Evangelical CofE Bishops to Africans: “Come to Lambeth”

” We shall do all we can to support our Archbishop in his immensely difficult task of developing the life of our Communion.”

As several commenters here note, the two evangelical bishops associated with Wycliffe Hall were notably absent from among the signatories.

From what I can gather, the “evangelical wing” of the Church of England can be broken down into several groups or factions: conservatives who support the African primates in their quest to reform the Anglican Communion (or declare themselves the true Communion); liberal revisionists, that is low-churchers who have embraced to one degree or another the broad-church agenda; and conservative pluralists, who will stay within the Church of England and support the Archbishop of Canterbury to hold the whole thing together, despite deep doctrinal divisions. (No doubt this list is not exhaustive, and probably not precise enough.)

I imagine you can find among the Anglo-Catholics an analogous range of inclinations, including members who would reassess the Thirty-nine Articles, reinterpreting (expunging?) elements that reflect the controversies of the 16th century and are thus no longer meaningful in 2008. A Tract 90 revividus , if you will. But will the traditionalists among the high-churchers care if the faith is refashioned Romeward if morals remain decidedly postmodern?

If the future of the Anglican Communion is of any interest to you, count down to the Lambeth Conference here .