From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fulcrum (Anglican think tank)
Fulcrum (Anglican think tank)
Fulcrum is a Church of England think tank representing
the Evangelical Centre of the CofE. Formed in 2002, Ful-
Publications
crum aims to renew the moderate centre of the evangeli- Fulcrum publishes articles regularly through its website
cal tradition in the Church of England.[1] Fulcrum is nor- on a wide range of issues that are affecting the Church of
mally viewed as representative of the open evangelical England. Issues as diverse as:
tradition within the Church of England. Anglicanism
Ethics
Film
History History of Christianity
Fulcrum was conceived by Francis Bridger and others in Mission
response to strong and extreme responses from some Other Faiths
evangelical quarters of the Church of England to the ap- Pastoral Issues
pointment of Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canter- Poetry
bury. In 2003 the first official meeting of Fulcrum took Politics and Faith
place and the appointments of Chair, vice-chairs, admin- Roman Catholicism
istrator and theological advisor were made.[1] Science
The equivalent organization in the Episcopal Church Sexuality
of the USA is Covenant,[2] an organization which aims Spirituality
to renew the centre of the Christian tradition in North Theology
America and particularly within Anglicanism. Women Bishops
Fulcrum does not publish a journal outside of its web-
Purpose site, but the journal Anvil is representative of the con-
stituency associated with Fulcrum.
A fulcrum is the point of balance in a pivot. Fulcrum
chose this name because it seeks to renew the evangelical
tradition at the centre of the Church of England. Accord-
References
ing to its website "fulcrum embraces an historic ortho- [1] ^ Fulcrum Website http://fulcrum-anglican.org.uk
doxy that is generous in spirit, confident in the contribu- Accessed February 2008
tion evangelicals can make to Anglicanism".[1] In the cur- [2] http://covenant-communion.com/?page_id=19
rent climate of uncertainty in the Anglican Communion,
Fulcrum seeks to promote an unpolarised evangelicalism
often missing from evangelical comment and actions.
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