Rev Sally Hitchiner to be associate vicar at St-Martin-in-the-Fields in London

The vicar, Rev Dr Sam Wells, posted the announcement on Twitter on Sunday: “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Sally Hitchiner as Associate Vicar for Ministry at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Like her predecessor Revd Katherine Hedderly, Sally will have principal responsibility for congregational life, including pastoral care, formation, liturgy, budgeting and safeguarding, and also for communications.”

Sally Hitchiner, 39, has become a regular on newspaper reviews on the BBC as well as a frequent commentator on church diversity issues, being in a civil partnership herself, member of the General Synod and the founder of the Diverse Church for LGBT+ Christians whose aim is: “The advancement of the Christian religion amongst lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, asexual, and intersex (LGBT+ ) Christians, in particular but not exclusively amongst those without access to Christian support for their sexuality and/or gender.”

Rev Dr Sam Wells continued: “Sally has extensive experience of addressing exclusion within the Christian faith, particularly through founding and becoming national director for the charity Diverse Church. Diverse Church creates online communities that have helped 800 LGBT+ Christians not to give up on life or God”. 

St-Martin-in-the-Fields is one of the most well-known churches in London, with Trafalgar Square on its doorstep, being mentioned in…