Discipleship - A General Synod Debate
Below is my speech to the General Synod this afternoon. The speech was to support two amendments: 1. Add "(b) invites the laity and clergy of the Church of England: (i) to commit themselves to learn, pray, worship and proclaim the Gospel together; (ii) to suggest what the Church of England and its leadership could do to help them deepen their discipleship; and" 2. Add at the end: "(iii) to engage in a wide consultation with all people in England, of all faiths and none, to discern how the Church of England could deepen its discipleship to enable it to better work to serve the common good of this nation" The amendments fell, but the reason for putting them was to register that a much wider variety of voices is needed in the way in which we are approaching this as a Church. Synod, let me begin by saying that I am excited by the package that is before us today. And that the whole thing is founded upon discipleship, upon our following of Jesus is one...