John Gladwin (Bishop)

John Gladwin (born May 30, 1942 in Hertford ) is a British Anglican clergyman . He was Bishop of Chelmsford from 2003 to 2009 .

life and career

Gladwin was born in Hertford in 1942 . He attended Hertford Grammar School and Churchill College at the University of Cambridge , where he made a Bachelor of Arts in 1965 and a Master of Arts in 1968 . His training as a clergyman was held on St John's College in Durham instead. There he made his diploma in theology in 1969 .

He was ordained a deacon in 1967 and a priest in 1968 . From 1967 to 1971 he was vicar at Kirkheaton Parish Church in Wakefield .

From 1971 to 1977 he was a tutor at St John's College in Durham . Positions in church administration followed. From 1977 to 1982 he was director of the Shaftesbury project Christian Involvement in Society Staff . From 1982 to 1988 he was a secretary on the Board for Social Responsibility of the General Synod of the Church of England . From 1990 he was then a member of the synod.

From 1984 to 1988 he was preamble to St Paul's Cathedral . From 1988 to 1994 he then worked as provost of Sheffield .

He was Bishop of Guildford from 1994 to 2003, succeeding Michael Adie . He was succeeded as Bishop of Guildford in 2004 by Christopher Hill . In 2003 Gladwin was named Bishop of Chelmsford . He held this position until his retirement in August 2009.

During his tenure as bishop Gladwin was also publicly committed to the Christian faith and the tasks of Christianity .

He was chairman of the Church of England Ministry Division until 2006. As part of his work for Christian Aid , a church development agency , he traveled the world and saw firsthand the relentless supply of humanitarian aid to people in need around the world. He was chairman for ten years, and Anne Owers succeeded him in June 2008 .

At the end of 2008 he announced that he would retire on August 31, 2009.

After the end of his term as Bishop of Chelmsford, he became chairman of the Citizens Advice Bureau in 2009 , a citizens' advice center with over 3,000 branches across the UK whose staff provide professional and free assistance.

He has been married to Lydia Elizabeth Adam, a social worker , since 1981 .

Membership in the House of Lords

Gladwin was a member of the House of Lords from 1999 as a spiritual lord . There he was a member of the Administration and Works committees from 2003 to 2005 and the Speakership of the House from 2005 to 2006. His areas of political interest included housing construction , urban planning , international cooperation and development aid, and constitutional issues .

On September 14, 2001, he spoke at the House of Lords crisis meeting on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 . He said a prayer from the American Book of Common Prayer, quoted Psalm 91, and pointed to links between Britain and the United States .

Working in public

In questions of canon law, Gladwin takes a liberal position. This was particularly evident in his attitude towards the question of homosexuality .

In 2000 he was a guest speaker at an Integrity UK conference . This describes itself as a friendly, safe place for lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians within the fellowship of Evangelical Churches . He preached at a service for gay and lesbian Christians at Southwark Cathedral in London .

On the occasion of the appointment of the homosexual priest Gene Robinson as bishop of the American Episcopal Church , he issued a press release in 2003 in which he expressly supported the decision that all Christians are united in the belief in God, regardless of their sexuality.

In the same year he was an advisor to the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) at their Lambeth conference . In 2005, Gladwin voted for the legal regulation of registered partnerships (Civil Partnerships Bill).

In 2005, he sent an open letter to The Times stressing that the Christian community applies to all people, including homosexuals. Because of this letter, criticism arose within the diocese and he was asked to withdraw his remarks.

In the same year he had to cancel a planned visit to Trinidad and Tobago after the invitation was withdrawn because of Gladwin's liberal attitude towards questions of homosexuality.

In 2006 Gladwin visited Kenya , where he was wrongly accused of promoting homosexuality. The visit was accompanied by strong tensions on several occasions due to Gladwin's advocacy for the rights of homosexual Christians.

Publications

• 1979: God's People in God's World
• 1988: The Good of the People
• 1997: Love and Liberty

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography of John Gladwin at the See of Chelmsford ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official Site of the Prime Minister's Office  
2. ↑ Biography of John Gladwin on the Church of England homepage of the Church of England
3. ^ The work of the Ministry Division Homepage of the Church of England
4. ↑ Bishop John will chair Citizens Advice  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Homepage of the Diocese of Chelmsford  
5. ^ House of Lords Speech speech by John Gladwin on September 14, 2001
6. ↑ Leadership in Crisis website Trushare.com
7. ^ Leading Conservative and Liberal bishops in: The Times, June 21, 2008
8. ↑ Bishop John Gladwin on the issue of Human Sexuality ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Homepage Virgin.net  
9. ↑ Thinking Anglicans ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Archive Lambeth Conference 2003 
10. ↑ ENGLAND: Bishops vote for 'gay marriage' Virtual Online from November 26, 2005
11. ↑ Accepting Evangelicals ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Letter in: The Times 2005  
12. ↑ Clergymen refuse communion with bishop in row over gays The Telegraph of March 12, 2005
13. ^ Bishop's visit is under a cloud The Independent, May 4, 2005
14. ↑ Bishop is abandoned in deepest Africa The Times, May 24, 2006
15. ↑ John Gladwin falsely accused of lobbying for homosexuality in Kenya ( Memento of the original of August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Changing Attitude homepage from May 22, 2006  

predecessor	Office	successor
Michael Adie	Bishop of Guildford 1994-2004	Christopher Hill
John Perry	Bishop of Chelmsford 2004–2009	Stephen Cottrell