Anglicanism

“Baptist friends… have helped me think more deeply about the biblical form and function of the congregation…the independent or congregational structure of Baptist churches brings into sharp relief the role and potency of the church gathered.” - 9 Marks

“Keith… knew just where we were at all times in the order of service. A few minutes in, he reached down and lowered the kneeling bench like he’d built it.” - Beth Moore

Alister McGrath “was one of seven speakers presenting at the Mere Anglicanism Conference January 26-28 in Charleston, South Carolina.” - Juicy Ecumenism

See also: Anglicanism’s woes and the future of Christianity: Are we watching a church prepare for spiritual death? - World

“the conception of the Church of England as a half-way house between Rome and John Calvin’s Geneva (or Martin Luther’s Wittenberg) would have been incomprehensible to the English Reformers of the sixteenth century.” - Ref21

“So here, rather than any firm predictions, are simply some questions – questions that may shape how 2020 unfolds in relation to the Church of England, and, to a certain extent, the wider Anglican Communion.” - Christian Today

“Two decades after it supported the introduction of women priests, the Church of England was set to begin three days of deliberations on Monday that will include a critical vote on the ordination of female bishops…”

In 2006, The Falls Church and six sister congregations in Northern Virginia voted (overwhelmingly) to pull out of the Episcopal Church because, in our view, it had drifted so far from orthodox Christianity that we could not remain in good conscience.Reasons for the division have been mainly theological, particularly focused on how we interpret the Bible, and what doctrines of the Christian faith are essential for leaders to maintain.