Archbishop Jonathan Blake: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

'''Jonathan Clive Blake''' (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpYhuH-n7Q</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVJxukhA3o&t=1211s</ref> is a British archbishop, activist and author most known for conducting the first gay wedding blessing on [[Richard and Judy]]'s prime time TV programme ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-02-14 |title=Richard and Judy screen gay wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1170214.stm |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> conducting the wedding blessing for the late media personality, [[Jade Goody]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-10 |title=BEXLEY: Jade Goody's wedding day - how she went from 'ecstatic joy to tumbling tears' |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4188359.bexley-jade-goodys-wedding-day-how-she-went-from-ecstatic-joy-to-tumbling-tears/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> campaigning for equal marriage,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JTWmXLxZCM |title=Gay Marriage Bishop Jonathan Blake BBC World News Today |date=2013-02-06 |last=Iain Baxter |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> becoming the "''country's first freelance vicar''" <ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-10-20 |title=Have dog collar, will travel: Counselling, dance workshops, conflict |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/have-dog-collar-will-travel-counselling-dance-workshops-conflict-resolution-arbitration-exorcism-jim-white-meets-the-country-s-first-freelance-vicar-1444165.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> celebrating sacramental services in people's homes and the community,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/services.htm |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160083717947535&set=a.10150986251552535</ref> and conducting the first baptism on top of Mount Snowdon.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156911785707535&set=pb.585867534.-2207520000&type=3</ref> co-consecrating the first female bishops in England,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-03 |title=Elizabeth 1st female bishop |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/267799.elizabeth-1st-female-bishop/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |url=https://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |language=en}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Stuart (theologian)|Elizabeth Stuart]], in Scotland,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3r4N0MHf0 |title=Bishop Jonathan Blake - CONSECRATION OF WOMAN BISHOP |date=2012-06-25 |last=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> in Northumbria,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQUZ4hSQs4 |title=Bishop Jonathan Blake - THE FIRST WOMAN CONSECRATED BISHOP OF NORTHUMBRIA |date=2013-06-20 |last=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> and Wales,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop |url=https://www.openepiscopalchurch.org/wales/bishop.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.openepiscopalchurch.org}}</ref> and offering the Mass to all by post.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomkins |first=Stephen |date=2009-06-09 |title=The Open Episcopal Church's wafer wheeze |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/09/communion-wafer-post |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He has also attained 63,000 followers on [[TikTok]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 18, 2024 |title=www.tiktok.com |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@archbishopjonathanblake?lang=en |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=[[TikTok]]}}</ref> as of July 2024. ▼

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▲'''Jonathan Clive Blake''' (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> is a British archbishop, activist and author most known for conducting the first gay wedding blessing on [[Richard and Judy]]'s prime time TV programme ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-02-14 |title=Richard and Judy screen gay wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1170214.stm |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> conducting the wedding blessing for the late media personality, [[Jade Goody]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-10 |title=BEXLEY: Jade Goody's wedding day - how she went from 'ecstatic joy to tumbling tears' |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4188359.bexley-jade-goodys-wedding-day-how-she-went-from-ecstatic-joy-to-tumbling-tears/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> campaigning for equal marriage,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JTWmXLxZCM |title=Gay Marriage Bishop Jonathan Blake BBC World News Today |date=2013-02-06 |last=Iain Baxter |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> becoming the "''country's first freelance vicar''" <ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-10-20 |title=Have dog collar, will travel: Counselling, dance workshops, conflict |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/have-dog-collar-will-travel-counselling-dance-workshops-conflict-resolution-arbitration-exorcism-jim-white-meets-the-country-s-first-freelance-vicar-1444165.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> celebrating sacramental services in people's homes and the community,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/services.htm |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> co-consecrating the first female bishops in England,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-03 |title=Elizabeth 1st female bishop |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/267799.elizabeth-1st-female-bishop/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |url=https://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |language=en}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Stuart (theologian)|Elizabeth Stuart]], in Scotland,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3r4N0MHf0 |title=Bishop Jonathan Blake - CONSECRATION OF WOMAN BISHOP |date=2012-06-25 |last=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> in Northumbria,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQUZ4hSQs4 |title=Bishop Jonathan Blake - THE FIRST WOMAN CONSECRATED BISHOP OF NORTHUMBRIA |date=2013-06-20 |last=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> and Wales,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop |url=https://www.openepiscopalchurch.org/wales/bishop.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.openepiscopalchurch.org}}</ref> and offering the Mass to all by post.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomkins |first=Stephen |date=2009-06-09 |title=The Open Episcopal Church's wafer wheeze |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/09/communion-wafer-post |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He has also attained 63,000 followers on [[TikTok]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 18, 2024 |title=www.tiktok.com |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@archbishopjonathanblake?lang=en |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=[[TikTok]]}}</ref> as of July 2024.

