Following the address of the President and Vice-President of the Conference to the General Synod of the Church of England on 11th February, you may well have read such headlines as 'Methodists likely to merge with the Church of England' (Telegraph) and 'Methodists declare "we're ready to merge with the Church of England"' (Times). You may even have heard the matter discussed on Radio 4's Today programme. Well, in response to such press coverage, and to spell out exactly what has been said, The Revd David Gamble (President of the Conference), Dr Richard M Vautrey (Vice-President of the Conference) and The Revd Dr Martyn D Atkins (General Secretary) have written a Pastoral Letter to the Methodist People.
Since I have been asked to make this letter available to you, and given both its length and importance, I do so in place of my usual letter. It can be downloaded from the Publications page of this website. Please read it carefully. If, having read it, you would like to raise any questions with me please feel free to do so.
With every blessing,
Paul