The Alliance is an informal partnership of leaders from networks within the Church of England including the Church of England Evangelical Council, Church Society, the HTB Network, Living Out, Myriad, New Wine, ReNew and The Society; who are represented on the Church of England's General Synod by groups including the Evangelical Group on General Synod, Global Majority members, the Catholic Group on General Synod, and by members of the House of Bishops.
Together we exist to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ afresh in each generation to the people of England. We want to play our part in achieving this vision of revitalising the Church of England. We long to see a church that is younger and more diverse; one which is growing as missionary disciples live out their calling as followers of Jesus in all of life. And this is why together, we have written a number of letters to Archbishops, Bishops and office holders of the Church of England concerning the direction of travel that the Church of England has been taken on, and the poor governance that has resulted in us finding ourselves where we now are - with a Church of England that is divided right down the middle over Prayers of Love and Faith.
The Alliance is an informal partnership of leaders from networks within the Church of England including the Church of England Evangelical Council, Church Society, the HTB Network, Living Out, Myriad, New Wine, ReNew and The Society; who are represented on the Church of England's General Synod by groups including the Evangelical Group on General Synod, Global Majority members, the Catholic Group on General Synod, and by members of the House of Bishops.
The Alliance is part of the one holy, catholic and apostolic Church and is committed to our Anglican heritage with a faith revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds and to which the historic formularies of the Church of England bear witness.
We hold to the received teaching of the Church of England, aligning ourselves with the majority of the Anglican Communion and other Christians across the world and through history. We affirm the 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10 in its entirety which includes a clear repudiation of all homophobia. We stand with "A Theological Vision" as set out by a number of Bishops in February 2024.
The Alliance has come together with three main aims:
We have written several letters, setting out the unintended consequences of the proposed changes and the issues they raise in terms of Western elitism (ignoring the views of the Global South) and unlawfulness (failing to follow the canons of the Church of England which are designed to preserve unity).
The Alliance includes the leaders of a number networks within the Church of England:
Catholic Group on General Synod, Forward in Faith, the Society, the Global Majority reps on General Synod, HTB Network, New Wine, Church of England Evangelical Council, Evangelical Group on General Synod, ReNew, Church Society, Living Out and MYRIAD.
We are inviting clergy and lay leaders to join with the Alliance.
Support us in prayer, keep up to date with our news, be a voice for our cause in your church and give financially if you are able.
We will listen to you, keep you updated on our activity and seek to represent your needs as we work to secure the best way forward.