"Reforming a Diocese From Within" by Rev. John Richardson (Church of England)

REFORMING THE DIOCESE FROM WITHIN

By John Richardson

What can you do if you are a small group of evangelicals in a diocese where it seems that nothing

organized by the institution ever reflects a sound theological agenda or is likely to feed the mass of

God’s people?

That was the question raised almost thirteen years ago at a committee meeting of the Chelmsford

Diocesan Evangelical Association, following a diocesan conference for laypeople. By universal agreement it had been fantastically well-organized but lacked real ‘substance’.

After listening to the discussion for several minutes, I was moved to ask, “Why don’t we lay on something ourselves?” And that was how the Chelmsford Anglican Bible Conference was born.

For more, see:
http://www.churchsociety.org/crossway/documents/Cway_123_ReformingDiocese.pdf
Rev. John Richardson is from the Chelmsford Diocese.  Below is Chelmsford Cathedral.