Saturday, March 31, 2007

On being Anglican in the 21st Century

http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/on_being_anglican_in_the_21st_century_abp_drexel_gomez/

[Global South Anglican] 31 Mar 2007--To speak of Anglicanism today, either as a church tradition or as an ecclesial communion, is to speak of one of the most vibrant and unstable expressions of Christianity within the world. Churches are growing in numbers in some areas of the world at a staggering pace. In other parts of the world, ideas are being articulated and debates are taking place with a dizzying energy. We all know that relations – within national Anglican churches and among them – are charged, confusing, and re-ordering themselves every day with unexpected direction and sometimes ferocity. How does this experienced picture of the Anglican Church match the image of the stodgy and tempered parochial life of rural England that we still carry in our imaginations?

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