== Late priesthood and OEC history ==

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== Personal life ==

Blake embarked on a hitchhiking journey to Calcutta, that saw him tear-gassed in Teheran and seized by machine gun-toting guards in Kabul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> He escaped an attempt on his life ~~during~~while ~~his~~in ~~journey~~India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> Upon his return, he completed his training in Nottingham. In ~~1990~~1991, he was convicted of Criminal Damage for a Gulf War Protest losing his appeal.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blake v DPP, a summary of criminal case law |url=https://www.ukessays.com/essays/law/blake-v-dpp.php |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.ukessays.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> and meeting with the Pope about inter-faith work and peace.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158042648917535&set=pb.585867534.-2207520000&type=3</ref> In 1997, he wrote ''"For God's Sake Don't Go To Church"'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-01-01 |title=Vicar: `jesus Was Racist' |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/324427.vicar-jesus-was-racist/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> which highlights the dangers of getting involved in dogmatic religion. In the same year, he nailed 95 theses to the door of Canterbury Cathedral, calling for reform of the Church, akin to [[Martin Luther]], for which he was arrested but not charged.<ref>https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6481773.priest-will-campaign/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158042648592535&set=pb.585867534.-2207520000&type=3</ref><ref>https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/christian-alternative-books/authors/archbishop-jonathan-blake</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> He is married to Annette and they have three children. <ref>https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm</ref> In 2009, he accused the police of assault. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7886331.stm</ref> In 2014 he wrote "''That Old Devil Called God Again''". <ref>https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/christian-alternative-books/our-books/that-old-devil-called-god-again</ref>. In 2021 he wrote a collection of children's stories, illustrated by Catherine Daw "''The Tales of Henry the Lovable Hedgehog''"<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/TALES-HENRY-LOVABLE-HEDGEHOG-TWENTY-FOUR/dp/B09K1XKKXH</ref> and since has published an inclusive version of the New Testament, <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/NEW-TESTAMENT-LOVING-INCLUSIVE-VERSION/dp/B09JJ7K257</ref> Psalms <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/PSALMS-Praise-Love-first-Bible/dp/B0915M63S6</ref> Book of Common Prayer, <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/BOOK-COMMON-PRAYER-INCLUSIVE-LOVING/dp/B09MYSRW7D</ref> and an Inclusive Book of Meditation and Readings. <ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/INCLUSIVE-LOVING-MEDITATION-EVERYONE-SPIRITUALITY/dp/B0D4JVWNJM?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE</ref>

== Altruist acts ==

Blake volunteered as a [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritan]], smuggled Bibles and goods to Christians behind the 'Iron Curtain' with the [[Release International|Christian Mission to the Communist World]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> He worked with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying|Home for the Dying]] and in the slums.<ref>https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/author/archbishop-jonathan-blake</ref> ~~Blake~~At 21, he raised over £20,000, using a quarter for direct relief work and investing the remaining £15,500 through the Church of North India in a trust to fund a [https://www.howrahtb.com/indoor.html T.B. hospital for women in Howrah].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> In 1985, he highlighted the plight of the homeless by sleeping on the streets during 'One World Week'. He was elected onto the Executive Committee of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, as the International Youth Co-ordinator, at their fourth World Assembly in Nairobi <ref>https://www.wcrp.or.jp/pdf/about/assembly/4th-World-Assembly.pdf</ref> and travelled to Pakistan, and across Europe to promote inter-faith initiatives for peace and justice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> In 1987, ~~Blake~~he organized and led an international group of fifty young people from twelve different faiths on a journey of reconciliation from London to Auschwitz and then to Moscow.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eIed77Ig_4</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> ~~Blake~~He volunteered as a [[Relate]], Marriage Guidance Counsellor and an [https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac/my-area/independent-custody-visitors Independent Custody Visitor]. He worked with the homeless, accommodating them from the streets, even in his own home.<ref>https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm</ref> He has been putting up Christmas lights since 2002, at first for Save the Children, but since 2019, to install water in four Gambian villages, as well as to provide school supplies, sports equipment and ~~raises~~shoes,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaSz7q_5aQ0</ref> ~~thousands~~and ~~per~~raising ~~year~~so far £79,000.<ref>https://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.com/</ref><ref>https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/19752239.welling-christmas-light-display-raises-thousands-charity/</ref> <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmU3WP11Cc</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpiT_TnGtj0</ref>

== Religious History ==

Blake was ordained a priest for the Church of England in 1982. He served within the Church of England for over eleven years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> ~~For six years, he~~He worked as a Curate in Bradford, ~~and Rochester. In 1985,~~where he wrote the lyrics for and produced a musical on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, which was performed inat the University theatre ~~Bradford.~~<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> and Rochester, where, as Chaplain, he began the first inter-faith chapel at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital, Rochester|St Bartholomew's Hospital]]. He was the Vicar of Barnehurst for 5 years, overseeing a major building development. <ref>https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/9832/page/34265/view/</ref> He served as Director of the [https://weekofprayerforworldpeace.co.uk/ Week of Prayer for World Peace]. Blake was consecrated a bishop in 2000 and elected Archbishop in 2006. <ref>https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2009/29-may/features/features/out-of-the-question-open-episcopalians</ref>

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