News & Events
Congratulations to Cherry Vann
Congratulations to Her Grace Cherry Vann on her appointment as Archbishop. Cherry becomes the UK’s first women archbishop and the first openly lesbian and partnered Anglican archbishop. Cherry has been a member of the Sea of Faith Network and a local Sea of Faith group. She is also Patron of...
Education for this life
Our 2025 conference theme, Education for this Life, celebrated the growing educational work of the network through the Solarity online materials for Religion and Philosophy Clubs, and through being a key partner of the Big Ideas for Religious Education. Our first conference in 1988 arose from the series written and...
Reading Mark as I had suggested, what follows?
David Lambourn returned to the topic of Re-imagining the Gospel of Mark that he had proposed in May 2023, now asking the question: ‘Reading Mark as I had suggested, what follows?’
The Past, Present and Future of Sofia
This was a conversation about the past, the present and, most importantly, the future of our Sea of Faith magazine. As the new editor of Sofia, David Chapman started with a brief overview of the past, including Dinah’s inspired rebranding as Sofia, and looked at the structure, themes and content...
Free Speech
Joan Green leads a discussion on Free Speech – its limitations and balances, how the concept has evolved and questions about its role today.
Mining the archive: past network writing about the Pope
With news of the late Pope Francis’ death on 21st April, we’ve taken a look in our library to pick out some past articles from the Network on popes and the papacy.
The Sea of Faith Network and Education
Dave Francis looks back on the achievements of the network in its educational projects and their possible impact and considers the challenging question of ‘where next’?
London local group May meeting
London local group in person meeting on Saturday 17th May at 11.00am