Category - gafcon

On the Archbishop’s Anglican reflections

staff writers — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:37:07 +0100

A joint statement from groups working together in the Church of England

How evangelicals are betraying their heritage

Jonathan Bartley — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:23:51 +0100

The new coalition of evangelical and Anglo-Catholic parishes launched within the Church of England, claiming to uphold the "traditional biblical view" on homosexuality was unlikley to have been considered in times gone by, says Jonathan Bartley

Backlash grows against Nazir-Ali's call for gay "repentance"

staff writers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:01:01 +0100

Michael Nazir-Ali, the Anglican Bishop of Rochester, is facing strong criticism from both Christian and secular quarters after calling on gay and lesbian people to “repent” of their sexuality.

Senior Evangelical Anglican bishop is annoyed by 'bullying' tactics

staff writers — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:00:32 +0100

The Rt Rev Dr Tom Wright, a leading Evangelical Anglican bishop in the Church of England has said that the tactics of a new factional network within Anglicanism amount to "bullying".

Fracas at London church meeting about hardline Anglican group

staff writers — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:10:35 +0100

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that he was "violently ejected" from a major London evangelical church after seeking to mount a protest against a hardline Anglican group.

Whose mission is it anyway?

Simon Barrow — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:21:32 +0100

Some sections of the Anglican Communion are convinced that only their narrow vision of what is permissible in faithfulness to the Christian message is adequate, says Simon Barrow. But they are confounded by the biblical texts they claim loyalty to.

Archbishop of Canterbury says GAFCON declaration 'problematic'

staff writers — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:13:45 +0100

The Archbishop of Canterbury has responded to the GAFCON declaration which proposes forming a council of bishops to provide an alternative to churches they say are preaching a 'false gospel' concerning homosexuality.

Mugabe condemns Williams and sides with anti-gay Anglicans

staff writers — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:03:17 +0100

In a campaign comment ahead of today's election in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has condemned Archbishop Rowan Williams as lacking a "moral compass" and said that gays in the church are a sign of "moral degeneracy".

Tradition, change and the new Anglicanism

Savi Hensman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:44:13 +0100

The global media are largely interpreting the current fissures within the worldwide Anglican Communion as a struggle between ‘traditionalists’ and ‘revisionists’, ‘conservatives’ and ‘liberals’, ‘evangelicals’ and modernists’. In this thoughtful paper, Savitri Hensman shows that these are unhelpful caricatures, and that what is at stake is something far larger than an argument within one denomination. It is about the nature of Christianity in a fast-changing contemporary world, the dangers of simplistic readings of the Bible, the historic threat of authoritarianism, the challenge of human rights, and the tension between the establishment instincts of many Christians institutions and its radical, transformative roots in the life-changing story and flesh of Jesus. This reading of the situation within Anglicanism and in a broader context will assist commentators, researchers, journalists, concerned observers of many stances, and all who are interested in how the relationship between religion and society is changing after Christendom. The paper complements the author’s contributions to the new book Fear or Freedom? Why a warring church must change, edited by Simon Barrow (Shoving Leopard / Ekklesia, 2008) – available in the UK from Metanoia Book Service, and elsewhere via Amazon.

The full document is available as a *.PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file here:

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/files/newanglicanism.pdf

Savi Hensman

Evangelical leader criticises failure to condemn violence against gays

staff writers — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:18:50 +0100

The head of the Church Army, a leading Anglican mission agency with a significant evangelical constituency, has expressed his distress at the failure of two Anglican archbishops to clearly condemn violence against gay people.