Fulcrum (Anglican think tank)

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Fulcrum is a Church of England think tank representing the Evangelical Centre of the CofE. Formed in 2002, Fulcrum aims to to renew the moderate centre of the evangelical tradition in the Church of England.^[1] Fulcrum is normally viewed as representative of the open evangelical tradition within the Church of England.

Contents 1 History 2 Purpose 3 Publications 4 References

[edit] History

Fulcrum was conceived by Francis Bridger and others in response to strong and extreme responses from some evangelical quarters of the Church of England to the appointment of Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury. In 2003 the first official meeting of Fulcrum took place and the appointments of Chair, vice-chairs, administrator and theological advisor were made. ^[1]

[edit] Purpose

A fulcrum is the point of balance in a pivot. Fulcrum chose this name because it seeks to renew the evangelical tradition at the centre of the Church of England. According to its website 'fulcrum embraces an historic orthodoxy that is generous in spirit, confident in the contribution evangelicals can make to Anglicanism'.^[1] In the current climate of uncertainty in the Anglican Communion, Fulcrum seeks to promote an unpolarised evangelicalism often missing from evangelical comment and actions.

[edit] Publications

Fulcrum publishes articles regularly via its website on a wide range of issues that are affecting the Church of England. Issues as diverse as:

Anglicanism
Ethics
Film
History of Christianity
Mission
Other Faiths
Pastoral Issues
Poetry
Politics and Faith
Roman Catholicism
Science
Sexuality
Spirituality
Theology
Women Bishops

Fulcrum does not publish a journal outside of its website, but the journal Anvil is representative of the constituency associated with Fulcrum.

[edit] References