Church – Gospel and Mission

WHAT IS THE CHURCH? What is the church for? What do we Anglicans understand by the church, its nature and purpose. The question is prompted by a project of the Four Nations Faith and Order Consultation, comprising the four Anglican Churches of Britain and Ireland, which next meets in May this year in Dublin, the Church of Ireland representatives being Archbishop Jackson and the Revd. Niall Sloane. It has asked the churches to work in advance on the question: “What is the Church, what is the gospel, what is mission and how do they relate with practice (with case studies)”.

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William Marshall

author of Scripture, Tradition and Reason, was formerly vice-principal of the Church of Ireland Theological College and chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.