Sussex Area meeting
19th October 2016
Rod recently spoke on his role and current key issues, at a meeting for clergy and lay people from Sussex.
Junior Anglican Evangelicals Conference (JAEC)
14th October 2016
Rod gave the opening bible reading at this conference recently, speaking about Matthew 28, the Great Commission. You can listen to Rod’s talk here. You can read about the conference and about Rod’s newly published guidance on passing a resolution in the autumn edition of Crossway, the magazine of the Church Society, here.
Launch of Peterborough Reform
14th October 2016
Rod spoke at the inaugural meeting of Peterborough Diocese Reform group. As well as giving advice on running a local Reform Group, he spoke about the current situation in the Church of England as he sees it and what may lie ahead for Conservative Evangelicals.
Lichfield Diocese Renew Big PCC Away Day – Stepping up to Shared Leadership of the Church
14th October 2016
Rod led this Away Day for PCC members from Lichfield Diocese – speaking and facilitating small group work for the individual PCCs. The day was attended by over 100 people with feedback showing that people had found it very helpful.
Over 50 evangelical churches have now passed resolutions under the House of Bishops’ Declaration
7th October 2016
Over 50 evangelical churches have now passed a resolution under the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests and the Bishop of Maidstone, who has now been in post for just over a year, believes that momentum amongst evangelical churches over the passing of resolutions is building. He is aware of a
Bishop of Maidstone’s membership of Bishops’ Reflection Group on Human Sexuality
5th October 2016
Rod has been asked to be a member of the group of ten Bishops assisting the Bishops of the Church of England in their reflections relating to human sexuality. The terms of reference of this group were announced in a press release by the College of Bishops on 16 September 2016 and can be found here.
Ordination Conducted By The Bishop Of Maidstone
11th July 2016
On 5th July, Rod conducted an ordination at St Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate, London for Michael Mantle and Philip Brentford, having ordained Ben Vane two days earlier at St Thomas’ Church, Oakwood, London. Pictured here are Philip Brentford and Michael Mantle together with the Rector, William Taylor, and Archdeacon Luke Miller outside St Helen’s.
Archbishops call for ‘great wave of prayer’ for evangelism during Pentecost
4th April 2016
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Bishop of Maidstone’s Lent Newsletter
9th March 2016
Rod’s new newsletter for Lent 2016 can be accessed by clicking on the Newsletter link on the home page.
New Article from The Telegraph
9th October 2015
Please read the article by clicking on the link below Letters: Counter-terrorism Bill risks branding Christians as ‘extremists’