Evangelical Futures: What’s the future for C of E complementarians?

Ros Clarke  |  Features
Date posted:  1 May 2022
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Evangelical Futures: What’s the future for C of E complementarians?

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Is there a future for complementarianism in the Church of England?

Thirty years ago, when the first ordinations of women priests were beginning, the Church of England claimed to hold ‘two integrities’. Both those in favour of such ordinations and those opposed on grounds of theological conviction were held to represent valid Anglican orthodoxy. The balance changed with the consecration of women as bishops. At that point, the church declared that women should rightly be able to serve in any office in the Church of England. There is now only one integrity.

However, complementarians were still welcome to remain in the Church of England, and in the infamous phrasing of the Five Guiding Principles concerning this issue, we were also to be enabled to flourish within the life and structures of the church.

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