Articles / Chapters
Anglican Mission
02/01/2024 from Global South Christianity
My chapter 13 in David Hilborn and Simo Frestadius (eds), Anglicans and Pentecostals in Dialogue (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2023), republished with permission.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 8, Mar 1988
29/12/2023 from CMS Link Letters
In our eighth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the setting up of our secretarial course and visitors from Durham University and West Germany, an Anglican International Partners in Mission Consultation, and the plans for a Centre for Development Studies.
16. Coronation and Commonwealth: Heft and Weft
20/11/2023 from Ponderings
My article, in a special edition on Religion and Commonwealth Values, in The Round Table, the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 2023, Vol. 112, No. 5, 543-544. Originally published here. For my previous article in The Round Table, 'Desmond Tutu: Gravitas and Hilaritas', click here.
Afterword to 'Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion' edited by David Goodhew
28/07/2023 from Global South Christianity
My Afterword to David Goodhew (ed.), Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion, 1980 to the Present (Abingdon: Routledge, 2017), considers the views of Jesus, Paul, David Gitari, Martin Laird, Chou En Lai and Thomas Cranmer on mission and the growth and decline of the Church.
Witnessing to Children and Young People
28/07/2023 from Global South Christianity
My Response to Vicentia Kgabe's chapter 'Evangelizing and Witnessing in a Church where Young People are not Excluded, Left Behind or Forgotten' in Muthuraj Swamy and Stephen Spencer (eds), Witnessing Together: Global Anglican Perspectives on Evangelism and Witness - Preparing for Lambeth 2020 (Anglican Communion Office, 2019), pp 56-59. The conference was in Dallas, Texas, May 2018.
12. Will this summer’s Lambeth conference unite the Church?
13/06/2022 from Ponderings
The background, preparations and prospects for the Lambeth Conference 2022 at Canterbury, republished from my article commissioned by Prospect Magazine.
Influence of a Great Anglican: Simon Barrington-Ward, Jan 2022
12/02/2022 from The Times
'Influence of great Anglican crossed culture and creed', my Credo article 22 Jan 2022, commissioned by The Times, on Simon Barrington-Ward, including mention of Exchange of Gifts: The Vision of Simon Barrington-Ward (Ekklesia, 2022) edited by me and Ian Randall.
South Sudan, The Promised Land, 9 July 2011
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, represented the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Independence celebrations of South Sudan on 9 July 2011 in Juba. The Guardian commissioned this article, which was published on 18 July 2011.
The Anglican Covenant is the Only Way Forward, 17 Nov 2010
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, was commissioned by The Guardian to write about the Anglican Communion Covenant, which sought to keep the unity of the Anglican Communion during a time of crisis. The article was published on 17 Nov 2010.
The Pope's Anglican Division, 9 Nov 2009
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, was commissioned by The Guardian, to write on the surprise annoucement from Pope Benedict of an 'Anglican Ordinariate' for Anglican Catholics who were against the ordination of women to the priesthood. The subeditor of The Guardian wrote the fine title.
People Must Come First: Lessons from Dialogue, 11 Sept 2009
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
The Guardian commissioned Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, to write about the future of the Anglican Communion. He drew on Anglican lessons from dialogue with people of other faiths to consider the debates concerning sexuality.
Federation Isn't Enough, 5 Aug 2009
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
The Guardian commissioned Graham Kings, the new Bishop of Sherborne, to write on the threat of schism to the Anglican Communion.
The Queen, the Church and the Fellowship, 13 July 2009
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
The Guardian commissioned Graham Kings, the new Bishop of Sherborne, to write on the threat of schism to the Church of England by the formation of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans which was formed by GAFCON.
News Worth Sharing, 12 Dec 2008
30/07/2020 from The Guardian
The Guardian commissioned Graham Kings, Vicar of St Mary's Islington, to write about the subject of evangelism. It was published on 12 Dec 2008.
The Joy of Being Anglican
26/07/2020 from Joy of being Anglican
Foreword to Caroline Hodgson and Heather Smith (eds), The Joy of Being an Anglican (Redemptorist Press, 2017), pp. 12-15.
God Writes Straight with Crooked Lines Interweavings No 23 July 2017
31/07/2017 from Mission Theology Interweavings
For July's Interweavings, Bishop Graham reflects on the future of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project, its publications, programmes, partners and people, and asks for prayers for a new venture.
Recife: Anglican Theology and Public Engagement: Interweavings No 21, May 2017
01/06/2017 from Mission Theology Interweavings
For May's Interweavings, Bishop Graham reflects on the recent Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference in Recife, Brazil.
