Contending Anglican
THE NEXT STEP: WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO GLOBAL ANGLICANS: Thesis 14
This is the FOURTEENTH AND FINAL of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 14 “Behold, I am…
THE NEXT STEP: FORMATION OF A NEW COMMUNION OF CHURCHES: Theses 11-14
Introduction to Theses 11-14 In this third section of my commentary, I intend to sketch the movement of Global South Anglicans in the decade-and-a-half after GAFCON 2008, during which two…
THE NEXT STEP: A NEW COMMUNION OF CHURCHES: Thesis 13
This is the THIRTEENTH of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 13 Plans should be laid at the…
THE NEXT STEP: AFTER LAMBETH 2022: Thesis 12
This is the TWELFTH of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 12 Archbishop Welby dismissed…
GAFCON AND GLOBAL SOUTH FELLOWSIHP: PARALLEL LANES TOWARD A NEW COMMUNION: Thesis 11
This is the ELEVENTH of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 11 In its “Letter to the…
GAFCON: THE DECLARATION OF FAITH: Thesis 9
This is the NINTH of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 9 The Statement from GAFCON 2008…
GAFCON: THE PROPHETIC INDICTMENT: Thesis 8
Thesis 8 The Jerusalem Statement from GAFCON 2008 opens with a prophetic indictment which identifies the ideology of the Western churches as “a different ‘gospel’ (cf. Galatians 1:6-8)…
THE ROAD TO GAFCON: Thesis 6
This is the Sixth of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Introduction to Theses 6-10 The second…
PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN CLAUSE (g): A North American Perspective
The Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll I have been reading postings from respected theologians in the Church of England arguing that the addition of “clause (g)” to the General Synod Resolution last week…
THE BREAKDOWN OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND THE CRISIS OF CONTEMPORARY ANGLICANISM: Thesis 5
This is the fifth of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Thesis 5 The Communion bureaucracy has…
THE CRISIS OF CONTEMPORARY ANGLICANISM: Theses 1-5
This is a collation of the first five theses of FOURTEEN THESES TOWARD REVIVING, REFORMING, AND REORDERING THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, with Commentary. By the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll THESIS 1: THIS…