But how has that been an encouragement to you?

It's been an immense encouragement.

I started going when I was really at the beginning of the discernment process and was still asking questions like, is there even space in the Church of England for someone like me who's complementarian and reformed? And from the very first conference, not just the people who were speaking up front, but the people who were sitting around were just a visible answer to that question of, yes, there is space in the Church of England and a treasured space for those who are committed to that historic faith.

And being able to have that injection of encouragement year after year and grow up alongside people and now see them, some of the people I first started Going to Jake with her now, not only incumbents becoming area deans and taking on more responsibility, and that's a great joy to see them going on.

So finally, I asked all our contributors, what sort of person would they encourage to consider standing for election to Church Society Council?

fundamentally someone who loves the Lord Jesus and is committed to the Bible and committed to the historic inheritance of the faith that we've had throughout generations for the Church of England and who sees church society's prime position to guard that inheritance and to pass it on to the next generation.

Someone who can ask good questions We don't each need to be experts on everything, but having people who do have some legal understanding or some finance understanding or governance understanding is always helpful.

But the most helpful thing that someone can bring to a meeting is just to ask questions and interrogate a paper that's being put in front, even if that's, I'm sorry, I don't understand a word of this.