The Anglican Covenant: Shared Discernment Recognized By All The Reverend Canon Professor Christopher Seitz The Reverend Dr Philip Turner The Reverend Dr Ephraim Radner Mark McCall, Esq The Rt Reverend Dr N T Wright Bishop of Durham 3 September 2009 The following is an excerpt from an article that was published on the Anglican Communion … Continue Reading
Federation Isn’t Enough: Only Communion Properly Reflects the Spirit of the Church Fulcrum Newsletter, August 2009 by Graham Kings Bishop of Sherborne and theological secretary of Fulcrum copublished, with permission, with Comment is free belief, The Guardian online, 5 August 2009 Desmond Tutu has often talked of the crucial support of the Anglican Communion when … Continue Reading
Rowan’s Reflections: Unpacking the Archbishop’s Statement by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N.T. Wright (in collaboration with ACI and Fulcrum) discuss this article on the forum thread Introduction 1. In the two days since the Archbishop released his ‘Reflections’ on TEC’s General Convention, they have already generated widely differing responses. We always knew, say some … Continue Reading
Rowan Williams and the Anglican Future by Jordan Hylden This is article was published by First Things and Covenant and is co-published here with permission of the author. Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, has issued his much-awaited response to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church: “Communion, Covenant, and our Anglican Future.” Although it’s not … Continue Reading
Brave New Church by Jordan Hylden This is article was published by First Things and Covenant and is co-published here with permission of the author. In short, the sad parallels to be drawn with the shriveled, largely post-Christian fate of the United Church of Christ are there without number. Of course, the winds of revival, … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Response to TEC General Convention 2009 Resolution C056: official promotion of a process to develop liturgies for the blessing of same-sex unions (see also our response to resolution D025) To evaluate C056 it is necessary to trace some of the recent history in relation to same-sex blessings in order to be clear what the … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Press Statement on the decision by the House of Bishops of TEC to pass D025 (see also our response to resolution C056) The decision, by a 2-to-1 majority, of the House of Bishops of TEC to pass D025 represents a further determined walking apart by the American Church and must have significant consequences for … Continue Reading
copublished, with permission, with The Times, 15 July 2009 In the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism, a decision taken in California has finally brought a large coach off the rails altogether. The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States has voted decisively to allow in principle the appointment, to … Continue Reading
The Queen, the Church and the Fellowship by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne co-published with Comment is Free Belief, The Guardian ‘We will keep formal administrative links with the formal Church of England, but our real identity is with Global Anglicanism as defined by the Jerusalem statement and declaration.’ This was stated by Christopher Sugden, … Continue Reading
Glacial Gravity or Opportunist Autonomy? Fulcrum Newsletter June 2009 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne prepublished, with permission, from the Church of England Newspaper, 3 July 2009 discuss this newsletter on the forum thread Glaciers, moving slowly and powerfully, reshape the landscape. They work through gravity. It may be that the Anglican Covenant appears to … Continue Reading