Honestly, what does it take for evangelical Anglicans to leave the Church of England? On the anniversary of 9/11, the Archbishop of Canterbury presented an award for ‘reconciliation and interfaith cooperation’ to a Pakistani Muslim cleric who has previously praised Osama bin Laden. The timing alone would be extraordinary. The choice of recipient makes it worse.
And this comes hard on the heels of the recent announcement that St Paul’s Cathedral is partnering with Fabric nightclub, pandering to a music culture synonymous with drink, drugs, and sex. These are not isolated eccentricities. They are symptoms of an institution which was compromised from its very beginning.
And yet evangelical Anglicans still remain. They have remained for generations, often arguing that they can maintain a gospel witness from within. They have endured doctrinal compromise, theological liberalism, episcopal equivocation and increasing conformity to the spirit of the age.
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