Dr Eeva John talked about the radical new Christian inclusion described by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York in their letter published in February 2017 in a presentation ‘handing over’ the work of the Next Steps Group to the new Synod that will meet for the first time in November 2021. The inclusion offered is not radical nor new nor Christian nor inclusive.
I’ve been helped in my assessment of what changed at last weekend’s meeting of General Synod by reading the reflection of Rob Munro, a Synod member and a member of EGGS, the Evangelical Group on General Synod. Rob describes the outcome of the debates as a watershed moment when the radical held sway over the Christian. I spent Synod weekend re-reading books written forty years ago by Bishops John Robinson and Stephen Verney. I was somewhat astonished to discover how wonderfully honest, open, visionary and prophetic both men were, and amazed to discover that theological ideas and teachings that were commonplace then are thought to be dangerous today.
