Who we are

Modern Church is a membership organisation that promotes liberal Christian theology. It is a registered charity (number 281573) with trustees (marked * below) appointed by a Council elected at an Annual General Meeting (reports published 2012, 2011, 2010).

Before 2010 Modern Church was known as The Modern Churchpeople's Union.

The Council

Vice-presidents

Revd Prof Marilyn McCord Adams, Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Revd Prof Paul Badham, Emeritus Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David (Lampeter Campus)

*Prof Elaine Graham, Grosvenor Research Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Chester

Revd Dr Nicholas Henderson

Dr Peter Mills

Most Revd Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales

Rt Revd John Saxbee

Rt Revd Brian Smith

Rt Revd Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester

Revd Canon Richard Truss

Rt Revd Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle

Other members

Rev Dr Jeyan Ankatell

Jean Barnett

Pat Boyd

Revd Dr Lorraine Cavanagh

*Revd Jonathan Clatworthy, General Secretary

*Dr Susannah Cornwall

Revd Canon David Driscoll

Revd Ruth Fitter

Revd John Goldsmith

*Richard Hall, Treasurer

Revd Dr Chris Halliday

Revd David Howard

Revd David James

Revd Tim Laundon

Revd Peter Law-Jones

Revd Franklin Lee

Revd Dr Jan van der Lely, Conference bookings

Patrick Lewin

Suzanne Long

*Rosalind Lund, Vice-chair

Dave Marshall, Membership and website

Revd Jean Mayland

*Revd Clare Nicholson

Revd Canon Trevor Pitt

*Revd John Plant, Chair

*Revd Dr Alan Race

Mary Roe

*Revd Tim Stead

*David Storey

Revd Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes

Prof Adrian Thatcher, Editor of Modern Believing

*Anthony Woollard, Editor of Signs of the Times

Observer

Hilary Topp (SCM)