee Gatiss's short workshop for the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Conference: Anglican Essentials, talking about the biblical warrant and purpose for bishops.

Professor John Coffey gives the 2020 St Antholin lecture on the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower: "Pilgrims and Exiles: Leaving the Church of England in the Age of the Mayflower". The recording also includes a question time.

At the launch of The Global Anglican, the new name for Church Society's theological journal, Lee Gatiss and Ros Clarke were joined by the journal's editor, Peter Jensen, and two of the journal's global consultants, Alfred Olwa and Sammy Morrison. They discuss the need for such a journal in today's global Anglican church, the importance of theological study and research, answer some questions from...

Lee Gatiss gives the pastoral charge from the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Conference: Anglican Essentials, from Titus 2: "What Accords With Sound Doctrine".

Graham Tomlin, Bishop of Kensington, gives the conference Bible reading for the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Conference: Anglican Essentials, from Daniel 6 and 9.

Mark Pickles explores seven aspects of evangelical spirituality in this keynote session from the 2020 Junior Anglican Evanglical Conference: Anglican Essentials.

Mark Smith's keynote session from the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Conference: Anglican Essentials. Mark considers the value of liturgy and examines liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer to see its rich theology and spirituality.

James Hughes's keynote paper from the 2020 Junior Anglican Evangelical Conference: Anglican Essentials. James looks at the NT view of church: local, trans-local and universal, and offers some challenges and questions to consider.

Podcast: Church Buildings and Building the Church by Ros Clarke

Lee Gatiss unpacks the Anglican doctrine of the visible church, which has been misunderstood by those who force their own theological frameworks onto the Anglican formularies.

Lee Gatiss looks at the question of whether we can please the already perfectly happy God, in this half hour teaching video.

Clare Hendry and James Cary join Ros Clarke for this week's podcast episode discussing theological education and spiritual formation in the light of last week's announcement of a new theological college for the northwest. They're also reflecting on how the online platforms we're all so dependent on at the moment are shaping our interactions with each other, and sharing some recommendations for rea...