Questions from Singapore to Archbishop Peter Jensen on the Global Anglican Future Conference by Michael Poon Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore republished with permission from the Global South Anglican site Dear Archbishop Peter, I read with interest your 27 December 2007 Statement on the proposed … Continue Reading
Questions from Singapore on the Global Anglican Future Conference by Michael Poon Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore republished with permission from the Global South Anglican site “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is constructive. Nobody … Continue Reading
by Christopher Seitz In his lectures delivered at Wycliffe College, Toronto, last month, Ephraim Radner has given an historical account of conciliarism and has described how Anglicanism developed over time a set of Instruments intending to maintain unity of faith in the light of missionary expansion and the emergence of nations in the New World … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Press Release Following the accurate report on the Church of England Newspaper website, Religious Intelligence (20 September 2007), that after many resignations from the Hall staff over recent months, three senior members of the academic staff have now been required to leave Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Fulcrum gives its full backing in support and prayer … Continue Reading
The crises that Anglicanism faces today can usually be traced to the different ways in which different sides approach the task of doing theology. The questions which arise are not new: how do we interpret Scripture? what authority do we give to Scripture? how much respect do we pay to the way in which Scripture … Continue Reading
republished, with permission, from the Church of England Newspaper, 22 June 2007 ‘Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?’ is the plaintive backing song used in the famous car advert in 1995, and again this year. The sentiment of the song, by Janis Joplin (from her 1971 album, ‘Pearl’), raises key questions about materialism and … Continue Reading
by Colin Craston republished with permission from the Church of England Newspaper, 8 June 2007 The highest point of unity among Evangelicals in the Church of England was 40 years ago at the Keele National Evangelical Anglican Congress. Divisions began to emerge after the second Congress at Nottingham ten years later. The subject of Hermeneutics … Continue Reading
republished, with permission, from The Church of England Newspaper, 22 March 2007 Dear Fulcrum Friends, The traditional phrase used to describe the Church of England is ‘Catholic and Reformed’. Too often the middle word ‘and’ passes unnoticed. Connecting words are crucial, humble and worth contemplating. They introduce links between polarities by contributing ‘threeness’ to ‘duality’. … Continue Reading
Initial comments on ‘A Covenant for the Church of England’, issued by Paul Perkin and Chris Sugden and others by the Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright I am surprised that this document (‘A Covenant for the Church of England’, hereafter CCE) has been issued, and sorry that its clear grasp of some issues is … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Initial Response to the ‘Covenant for the Church of England’ which some evangelicals presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury on 12 December 2006 Whilst the provenance, process and representative authority of the ‘covenant for the Church of England’, which was presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury on 12 December 2006, are still very much … Continue Reading