Church History

Mark continues from part 1 of his Gafcon 2022 talk. You can read the entire text here. Classic Confusion #1: The ‘Via Media’ So, onto our first classic confusion about Anglican identity: the so-called Via Media. This Latin term can be translated…

GAFCON Australasia 2022 The Pressing Challenge of Anglican Identity “Sometimes it is called fudge … And I say, hey, I like fudge, it’s a lot better than killing each other.”[2] So said Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on the topic of Anglican…

GAFCON Australasia 2022 The Pressing Challenge of Anglican Identity “Sometimes it is called fudge … And I say, hey, I like fudge, it’s a lot better than killing each other.”[2] So said Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, on the topic of Anglican…

One of the great legacies of the Reformation, 500 years ago now, was a new view of Christian ministry. More particularly, it was a new vision of the pastoral ministry of the local congregation. When we gather as God’s people, it is not as…

Part of my job involves teaching people to preach. If I’ve learned one thing over the years it’s that you can’t learn to do something until you understand the goal. So I find myself asking the question, over and…

People from all four corners of the earth love to sing. Some of us are better at it than others, but needing to be good at it doesn’t stop my friend James[1] from singing loudly and off-key! But why do we sing? And why do we sing in church? I want to share…