Traditionalists warn church of evangelism threat

Monday, 20th October 2008
By Michael Brown

An extraordinary claim that if traditionalist Anglicans are "destroyed", the Gospel in England "will suffer" because no one else is evangelising, was issued by the Bishop of Fulham, the Rt Rev John Broadhurst, last weekend.

Bishop Broadhurst, a one-time member of the General Synod who now heads Forward in Faith, the Anglo-Catholic umbrella body, was giving a keynote address at the opening of the movement's annual assembly in London.

He told the 400 delegates --- and was loudly applauded by them --- "If we are destroyed, the Gospel in this country will suffer. If we are not allowed to live, the Gospel will suffer. If we don't do it, who is going to do it? Who else is evangelising except us?"

The London suffragan's allegations came towards the end of an impassioned address in which he also declared: "The Anglican Communion is over. It is finished. It has been tested --- at the Lambeth Conference --- and found wanting." the rest