I note from John Richardson's  Chelmsford Anglican Mainstream blogspot http://chelmsfordanglicanmainstream.blogspot.com/ that the motion passed at the CEEC Council meeting was proposed by Bishop Pete Broadbent and seconded by Bishop Wallace Benn.

An interesting and possibly/probably beneficial twinning.

The change could appear slight, but it does surely match the overall mood of wanting to express strong support for the Anglican Communion as a body and for those on the sharp end of the present troubles.

Support for the Jerusalem Declaration is tempered by the recognition of different strategies. This is a far better way of proceeding than, say, attempting to unpick JD to remove the specific points of division.

A very Anglican compromise, and I mean that to be understood as a good thing! (c.f. the BCP's dual words of distribution, where we all get to have our cake and eat it, theologically speaking)

I think it is highly significant that the motion passed by CEEC has managed to find a way of endorsing the substance of the Jerusalem Declaration, but at the same time not endorsing the GAFCON approach as the only way forward.

There is probably more to be said, but CEEC has to this extent remained true to its founding intentions that it has found a formula which tries to hold together the various ways in which evangelical Anglicans are seeking to respond to the issues facing the C of E and the Anglican Communion.

I wonder whether "NEAC" would have passed this. If only proper notice had been given, and proper debate had been allowed then.

For ease of reference, the original motion presented at NEAC:

“That this National Evangelical Anglican Consultation,

acknowledging that the Church of England professes the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds and bears witness to this truth in her historic formularies (the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-nine Articles and the Ordinal) and as set out in Canon A5, Article 6 and the Declaration of Assent

and mindful, as members of the Anglican Communion, of our obligations to faithful Anglicans across the globe,

(a)    express our support for the Jerusalem Declaration

and

(b)    recognising that Evangelical Anglicans will pursue a variety of strategies, support our brothers and sisters in their strategic decisions including those set out in the GAFCON Statement

made in Jerusalem on 29th June 2008 at the Global Anglican Future Conference gathering attended by 1148 people, including 291 Bishops of the Anglican Communion”

And the motion now passed by the CEEC Council:

• “CEEC affirms and rejoices that the Church of England professes the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds and its historic formularies (the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, The Book of Common Prayer and the Ordering of Bishops, Priests and Deacons) and set out in Canon A5 and the Declaration of Assent.

• Further we affirm (1) the CEEC’s own Basis of Belief, (2) Resolution 3.5 of Lambeth 1998 (concerning the authority of Holy Scriptures), (3) Resolution 1.10 of Lambeth 1998 (concerning human sexuality), and (4) the Jerusalem Declaration, and as members of the Anglican Communion, we acknowledge our obligation to stand in prayerful solidarity with faithful Anglicans across the globe.

• We recognize that evangelical Anglicans will pursue a variety of strategies for dealing with the current crisis in the Communion, and we support those who are seeking to work through the existing Anglican Communion structures, those who are working within the framework set out in the GAFCON Statement, and those supporting both.

• We call on the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primates to recognize the urgency of the situation as it affects parishes and clergy, particularly in the USA, Canada and Brazil, and to give immediate and serious consideration to granting recognition to the new Province in the USA.”

I see he is remaining as a member. I suppose the question is whether people would rather he conducted himself robustly (you can read that as a euphemism if you wish) from the floor of the meeting towards the Chair or from the chair of the meeting towards the floor.

http://www.ceec.info/

Chairman of CEEC resigns, apologies about NEAC5.

that must have been quite a meeting

Whistleblower - perhaps better to pray for Dr Turnbull rather than refer to people's insults against him (eg "daleks")?  

Let's hope that CEEC respond to the magnitude of the crisis engulfing them by choosing new leaders. The Daily Telegraph tells us that Dr Turnbull, chairman of CEEC, has the "people skills of a dalek". The Daily Mail outed a shockingly naive and pastorally insensitive article by Bishop Wallace Benn, president of CEEC, dealing with the credit crunch. When can we have some competent leaders, please?

Daily Telegraph article here

Daily Mail article here

It is very encouraging that people are working to bring reconciliation after the mess at NEAC.... we should all pray for genuine unity and fellowship to emerge in the near future - given someone once prayed exactly for that. We should pray for +Pete and Dr Turnbull and all involved....