Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

(1 Apr 14) Church Society: Credibility Crisis in Church of England




Topical Tuesday: the credibility crisis
Posted by Lee Gatiss, 1 Apr 2014




Lee Gatiss writes about the credibility crisis he believes is unfolding in the Church of England, examining four claims for their credibility.




Recently, I was invited by the Council of Affinity (formerly the British Evangelical Council), to address them on the issue of challenges facing evangelicals in the Church of England. The talk was recorded, and can be played or downloaded above. It is 43 minutes long. I took as my theme the growing credibility crisis which I have perceived within the Church. I looked at four claims being made in the Church, and examined them to see how credible they are. They were: 1. ‘We want you to flourish.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury and the other Bishops have said that they want conservative evangelicals, particularly complementarians (those who are unhappy with women’s ordination) to flourish within the Church. I looked at this claim and we thought about what would need to be done to make it credible.




For the rest, see: http://churchsociety.org/blog/entry/topical_tuesday_the_credibility_crisis#When:06:00:00Z

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