anglo-catholic
When asked to be Godparent to one of my sister's children, whose service was being held at All Saints Church, Pittville, and Anglo-Catholic Church, I attended church regularly and was confirmed.
As a priest, I now sit comfortably across church tradition; I have worshiped and ministered in a variety of churches, and I feel drawn into Christ whether it be kneeling at Benediction in Anglo Catholic worship or singing repetitive songs in Evangelical worship.
Coming from a charismatic evangelical background my formation for priesthood at the College of the Resurrection was something of a steep learning curve but I found within the Anglo-Catholic tradition a language for my love of worship and a deep tradition of social action rooted in theological integrity from which I continue to draw.
Today, while I prefer more formal and sacramental worship, I treasure the friendships made through the New Wine network and would describe myself, only half- jokingly, as a committed anglo-catholic charismatic evangelical.
I lived in Scotland for 12 years and it was there that I became a liberal, Anglo-Catholic in the Scottish Episcopal Church.
I have served and rejoiced in Parishes from the Anglo-Catholic to the Evangelical, and from the Central to the Charismatic (my own tradition).
I came to faith in my 20s and have been formed by Anglo-Catholic and evangelical parishes.
I am 28 and have worshipped in the Church of England all my life, first in an Anglo-Catholic parish in Rutland and, for the past fourteen years, in a charismatic evangelical church in Kettering.
In 2023 I completed a doctorate in theology and ministry, researching how traditionalist Anglo-Catholic priests understood mission and navigated change in the Church of England.
I was brought up in an inter-church family (my dad was a curate in Sunbury-on-Thames and my mum is a Roman Catholic), and spent my childhood in a mix of Roman Catholic, Anglo Catholic, Evangelical and more Central churches.
Since 1992 I have lived in Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes which happens to be an Anglo Catholic parish.
This warm welcome and informality is balanced with our Eucharist services deeply rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and the courses we offer to study the Bible and discuss our faith.
I consider myself to be a liberal Anglo Catholic.
When I trained for ordination at Cranmer Hall, Durham, I was taken out of my Anglo-Catholic comfort zone and placed in the midst of substantive engagement with people from other traditions and approaches within the CofE.
This contextualised my understanding of my place as an Anglo-Catholic within the wider CofE whilst remaining open to challenging my own assumptions, contributing to debates with people from different theological perspectives, and always looking to what we can agree on despite our differences.
I was a choirboy and server in an Anglo-Catholic church until the age of 18.
I was born in inner-city Birmingham where I was in the choir of an Anglo- Catholic Church, St Gregory the Great.
I was a boy chorister in the Anglo-Catholic parish church in Pembrokeshire where I was raised.
In short, we need a Churchgoers’ Charter. …………………… As a Cathedral chorister in the ‘60s, mine was an anglo-catholic upbringing, imbued with the choral tradition.
I have worked with people from all parts of the church – liberal, conservative, Anglo- Catholic or evangelical – and we serve the Body of Christ best when we listen to each other and work together for our church.
I am, I am told, “a liberal Anglo-Catholic committed to honest
My theology is liberal Anglo- Catholic.
My formation has enriched my understanding across both Evangelical/Charismatic and Anglo-Catholic traditions.
Depth Over Dilution My own formation crossed traditions: a liturgy-valuing Presbyterian background, then a low-church Anglican parish, then placements in Anglo-Catholic parishes and
I began as a lay worker in a large charismatic evangelical church, before serving as a curate in a rural context, as a school chaplain, and later as an Associate Priest in a liberal Anglo-Catholic parish.
However, while living in Exeter, I came into contact with the Book of Common Prayer at an Anglo-Catholic church - at which point I fell in love with the Prayer Book, leading me to further explore the Anglican tradition and realising that I had found my home within the Formularies.
The CoE and the parish belong to us all - Evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, High Church, middle-of-the-road and everything in between.
Inclusive church in the liberal Anglo Catholic tradition.
• I’ve worked in all sorts of church settings over the years, including charismatic, Anglo-Catholic,
I’ve experienced two placements in the Anglo Catholic tradition (one alongside the Canon Precentor at Leicester Cathedral as an ordinand) and moved from a Charismatic Evangelical curacy to an incumbency of central tradition.
I have worshipped at a gathered evangelical church in Surrey, Anglo-Catholic churches in London and Liverpool, college chaplaincies, and Anglican churches in Paris and Vienna, so I know the breadth of our Church pretty well.
I have worshipped in churches in a range of traditions within the Church of England and Church in Wales, from evangelical to Anglo-Catholic.
My background is High Church and I have spent time, both on placements and otherwise, in Anglo-Catholic churches.
Christian traditions, from Anglo-Catholic Anglicanism
I am a lifelong Anglican and love the breadth of the Church of England, having worshipped in middle-of-the-road, Evangelical, and Anglo-Catholic parishes.
Breadth - Rooted in both Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical traditions, with a commitment to the Church of England as a broad, generous, and beautiful church.
During my MA at Cranmer I had the opportunity to experience High Anglo-Catholic worship on placement and followed the best advice I was given on my first day at Cranmer - “Spiritually, eat what you are given”.
A convert of two years, I am trying my best to navigate my life through an Anglo-Catholic expression for the Faith.
Understanding our diversity: Lay + ordained ministry experience across evangelical, charismatic, choral, and Anglo-Catholic traditions, giving me a deep appreciation of the breadth of the Church of England.
In terms of churchmanship, I’ve grown up within the Anglo-Catholic tradition, and I continue to value its sacramental depth, its sense of beauty in worship, and its conviction that the liturgy forms the Christian life.
As I grew more invested in raising the profile of youth participation and Anglo- Catholic perspectives, I joined the SGPF advisory group and then later LMAG.
About me I am an Anglo-Catholic parish priest and the Eucharist is at the heart of my ministry.
The Church of England contains a wide breadth of Christian traditions, including evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, broad church and charismatic expressions, alongside many parishes combining elements of several traditions.
I describe myself as a prayer book evangelical – rooted in the evangelical convictions and faith encapsulated in our Anglican formularies, and recognising my Anglo- Catholic roots.
I grew up with the experience of evangelical, Anglo-Catholic and broad Anglican communities and I find something to love in each of them.
I grew up in a suburban parish with a broadly Anglo-Catholic liturgy and an evangelical youth group.
I love the diversity of the Church of England and for seven years supported (as priest-in- charge) one of the most anglo-catholic parishes in the diocese (St Clement’s, Cambridge) as, under God, it rebuilt its vision, transformed its buildings and drew in a new generation of worshippers.
The experience of church life in my own parish (central / liberal catholic tradition), at university (evangelical) and while in America (Anglo-Catholic) has given me a deep appreciation of the great richness which comes from the diversity encompassed within the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.
I spent my early years in a simple Anglo-Catholic church where I grew to love the richness and the beauty of a liturgical tradition, alongside the reverence of Communion.
I joined the choir of an Anglo- Catholic church and loved singing at Eucharist.
My earliest church experience was Anglo-Catholic; my faith grew in evangelical churches; and while living in Ankara I worshipped at the small Anglican church serving the British Embassy community.
I was raised Anglo Catholic, was co- president of Leeds University CU in 1997 and have been part of Anglican and Baptist churches over the years.
More recently, I have come to value the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
My faith was then nurtured in Anglo-Catholic churches and chaplaincies.
brought up as an Anglo-Catholic
I am a lifelong Christian with a gentle and reverential faith, worshipping at St Stephen on the Cliffs, North Shore Blackpool, a church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.