Talk:Free Church of England

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January 2004. The Free Church of England has two dioceses in England, several congregations in New Zealand and a church in Russia - The Church of Christ the Saviour, St. Petersburg.

Parishes in England are concentrated in the north and south, though there remain three active parishes in the West Midlands - Emmanuel Church, Birmingham; St. Jude, Walsall and St. Andrew, Bentley.

Under discussion at the moment is a document entitled 'Agenda for Renewal', by the Rt. Rev Dr. J. B. Shucksmith, (retd); which among other things envisages the possibility of a modern language liturgy to supplement the use of the Book of Common Prayer (revised). An Alternative Services Measure already exists, which provides for the occasional use of Authorised Alternative Liturgies with the approval of the Diocesan Bishop.

The Rev. David Boulton, Bishop's Curate, Emmanuel Church, Birmingham.

Sources and verification
While this article could do with having some references within the main body to sources, it is substantially a summary of information on the official website of The Free Church of England, on the external links list. I have no problem with the general reliability of this article.

The special service in September 2007 to commemorate the tercentenary of the birth of Lady Selina Shirley, Countess of Huntingdon, was very much a joint event with the Free Church of England and the Countess of Huntingdon's Conexxion. Venue - St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. (I was there.) Robert of Ramsor (talk) 23:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Clarification needed
The article currently states:
 * The Evangelical Connexion of the Free Church of England mentioned later does not support the FCE support of the term Evangelical Catholic and what they term it to mean.

Clarification from anyone who understands what this muddled sentence is trying to say would be very welcome! -- Picapica (talk) 17:33, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Conflict of interest editing
Administrator's comment: Editors with a conflict of interest should refrain from making any substantive changes to the content of this article, and instead propose changes on the talk page, particularly when such changes may be contested as they have been recently. Further disruption will result in the article being reverted back to an old revision and locked, so that anyone wanting to change it must propose the change on this talk page instead.

I have placed a COI tag on this article due to the blatant disregard for the WP:COI guidelines Wikipedia has. ~Anachronist (talk) 00:11, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I have a conflict of interest as I am the Bishop of the South American diocese. I have read this text in the Wikipedia article "In 2020 he will cease to be Bishop of the Diocese. In preparation for this he now lives in Exmouth." I am still the Bishop of the South American Diocese, and we are in 2021. Indeed, I live now in Exmouth (Devon), but I have not stopped to be the bishop in South American. I don't want to do any change as I have a conflict of interest, but please could you correct this information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:8A02:C000:D524:1032:A01:EE09 (talk) 00:04, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Bexhill
St Paul's Church in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex (founded 1924) was, I believe, originally a Free Church of England church. It seems to be an independent Evangelical church now. Is there any info on when this changed? Hassocks 5489 (Floreat Hova!) 21:35, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Free Church of England

 * What I think should be changed:
 * Why it should be changed:
 * References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

Thozhiyur (talk) 08:32, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

The Free Church of England article contains one-sided accounts of recent events and personal attacks on a named individual. It also contains out of date and inaccurate information. The cumulative effect of this is damaging the reputation and work of the organisation. The locking of the site means that it is impossible to correct this. We would be happy to provide neutral text.Thozhiyur (talk) 08:32, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:12, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 November 2021
Cottam Community Church, Preston NatSten (talk) 10:48, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:39, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 August 2022
Reformed Episcopal Church is linked twice in the "History" section, in consecutive paragraphs. Please de-link the second. 49.198.51.54 (talk) 20:31, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thewsomeguy (talk) 20:51, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 May 2023
Remove Christ Church Exeter from the Southern Diocese list of churches, as the church has left the FCE last month. Anglicanabrasil (talk) 13:39, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ It's always good to provide a reliable source. I found one that looks reasonable, so I have implemented this edit request. If this source turns out to be false, other editors can correct my change. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:33, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The Exeter church's Facebook page confirms it - see https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076338363789 PeterR2 (talk) 20:38, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Two conflicting paragraphs in "History" relating to the Evangelical Connexion
On the face of it (as a complete outsider) the paragraphs starting "In 2003" and "In 2020" appear to give conflicting information given that both seem to refer to the Evangelical Connexion, this confirmed by the Connexion's website PeterR2 (talk) 20:37, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Protection status
Is it still necessary for FCE to be protected in this manner? The ‘scandals’ the will have been the source of vandalism are now, most likely, closed. Arrowe6365 (talk) 20:17, 30 September 2023 (UTC)