Fresh Expressions Bishop
I had an excited text message early yesterday morning with the news that this anouncement was about to be made. Sheffield was the city of my birth, although it looks a lot different now – all the city centre buildings used to be black ; now they are clean and modernised. I remember a s a small child being taken down The Moor to see the Christmas lights, which seemed as fantastic as a Disney fantasy.
I first met Steve Croft a while back when he was a Vicar and I was just about to be ordained. He's done sterling work in integrating alternative/emerging Church concerns into the Anglican and Methodist Church, and in the process has dismantled some of the bureaucratic baggage that makes organisations unwieldy over time.
I look forward to seeing what he can do to bring some more breaths of fresh air to the Church of England in his new role.
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
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