The Anglican church is going through massive change. Many congregations, particularly of an Evangelical/Low Church persuasion, have gone for the "holy huddle" and "dumbing down" approach to church. Nominal Anglicans are being excluded and our English liturgical roots abandoned.
Over the last twenty years or so, many Anglican Evangelicals have become obsessed with purity and/or marketing, and as a result have come to view nominalism and liturgy as a hindrance to the gospel.
What is driving this change in Evangelical ministry? There are many possible reasons for this changed approach in ministry, but bad theology, rather than godliness or good pragmatics, is probably the answer. Anglican Evangelicals have drifted under the influence of the twin heresies of pietism (sanctification by obedience rather than by grace through faith) and arminianism. We have drifted from our Reformation roots.
The following editorials seek to address issues presently unsettling Evangelical Anglicans, and in particular argue for an acceptance of the lost (an open door to our local community) and the preservation of transcendence in worship.
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