Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Church Society in the USA? REC?

HT to Charlie Ray at:  http://reasonablechristian.blogspot.com/2011/11/gillis-harp-proposal-north-american.html.

We quote:

Dear friends:

I have been active in evangelical Anglican circles in North America since the 1980s. Recently, I have thought about establishing an organization that would bring together conservative evangelical Anglicans (both clergy and laymen) regardless of their current denominational affiliation. While in Britain this past July, I was approached by a couple board members of the English Church Society and asked if I'd be interested in starting a North American affiliate of their body. I am writing to ask if you would be interested in discussing the creation of such a fellowship.
If you are unfamiliar with Church Society, please click on the link below.
http://www.churchsociety.org/

Please respond to this email if you would be interested in meeting sometime in 2012 to discuss this proposal.

Warm regards in Christ,

Gillis Harp
Grove City College
Grove City, PA
RefEpisc AT hotmail DOT com

3 comments:

mphilliber said...

I sent him an email voicing interest...

Reformation said...

Most odd, Mike, most odd. I posted an email to Gillis, as well as David, the former President. Odd, interesting and perhaps helpful, but my attenae are up. "Periscope depth," 60 feet below, with "target acquisition," 800 yards out. Most odd.

Reformation said...

This much, Mike, interesting. But as an old REC man, burned by Anglo-Tractators, my attenae is up re: REC. Big time.