WE LED THE WAY........AND THE REST HAVE FOLLOWED

As a young priest, I stood for General Synod of the Church of England. My manifesto was simple, unconditional love and accessible ministry for all. I wanted the church to reach out to all faiths and all people, building bridges of love and respect between everyone. I supported women priests, interfaith prayers, weddings for divorced couples, gay weddings and personal funerals. I wasn't elected and the archdeacon blocked my initiatives. I went independent in 1994 and became the first priest to advertise my willingness to offer unconditionally loving ministry to all. Over the years this has meant me conducting weddings for divorced people and  marriages for gay and lesbian couples, weddings in any and every location, baptisms for single parents and non church goers, services in people's homes and of their choice and bespoke funerals celebrating the life of the bereaved rather than inflicting a stuffy, irrelevant service on the mourners. It also included launching Post The Host, a service offering people communion by post and over the internet. It has been astonishing and humbling to see all the things I have campaigned for passing into the mainstream. As though I was born before my time, something of a prophet, pointing to the direction that should be taken, and living a future reality before others arrived there, to help point the way and achieve the reforms necessary.

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/march-web-only/online-communion-can-still-be-sacramental.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=webshare&utm_campaign=CT

ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE - MY LIFE - PART ONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpYhuH-n7Q

ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE - MY LIFE - PART TWO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVJxukhA3o

I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE  CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED  TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS,  IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.

http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html

"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."