A new website aimed at aiding ‘thoughtful reconciliation’ among Anglicans over the current divisions in the worldwide Church has been launched.
Source: CEN
The Covenant website has been set up by a group of American Episcopalians in the United States, who describe themselves as ‘evangelical catholic’.
The website, which also contains a blog facility, will focus on ‘the present struggles and gifts’ of the Episcopal Church in an attempt to create greater humility and reconciliation among Christians.
The founders of the site are students, teachers, and pastors from the Episcopal Church who are ‘frustrated with the polarization and vitriol about sexuality’ and other issues that have divided Anglicans.
The founders have taken the book of 1 Corinthians as their theme, as they believe this calls Christians to ‘agree’ and ‘unite’ and they believe this is the literal meaning of the word covenant.
Graham Kings, theological secretary of the UK-based Fulcrum movement, said they fully backed the website, and said: ‘It provides a place for people to comment and blog, and is a forum for those who are in favour of the Windsor Report and the Anglican Covenant and are conservative on the issues of sexuality, but are happy to be involved in the listening process.
‘It’s for those who are Communion-minded and don’t want to reduce the Communion to a Federation of churches.
‘The founders describe themselves as catholic, in that they put a high value on the catholicity of the Church and a huge premium on the interdependence of the Church.’
Mr Kings said the aim of the site is to create an ‘eirenic’ atmosphere, and one of its innovations is that people cannot blog anonymously, which is hoped will cut down the level of vitriol.
The founders say visitors can expect to find a ‘peaceful, inviting and purposeful gathering of fellow Christians’.
To see the Covenant website go to http://covenant-communion.com