co-published with the Church of England Newspaper 23 December 2011 Life is always more interesting when things don’t go as planned. That alone should make the Anglican Communion Covenant interesting in 2012. General Synod rarely refers matters to dioceses. When it does, it often seems – as with women bishops – a procedural necessity with … Continue Reading
A Churchgoer's Guide to the Anglican Communion Covenant by Fulcrum The whole Anglican Communion is considering whether to adopt the Anglican Communion Covenant. All Church of England dioceses and many deaneries are discussing it in coming months before it returns to General Synod in 2012. Fulcrum has consistently supported the covenant but is aware that … Continue Reading
(Inklings One, Two , Four and Five) To continue at last, to develop my ideas about the mission of the church in rural England. I write from a different place now, as one employed part time and very short term, as a parish priest. I began thinking about rural mission from the outside, watching the … Continue Reading
originally published by The Living Church Much about the proposed Anglican Communion Covenant has caused controversy, but one fact does seem incontrovertible: It is Section 4, “Our Covenanted Life Together,” that for many is most troublesome. It was the section which changed the most through the various drafts and the section which continues to be … Continue Reading
Co-published, with permission, with the Church of England Newspaper 21st July 2011 In June of this year I succeeded Elaine Storkey as Chair of Fulcrum. Elaine moved to become our President in succession to Tom Wright following his move to St Andrews University. As incoming chair I thought it would be helpful to explain something … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Statement on Interventionist Anglican Mission in England Executive Summary Fulcrum expresses serious concern at the launch of the Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) and calls for immediate dialogue within the entire evangelical constituency over this development, for reasons including: A name reflecting breakaway movements in the USA inviting the conclusion that this is the … Continue Reading
Emerging Church: a Victorian Prequel by Dr Dominic Erdozain Paper delivered at the ‘Ancient Wisdom, Anglican Futures’ Conference at Trinity School for Ministry, Pittsburgh, June 2009. Used by permission of Wipf and Stock Publishers www.wipfandstock.com See the forthcoming volume The Great Tradition–A Great Labor: Studies in Ancient-Future Faith, Philip Harrold and D. H. Williams, eds. (Cascade: Eugene, … Continue Reading
BBC Interview on the General Synod Vote on the Anglican Communion Covenant Transcript of BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme interview 28 November 2010 with Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne interviewed by William Crawley The information on the programme is here. An Anglican Mainstream transcript of the interview with Bishop Martyn Minns, earlier in the programme, … Continue Reading
As General Synod approaches its crucial vote on the Anglican covenant, recent discussions have revealed that there are at least three significant perspectives at work in the debate on the covenant and that there are some important differences between them which have not been explicitly articulated. Broadly speaking there are (1) those who, though unhappy … Continue Reading
In Praise of Rhetoric? Anti-Covenantal Myths of Puritanism and Anglicanism (Part One) copublished with permission with Covenant by Benjamin Guyer “…this present age full of tongue and weake of braine…” – Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, I.8.2 Écrasez l’infâme! Such is the clarion call of a recent ad in the Church Times … Continue Reading