Consecration of Mary Glasspool: Where do we go from here? Fulcrum Leadership Team co-published with Church of England Newspaper (26 March 2010) The bishops and Standing Committees of The Episcopal Church (USA) have consented to the election of Mary Glasspool as bishop suffragan in the diocese of Los Angeles. That consent sadly confirms that TEC is determined … Continue Reading
The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number The paper aims to draw out the historic significance of the Anglican Covenant for the Anglican Communion. It begins by examining the nature and reasons of the “ecclesial deficit” of the Anglican Communion. It … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Response to Consents being given to the Consecration of Mary Glasspool This is a clear rejection of the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference, the Primates’ Meeting and the Anglican Consultative Council. We believe that it is vitally important for the Primates’ Meeting planned for January 2011 to go ahead, and … Continue Reading
Abstract Summary The Presidential Address of the Bishop of Liverpool is a significant development in the evangelical and wider Anglican debates about sexuality. It draws attention to key questions and is driven by a passionate concern for unity and more Christ-like patterns of discussion. It is, however, seriously flawed in its response to these concerns, … Continue Reading
Taking the Long View – three and a half decades of General Synod by Colin Buchanan (Church House Publishing, 2006, xii + 324pp, £22.50) A Fulcrum Review by Gordon Kuhrt This volume has not received the attention and reviews which it deserves. It is an unusual book by an extraordinary churchman (I choose the word advisedly). It … Continue Reading
General Synod Motion concerning the Anglican Church in North America Fulcrum Newsletter, February 2010 Co-published, with permission, with the Church of England Newspaper, 9 February 2010 Church of England Newspaper interview with Dr Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, 8 February 2010 CEN: On Wednesday 10 February, General Synod will be debating the private member’s motion, … Continue Reading
The Final Text of the Anglican Communion Covenant: Four Key Questions copublished, with permission, with The Living Church, and Covenant, 22 December 2009 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne Interdependence and mutual accountability have always been the key features of the earlier drafts of the Anglican Communion Covenant (Nassau, St Andrew’s, and Ridley). It is … Continue Reading
The Final Text of the Anglican Communion Covenant: Clear Consequences copublished, with permission, with The Living Church, and Covenant, 22 December 2009 By Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Archbishop of the Province of Kaduna, Nigeria The final text of the Covenant is the result of hard work by the various carefully selected sisters and brothers from several … Continue Reading
‘Making way for Women Bishops’ A Fulcrum Statement Following the vote by General Synod in July 2008, the Revision Committee on Women in the Episcopate has been meeting to draft legislative proposals for the next Synod meeting in February. After their discussion in October they announced a way forward which seemed directly at variance with … Continue Reading
The Pope’s Anglican Division The Apostolic Constitution setting out the terms on which Anglicans may convert has been published Fulcrum Newsletter, November 2009 Co-published with permission, with Comment is free belief, Guardian online, 9 November 2009 by Graham Kings Bishop of Sherborne and theological secretary of Fulcrum In planning the momentous service in Canterbury Cathedral … Continue Reading