Up until recently the Anglican church was able to accommodate  
everything and everybody. For many years there have been two separate  
official book publishing organizations, one liberal and one  
evangelical. There have been J.I.Packers and Bishop Robinsons. It  
appears the evangelicals are losing influence. The bishop of a given  
area determines, to a large degree but not totally, the kind of  
priests allowed into his area. This is why some areas will have far  
more evangelical than others. Ordaining homosexuals and embracing gay  
marriage seems to have been the straw that broke he camels back of  
some churches. A split has occurred that appears to be permanent.  JGR


On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:57 AM, Carlo Rose wrote:

> I was wondering, if any of you know, in particular, those of you on  
> the other side of the world, like the UK or Australia, and  
> especially if there are any Sounders in NZ, know much about the  
> Anglican Church.  I know it's all screwed up in the United States,  
> but I'm curious about its state in NZ.
>
> A missionary I use to support from Campus Crusade went back to NZ  
> and he's going to an Anglican church there. I was concerned about a  
> few things so ceased my support and supporting someone regularly  
> from Biblical Ministries Worldwide that I know will go directly to  
> preaching the gospel.
>
> Anyway, There appears to be some real conservative Anglicans like  
> the Latimer Fellowship that are dead serious about being sticking  
> to many biblical principles.  But a lot of the Anglican church is  
> turning liberal.
>
> I don't care about whether some within the Anglican church are  
> really sticking to "many" biblical principles per se.  What I  
> really care about is if they are a sect which teaches a gospel  
> other than the gospel of Jesus (thus the many biblical principles  
> they teach are moot).
>
> Anyway, pretty ignorant about the Anglican church and given its  
> break-up, I was wondering if anyone can shed some light.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlo