God's Church for God's World: Evangelical Reflections on faithful mission and ministry

by Tom Woolford

Publisher:

IVP

, 2022

Overview

What is really going on inside the Church of England?

God’s Church for God’s World offers essays and testimony from Evangelical Anglicans ahead of the Lambeth Conference 2022, that explore both the current state of Anglicanism and the future of Anglicanism in the UK.

Featuring contributions from the likes of Andrew Goddard, Esther Prior, a number of serving bishops and many more, this collection offers a unique window into recent Anglican history that has often be tumultuous, and the workings of the Anglican Communion today.

With a rare blend of theological reflection and timely storytelling, each essay offers something fresh - with no easy answers. Combining critical reflection with good news stories, they explore topics such as church planting and mutual flourishing, and encourage all of us to think through what faithfulness might look in our own context.

God’s Church for God’s World brings together voices drawn from all major Anglican evangelical networks in the UK, demonstrating a commitment to the Gospel being proclaimed and a unity both throughout and beyond the Church of England. With a number of young contributors, it also offers a glimpse of possible futures for the Anglican Church.

An honest, behind-the-scenes look at the Church of England in the twenty-first century, God’s Church for God’s World is a book for anyone looking for insight into the Anglican Communion from an evangelical perspective, and to understand what might lie ahead for the church.

Contents

List of contributors ix
Introduction 1
The Reverend Dr Thomas Woolford and the Reverend Adam Young

Part 1
GOD’S CHURCH FOR GOD’S WORLD: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND?
1 A changing Communion 11
The Reverend Canon Dr Andrew Goddard
2 Keeping evangelicals catholic and the catholic church evangelical 30
The Reverend Dr Thomas Woolford
3 Laying claim to the Church of England 53
Dr Ros Clarke
4 Moving diagonally – the bishops’ chapter 67
Adam Young talks with Sophie Jelley, Julian Henderson,
Rod Thomas and Keith Sinclair

Part 2
GOD’S PEOPLE IN GOD’S CHURCH: STORIES AND PERSPECTIVES
Introduction 81
The Reverend Adam Young
5 Culture shocks 84
The Reverend Sam Haigh
6 Faithful from the fringe 100
The Reverend Charles Lamont
7 Blissful ignorance, mutual flourishing: an evangelical woman in the church 115
The Reverend Esther Prior
8 Women and the Junia Network 130
The Reverend Sophie Bannister
9 Turn-around ministry in the Spirit 142
The Reverend Rachel Marszalek

Part 3
GOD’S CHURCH IN GOD’S WORLD: TRAJECTORIES AND FUNDAMENTALS
10 The hills and valleys: the ebb and flow of evangelicalism in the church in Wales 159
The Reverend Dean Aaron Roberts
11 The pain and joy of standing firm in faith in Scotland 174
The Reverend David McCarthy
12 Clear blue water: leaving the Church of England and alternative Anglicanisms 182
The Reverend Dr Peter Sanlon

Afterword 209
Appendix 1: The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion of the Church of England 211
Appendix 2: The Jerusalem Declaration 228
Appendix 3: The Church of England Evangelical Council’s (CEEC) Basis of Faith and Additional Declarations (Taken from the Constitution) 231
Appendix 4: IVP’s Statement of Faith 234
About IVP 236

Product Details

• Title: God's Church for God's World: Evangelical Reflections on faithful mission and ministry
• Author: Tom Woolford
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781789742206, 9781789742244, 1789742242, 178974220X
• Resource ID: LLS:9781789742206
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T22:43:15Z