Methodist Future media coverage

For those who are interested I'm posting as many of the media links I can find following David Gamble's disastrous speech to the Church of England synod on Friday. Roy Hattersley writes in this morning Times and Sophie Morris in the Independent. They take radically different views. I may add some more links later in the day.


Sophie Morris: Methodists are giving up the fight
Independent
For Methodism itself, though, big changes are afoot. At a powwow with the Church of England last week, the head of the Method-ists said he would be happy ...

Leader signals end of MethodismIndependent Traditionalists, Anglo-Catholics and some evangelicals within the Church of England are vehemently opposed to Methodism because of the leadership roles that ...

Methodism offers to die, to rise again.Times Online (blog) But the Methodists might be prepared to accept bishops if women are allowed to join their ranks in the Church of England, as Methodism is fully inclusive of ...

A match made in heaven will end an unholy riftTimes Online Methodism's merger with the Anglicans is inevitable and would have John Wesley's blessing. He sought reform, not schism A union of Methodism and the Church ...

Telegraph.co.uk General Synod: Methodists likely to merge with Church of EnglandTelegraph.co.uk Methodism developed in the 18th century through the radical and ... There are no bishops in Methodism, while both men and women can be Chair of a District. ...

Daily Mail Methodist church 'prepared to go out of of existence'Daily Mail Methodism began as a revivalist movement inside the Church of England among followers of the great preacher John Wesley, who spoke in the open air and ...

Times Online Wesley's path to schismTimes Online Methodism became a separate church after Wesley died in 1795, forming part of evangelical revival that transformed the the Christian landscape in 19th ... See all stories on this topic

#synod Thursday morning: Methodists, Buildings and the state of ...Everything Christian ... and Order Committee, posed the provocative question, Did the Methodist President just signal the end of Methodism?.You can read the full address here. ...

Methodists declare 'we're ready to merge' with CoETimes Online ... and possibly other Anglican denominations in Britain would not impact on the church structures of the US Episcopal Church or Methodism in the US. ...

The end of British Methodism? « John Meunier's blogBy John Meunier The end of British Methodism? 2010 February 12. by John Meunier. The Guardian newspaper reports that the head of British Methodism has expressed a willingness to merge back into the mother church. The leader of Britain's Methodists made ... John Meunier's blog - http://johnmeunier.wordpress.com/

Wounded Bird: "METHODISM OFFERS TO DIE, TO RISE AGAIN"By Grandmère Mimi "METHODISM OFFERS TO DIE, TO RISE AGAIN". From Ruth Gledhill: No-one ever expects much from presentations with titles such as 'An Address by the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference'. ... Wounded Bird - http://thewoundedbird.blogspot.com/

News | The Independent UK - Leader signals end of MethodismBy The Independent Traditionalists, Anglo-Catholics and some evangelicals within the Church of England are vehemently opposed to Methodism because of the leadership roles that women hold in the latter. Reconciliation talks between the two faiths began in ... News | The Independent UK - http://news.independentminds.livejournal.com/

postmodernbible: And Methodism's leadership says...? #synodBy Pete Phillips I was copied into a brief email conversation late last night between the senior leadership of the Methodist Church who are currently engaged in dealing with some heightened media attention...and, I think, enjoying the opportunity to ... postmodernbible - http://postmodernbible.blogs.com/postmodernbible/