Half of all full-time C of E clergy may be women in ten years time

Posted Nov 18, 09:19

A member of the (Anglican) Church of England’s general synod who supports a greater role for women in the church has predicted that within 10 years half of all full-time clergy will be women, but says moves to consecrate female bishops is not keeping pace – writes Trevor Grundy.

The prognosis came from U.S-born Christina Rees, a writer, broadcaster and public speaker and chairperson of Watch (Women and the Church), started in 1996 as a forum for promoting women’s ministry in the Church of England.

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