Ian Paul

Jul 9, 2024 | psephizo.com | Ian Paul

The gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 7 in this Year B (though not in every Year B!) is Mark 6.14–29—and it feels distinctly odd by any measure. If you are a good Anglican, and ensure you read not only from the NT and the Psalms but also from the Old Testament every week, it will have been less of a surprise.

Mar 22, 2024 | premierchristianity.com | Ian Paul

The Church of England should not be adopting the language of Critical Race Theory or importing the US culture war on racism, says Dr Ian Paul  Source: Roman Lacheev / Alamy Stock Photo I am the son of a migrant, who came to the UK after the second world war as part of a despised ethnic group who experienced widespread prejudice. My mother changed her name and lost her accent in order to be accepted. She was Irish.

Mar 22, 2024 | virtueonline.org | Ian Paul

The CofE is going in the wrong direction on racial diversity. There is a better wayThe Church of England should not be adopting the language of Critical Race Theory or importing the US culture war on racism, says Dr Ian PaulBy Dr Ian Paulhttps://www.premierchristianity.com/March 22, 2024I am the son of a migrant, who came to the UK after the second world war as part of a despised ethnic group who experienced widespread prejudice.

Feb 28, 2024 | psephizo.com | Ian Paul

The session of General Synod this February 2024 contained a large number of contentious issues, so there was a general sense of dread as the sessions began. But there was an outbreak of unanimity when it came to discuss my Private Member’s Motion on clergy pensions. I had been concerned for some years at both the decline in clergy stipends, and the related question of poor pension provision, and as a result had spoken against recommended provision in recent meetings of the Archbishops’ Council.

Jan 24, 2024 | psephizo.com | Ian Paul

Dr Christian Selvaratnum is Dean at St Hild College in Yorkshire and founder of the Centre for Church Planting. He has just written a Grove booklet on Why Plant Churches? and I was able to ask him about some of the remarkable impact of church planting. IP: I was amazed to read how important church planting has already become for the Church in England—new church plants are, in size, ‘the equivalent of a small Church of England diocese’.