ABSTRACT
Anglicanism may be said to have an endemically compromising ecclesial habit. Almost since its inception, Anglicanism has worked with a ‘quadrilateral pattern’ in its moral reasoning and for arriving at provisional theological truth claims. Much of theological writing has concerned itself with ecclesiology, and more specifically with Anglicanism and the Church of England. The new emphasis on leadership in missionary discourse, and in church management, is skewed. The Church of England, as a body, a risk sounding like it is out of theological vision, energy and ideas – but keen on new members and talent that secures new recruits. The Church of England will need some deeper discernment, and some sharper critical reflection. The church moves to being mechanistically driven; to becoming a managed machine, with its managers judging their performance by growth-related metrics. Whilst the gathered ‘suburban church’ model, which has clear delineations between members and non-members, appears to be the preferred ecclesial paradigm.
