C of E vote is vital moment for evangelicals
Crucial elections which could determine the
fate of the Church of England and the future
of evangelicals within it are taking place.
Voting
for
the denomination’s General
Synod is now underway and will conclude
on 9 October. The result is seen as crucial
for imminent decisions on issues to do with
human sexuality.
New leaders for CofE evangelicals
Lis Goddard and Ed Shaw have become Co-Chairs of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), it has been announced.
Ed Shaw is pastor of Emmanuel City Centre Church in Bristol, a congregation established in recent years via a Bishop’s Mission Order. He is also Director of Living Out – an organisation run by same-sex-attracted Christians setting out an orthodox, Biblical view of sexuality.
New leader
The Church of England
Evangelical
Council
(CEEC) has announced
the appointment of Keith
Sinclair, currently Bishop
of Birkenhead, as its first
new National Director for
some years.
Bishop
Keith
steps
down from his episcopal
role next March, and will take up his new
post with the CEEC in April.
