A new organisation has been formed, headed up by Susie Leafe, called Anglican Futures.
Its aim is to provide day-to-day practical and pastoral support for all those who would identify themselves as faithful Anglicans in the UK. Committed to the GAFCON 2008 Jerusalem Declaration, it is helping individuals, groups and churches to think through issues in a Biblically- principled way to ensure the promotion of authentically Anglican orthodox beliefs and practices, and effective gospel engagement. The organisation offers informed critical analysis of what is happening on matters which affect Anglican affairs, locally and globally, as well as the provision of online events creating the opportunity to work through some of the best ways forward to promote a spiritually robust Anglicanism in the UK. Trustees include Dan Leafe, Melvin Tinker, Matthew Mason, Phil Ashey and Susanna Sanlon. Some of them tell us more:
‘The last few months have been pretty busy,’ admits Susie Leafe, the Director of new charity, Anglican Futures: ‘In some ways we have had to start from scratch – bringing together a group of trustees, registering with the Charity Commission, setting up a new website, a new office, bank account and all the administration of a new entity. But at the same time we wanted to keep the momentum of the Ideas-Exchanges that I had begun when working for GAFCON. There is something so valuable about bringing together 15-30 church leaders from different places, giving them some stimulus to get them thinking and then to sit back and hear them respond – sharing their experience and testing new ideas and thoughts, in what I hope is a safe environment. So we’ve engaged with over 100 people, with two topics, each run three times. The first explored the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith resource and the context in which it has been published. The second began a conversation about the abuse of power in church settings and how we might create more loving local churches.’