Jerusalem Intercontinental Webinar, Interweavings No 20, April 2017
11/04/2017 from Mission Theology Interweavings
For April's Interweavings, Bishop Graham reflects on the recent Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion conference, a webinar hosted by St George's College, Jerusalem.
This article was also published on the Covenant website, available here: http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2017/04/20/jerusalem-intercontinental-webinar/
http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2017/04/20/jerusalem-intercontinental-webinar/
Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: Interweavings No 19, March 2017
21/03/2017 from Mission Theology Interweavings
Bishop Graham's Interweavings for March focuses on Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present. Edited by David Goodhew, Director of Ministerial Practise at Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, Durham, it was published by Routledge in December 2016.
Out of the Depths: Interweavings No 18, February 2017
04/03/2017 from Mission Theology Interweavings
For February's Interweavings, Bishop Graham looks at the newly launched book from the Anglican Inter Faith Network (AFIN) of the Anglican Communion, 'Out of the Depths.'
This is also published on Covenant, available here: http://livingchurch.org/covenant/2017/03/04/out-of-the-depths/
Rome: 50th Anniversary Symposium and Lecture: Interweavings Number 14, October 2016
18/11/2016 from Mission Theology Interweavings
Bishop Graham's October Interweavings reflects on his visit to Rome for the 50th Anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome, and a lecture he gave at the Pontifical Urban University.
Cairo Conference: Interweavings No 9 May 2016
31/05/2016 from Mission Theology Interweavings
Bishop Graham's May Interweavings reflects on the time he spent in Cairo for the first Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion Conference.
African Joy of the Gospel: Interweavings No 8 April 2016
29/04/2016 from Mission Theology Interweavings
I left Lusaka, Zambia with fond memories of family celebrations, hospitality, delight in God and the African joy of the gospel.
The Michael Ramsey Book Prize 2016: Interweavings No 6 - February 2016, by Graham Kings
29/02/2016 from Mission Theology Interweavings
Bishop Graham offers comments on two of the six excellent books shortlisted for the 2016 Michael Ramsey Prize, by Francis Spufford and Frances Young.
The Centre Holds: Primates 2016 in Canterbury - Interweavings No 5 Jan 2016
27/01/2016 from Mission Theology Interweavings
An article focusing on the Primates' Meeting 2016 at Canterbury, by Bishop Graham Kings, Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion.
Climate Justice: Insights from African Anglican Theologians - Interweavings No 4 Dec 2015
04/12/2015 from Mission Theology Interweavings
This is an edited version of an address given at the Partners in World Mission conference, Swanwick, on 4 November 2015, and was first published on the Covenant website, 2 December, 2015.
Charles Simeon: Roots and Ramifications - Interweavings No 3 Nov 2015
19/11/2015 from Mission Theology Interweavings
A sermon given at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge on Sunday 15 Nov 2015, based on Colossians 1:3-12 and Luke 2:25-38.
The Mission of God and the Future of the Anglican Communion
26/06/2015 from Mission Theology Articles
An address given at the lunch organised by the Center for Anglican Communion Studies (VTS) and the Compass Rose Society at General Convention of The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, Friday 26 June 2015
Raising up the Voices of new 'Doctors of the Church'
19/06/2015 from Mission Theology Articles
The faith background of Graham Kings and the priorities of the post of Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion, published originally in Anglican World, the magazine of the Communion and republished with permission.
Singapore: Intellectual Centre of a Movement Jan 2007, Fulcrum Newsletter 4
10/04/2007 from Fulcrum Newsletters
After visiting Singapore for a week in early December 2006, as a guest of Michael Poon at Trinity College, and meeting with John Chew, the Archbishop of South East Asia, Graham wrote this article about the Global South Anglican movement for the Church Times, which was republished, with permission, as the fourth Fulcrum Newsletter.
Founding of Fulcrum - Aug 2006, Fulcrum Newsletter 3
29/08/2006 from Fulcrum Newsletters
In his third Fulcrum Newsletter, with a hyperlinked contents page, Graham wrote about the various events leading up to the launch of Fulcrum in 2003.
Shechem, Corinth and Columbus: ECUSA’s Choices - June 2006, Fulcrum Newsletter 8
13/06/2006 from Fulcrum Newsletters
The eighth Fulcrum Newsletter written just before General Convention of The Epsicopal Church of the USA (ECUSA) , which met in Columbus, Ohio, 13-21 June 2006. Graham devloped a 'Quadrant' to help to map the various groups in the Anglican Communion: Federal Liberals, Communion Liberals, Communion Conservatives and Federal Conservatives.