As we put together our ideas around how the Church could enable choice for clergy about their retirement housing plans, we were very aware of the diversity of backgrounds, personal circumstances and theological traditions that exist amongst clergy colleagues. The ideas will inevitably raise different questions for individuals, some of which may be practical in nature; others might be matters of faith and belief.
We have therefore invited several Church thinkers and theologians to offer reflections on our ideas from various perspectives. They have done this work, independently of the Board, and we are grateful to them for doing this.
We offer these here, in case helpful to you as you engage with this discussion:
- The Revd Dr Sean Doherty, Economic ethicist and Principal of Trinity College, Bristol
- The Very Revd Dr Mandy Ford, Dean of Bristol
- The Revd Dr Julie Gittoes, Vicar of St Mary's and Christ Church Hendon, Area Dean of Barnet
- The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin, Vice Chair of the Archbishops' Commission on Housing, Church and Community, Director of the Centre for Cultural Witness, Lambeth Palace