The GAFCON conservative Anglican grouping, set up to resist what it perceives as a liberal drift in the Anglican Communion, is facing internal pressures over its position on female bishops following the consecration of a woman bishop in one of its constituent provinces.
The Apostle Paul never told women to be silent in church and the Bible passage which indicates he did was a later addition by scribes, scholars are claiming.
A senior Anglican academic is calling on the Church not to appoint any 'traditionalists' – those opposed to women priests – until a third of all bishops are women.
The Church of England is set for ongoing clashes over women's ordination after Philip North stepped down following a campaign against his promotion to be Bishop of Sheffield.
The two Christian ministers who have objected at services to consecrate women bishops in the Church of Engand have sought to justify their actions to Christian Today.
Campaigners for women's ordination are calling on the Church of England to silence an objector who has interrupted the last four consecrations of women bishops.
The Bishop of Gloucester used her maiden speech as the first woman bishop ever to speak in the House of Lords to raise concerns about the loss of confidence among young people, especially girls.
Fewer than one in 50 of England's largest churches are led by women and fewer than a quarter of full-time clergy are women, according to latest figures released by campaigners for women's ordination.