Women's Ministry and Homosexuality: Questioning the Connections

Fulcrum Newsletter August 2011 Women’s Ministry and Homosexuality: Questioning the Connections by Stephen Kuhrt Co-published, with permission, with the Church of England Newspaper 12th August 2011 A common assumption within the church today is that a close connection exists between support for the full ministry of women and support for a revision of the church’s … Continue Reading

Fulcrum Newsletter, July 2011: Remaining at the Centre of the Church of England

Co-published, with permission, with the Church of England Newspaper 21st July 2011 In June of this year I succeeded Elaine Storkey as Chair of Fulcrum. Elaine moved to become our President in succession to Tom Wright following his move to St Andrews University. As incoming chair I thought it would be helpful to explain something … Continue Reading

Tom Wright for Everyone

Tom Wright for Everyone Putting the Theology of N.T. Wright into practice in the Local Church (SPCK £9.99) by Stephen Kuhrt So what caused me to write a book with the somewhat cheeky title Tom Wright for Everyone? My motivation was simple: to provide more people with access to the ground-breaking biblical scholarship of N.T. … Continue Reading

The Politics of Christmas

A sermon preached at Christ Church, New Malden at Christmas 2010 Well just a few days now to go before Christmas Day and its starting to get really busy – all that food to get, all those decorations to put up and all those last minute presents to buy. And when we combine these tasks … Continue Reading

Responding to the Integrity Question

Co-published, with permission, in the Church of England Newspaper, Friday 19th November 2010 Earlier this year I was asked by the Church of England Evangelical Council to contribute to a consultation that they held on the issue of women bishops. The question I was asked to address was “Whether, in the light of the proposed … Continue Reading

The Politics of Easter

The Politics of Easter By Stephen Kuhrt A sermon preached at Christ Church, New Malden on World Poverty Day, 18th April 2010 alongside a visit to the church by Nick Clegg MP to speak on the issue of Global Poverty Well you won’t need me to tell you that politicians sometimes get things wrong. MPs’ … Continue Reading

Problems with the The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans United Kingdom (FCAUK)

Problems with the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans UK by Stephen Kuhrt pre-published, with permission, from The Church of England Newspaper, 16th October 2009 First of all I’d like to express my thanks to the Church of England Evangelical Council for this invitation to address it on the issue of The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans United … Continue Reading

Why FCAUK will not be Good News in Southwark Diocese

Why FCAUK will not be ‘Good News’ in Southwark Diocese by Stephen Kuhrt pre-published, with permission, from The Church of England Newspaper, 31st July 2009 discuss this article on the forum thread On Monday 6th July The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans United Kingdom (FCAUK) was launched in Westminster Central Hall. The addresses given during the … Continue Reading

Preventing CEEC becoming a 'Rump Parliament'

Preventing CEEC from becoming a ‘Rump Parliament’ by Stephen Kuhrt prepublished, with permission, from the Church of England Newspaper, 14 November 2008 ‘Rump’ is a term that originally referred to the hind end of an animal. Since the seventeenth century, however, its use has been expanded to speak of any unrepresentative remnant left in power … Continue Reading