Some important lessons about church unity emerging from an unlikely source
Stephen Kuhrt is Vicar of Christ Church, New Malden.
Church of England
Why the 'Southwark Ministry Trust' is not the solution
Fulcrum Newsletter May 2012 Why the ‘Southwark Ministry Trust’ is not the solution by Stephen Kuhrt It is often much easier for evangelicals to agree upon problems within the church than their solutions. This is because our understanding of such problems is usually based upon the relative consensus that evangelicals broadly possess over doctrine and … Continue Reading
Avoiding the Ecclesiology of Liberal Protestantism
Fulcrum Newsletter April 2012 - One of the many interesting things about being part of the leadership team of Fulcrum over the last nine years has been the experience of being shot at by both liberal Anglicans and conservative evangelicals. Sometimes on t
Stephen Kuhrt is Vicar of Christ Church, New Malden.
Communion Connections: Web of Mutuality or Fragmentation?
Communion Connections: Web of Mutuality or Fragmentation? by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne 'Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable web of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects us all indirectly'. Martin Luther King wrote these words in a letter from jail in Birmingham, … Continue Reading
The Anglican Communion Covenant and the Church of England: Ramifications
The Anglican Communion Covenant and the Church of England: Ramifications by Andrew Goddard It is now clear that less than half the dioceses of the Church of England will agree, in both their house of clergy and house of laity, to “approve the draft Act of Synod adopting the Anglican Communion Covenant”. This article attempts … Continue Reading
Rowan Williams: An Appreciation
(This is an extended version of an article that appeared in The Times [online subscribers only] on 17th March 2012 – republished with permission) ‘Here to introduce Bach’s St Matthew Passion,’ said the radio announcer, ‘is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.’ My companion and I listened eagerly to a lucid account of St … Continue Reading
Transcript of BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme, 11 March 2012: Discussion on the Anglican Communion
Transcript of BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme, 11 March 2012 Discussion on the Anglican Communion, audio clip here Interviewer: Ed Stourton Interviewees: Dairmaid MacCulloch, Graham Kings Stourton The Anglican Covenant was Rowan Williams’s big idea for securing unity of the worldwide Anglican Communion after the row over the American church’s decision to appoint a gay … Continue Reading
The Body of Christ or A Body Bag of Parts?
The Body of Christ or A Body Bag of Parts? A speech given to Hereford Diocesan Synod By Simon Cawdell I stand before you this morning as a passionate supporter of the Anglican Communion its life, its diversity and the riches contained within it that we share. The links we share with our partner dioceses … Continue Reading
Spatial Catholicity: Our Unity in Christ
Spatial Catholicity Our Unity in Christ In Support of the Anglican Covenant An Apologetic Series By Mark D. Chapman (republished with permission from The Living Church) In Anglicanism: Unity and Diversity in the Anglican Communion (Mowbray, 2007), the book I edited on the Anglican Covenant, I suggested that a “tepid constitutionalism” was what was perhaps … Continue Reading
Anglicans and Covenants: A Very Brief History
Anglicans and Covenants: A Very Brief History by Benjamin M. Guyer Episcopal Church (USA) ‘We dare to hope…’1 – 1964 British Conference on Faith and Order (Also published on the Yes to the Covenant website) If the Church of England rejects the Anglican Covenant, how will it honour its ecumencial Covenants? In 1964, the Church … Continue Reading