Should we all join the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans? by Andrew Goddard The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) launches in the UK on 6th July, just over a year after it was formed at the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jerusalem At that time I was unclear what to make of GAFCON and appealed … Continue Reading
The Christian Code Sermon: Professor David F Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge Readings: Isaiah 40:1-11; Galatians 3:23-end; Luke 1:57-66, 80 at the ordination and consecration of Graham Kings to be Bishop of Sherborne, 24 June 2009, Westminster Abbey A voice says, ‘Cry out!’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’(Isaiah 40:6) A … Continue Reading
Why I am still an Anglican by Tim Goodbody This article began life from an online discussion between Cranmer’s Curate (Revd Julian Mann) and myself. Cranmer’s Curate published what amounts to an abridged version of what follows here on his blog on the 29th of April 2009. At the time that discussion started I was … Continue Reading
A pioneering mission and ministry resource pack for mission-shaped poultry keepers … Background A recent General Synod report on clergy vocational fulfilment and ministry development has this important insight. ‘There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution here because keeping poultry, walking on the moors, line dancing and driving steam trains may be just as valuable as… a diocesan … Continue Reading
Church of England Inter-Faith Relations: a Response to Melanie Phillips’s article in The Spectator by Guy Wilkinson National Inter-Faith Relations Adviser and Secretary for Inter-Faith Relations to the Archbishop of Canterbury copublished with the Spectator, 18 March 2009 We have seen in recent days in Northern Ireland just how deep antagonisms go and how long … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Book Review of Jonathan Clark, The Republic of Heaven (SPCK, 2008) by Sarah Cawdell Jonathan Clark is chair of affirming Catholicism UK and a member of General Synod. He has been a university chaplain and worked in theological education. He is now a parish priest, Rector of Stoke Newington, Hackney, London. The Republic of … Continue Reading
Rowan’s Rule: a review of the biography of an Archbishop by Rupert Shortt by Jordan Hylden republished, with permission, from First Things and Covenant Rowan Williams is without doubt one of the most significant and learned theologians in the English-speaking world. Unfortunately, during his tenure at Canterbury, it has at times seemed that he has … Continue Reading
Allusions and Illusions: Advent Reflections by Graham Kings prepublished, with permission, from the Church of England Newspaper 28 November 2008 The season of Advent, with its allusions and illusions, approaches us this Sunday from the future. We are called to understand the ‘present’ from the perspective of the ‘end’. The ultimate presence of the returning … Continue Reading
The Restoration of Evangelicalism: Differences without Division copublished with The Guardian Comment is Free site, 17 November 2008 by Graham Kings Too often, in the past and today, the word ‘evangelical’ has been besmirched. It needs restoring as ‘good news’ in all its generous influence and call to authentic living, in following the way of … Continue Reading
NEAC 2008: a Evangelical Dutch Report by Wim Houtman pre-published, with permission, from Nederlands Dagblad, 17 November 2008 “This morning was good: an atmosphere of reflection and unity. But this afternoon things went wrong.” Bishop Keith Sinclair of Birkenhead, speaker on a conference of evangelicals within the Church of England on Saturday, could not say … Continue Reading