Giles Goddard

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Giles Goddard
Vicar of St John's Church, Waterloo
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Goddard in 2006
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Southwark
In officeSeptember 2009 to present
Other post(s) Rector of St Peter's Church, Walworth (1998–2009)
Area Dean of Southwark and Newington (2003–2008)
Orders
Ordination1995 (deacon)
1996 (priest)
Personal details
Born
Giles William Goddard

(1962-06-22) 22 June 1962 (age 61)
Alma mater Clare College, Cambridge

Giles William Goddard (born 22 June 1962 in England) is a British Church of England priest. He is Vicar of St John's Church, Waterloo.

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Early life

Goddard studied theology at Clare College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984; as per tradition, this was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree. [1]

He then worked at John Lewis Plc. In 1988 he joined the Housing Corporation, the government agency then responsible for funding social housing. He became Development Director for ASRA Housing Association in 1989, before joining the newly formed Southwark and London Diocesan Housing Association in 1991 as its founding Director, until he was ordained.

Ordained ministry

Goddard was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996. [1] He became Curate at St Faith's, North Dulwich. In 1998 he became Rector of St Peter's Church, Walworth, where in 2003 he set up InSpire, a centre for learning, arts and community. From 2003 - 2008 he was Area Dean of Southwark & Newington. On 1 September 2009, he was officially welcomed as Priest-in-Charge of St John's Church, Waterloo. [2] In 2014, he was made Vicar of the parish. [1]

Goddard is co-founder of Faith for the Climate, the interfaith environmental action group. He is also a member of the Church of England's General Synod. In 2014, he presented a motion to the General Synod, calling for leadership on the issue of climate change. The Synod voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion. Goddard said: 'This vote proves that there is a hunger for us to do more on climate change as a church. But this is not the end, it's the beginning.'

A board member of Inclusive Church, Goddard is a member of the General Synod Human Sexuality Group and working to ensure full inclusion of LGBT people in the Church of England. He appeared in a Channel 4 documentary that considered the question of gay vicars and as a vicar in a short film called "Getting In". In October 2007, Giles was made an honorary Canon of Southwark Cathedral, along with four other clergy members from the Diocese of Southwark.

His first book, 'Space for Grace - Creating Inclusive Churches', was published by Canterbury Press in 2008.

In March 2015 Goddard was obliged to apologise for inviting Muslims to conduct Muslim prayers in St John's Waterloo an action that caused national controversy. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Giles William Goddard" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Canon Giles Goddard is Waterloo's new parish priest". London SE1 Community Website. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Canon Goddard apologises for Muslim prayers in his church".
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