by Tim Wambunya Kenya Church Association It has been a sad week reading about the unfortunate events surrounding the visit of Bishop John Gladwin and his team to the dioceses of Mt Kenya. Sad because this is probably the only ‘working’ link between a UK and Kenyan diocese and where the diocesan Bishop is actively … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Newsletter, February 2006 by Francis Bridger The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Dear Fulcrum friends, How should we think of the ‘Evangelical centre?’ Recent discussion on the Fulcrum forum threads has raised the interesting question of whether it … Continue Reading
The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Growing up within evangelical subculture certainly gave me many things for which I will always be grateful: sustained affirmation of the personal relationship that I can have with God through Jesus, the breeding … Continue Reading
by Philip King General Secretary of the Church of England Board of Mission 1989-2000 45 years ago, as a newly ordained curate, I attended my first meeting of the Southwark Diocesan Evangelical Union (DEU). It was an extraordinary meeting in the presence of the Diocesan Bishop, Mervyn Stockwood. The main purpose of the meeting was … Continue Reading
by The Revd Prof Daniel W Hardy a sermon preached at Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge 2 October 2005 Readings: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, Philippians 3:4-14, Matthew 21:12-16 The danger which confronts Anglicanism today seems to be twofold. On the one hand, there is a laudable attempt to appeal to everyone in a world which often … Continue Reading
Sermon preached at Wycliffe Hall for Joint Eucharist of Oxford Anglican Theological Colleges 9 November 2005 Readings: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 and Matthew 26:17-56 I wonder how often you discover something in the Bible you didn’t even know was there and which speaks powerfully to you! I had one of my most powerful experiences of this … Continue Reading
The notes in the text are hyperlinked into the end notes; to return to the text, click on the end note number Dear Fulcrum friends, ‘Order, order’ is the familiar cry from the Speaker of the House of Commons during a debate. It could be interpreted as, ‘now settle down, keep quiet, so that we … Continue Reading
An enthusiastic church-planter forced to take drastic action after being cynically frustrated by his liberal bishop. Viewed from afar, this is how many evangelicals might well see the recent events within Southwark diocese. However the fact that well over thirty evangelical clergy from within the diocese have been happy to add their names to a … Continue Reading
The Revd Dr Colin Craston, served 15 years on the Anglican Consultative Council including six years as Chair. He was in parish ministry in the Church of England for 50 years and in retirement lives near Bolton. In 1993 the Anglican Consultative Council, of which I was then Chairman, met in Cape Town. Encouraged by … Continue Reading
When I was an Anglican in Canada, Anglican ethos was defined by WASP identity (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant), the Queen’s Christmas messages, gin and sherry, and perhaps a sampling of haggis on Burns’ night. That was only thirty years ago. And what a different Anglican world we live in today. What’s the difference? I am not … Continue Reading