I'VE LEFT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. After many years of concern about the direction of the CofE away from Biblical faithfulness on first order issues to the point where I think red lines were crossed, such as liturgical blessings for same-sex relationships indicating a de facto change of official doctrine, when the new Archbishop of Canterbury was appointed my wife and I decided we should leave. We think the ABC appointment epitomised the unbiblical trajectory of the CofE as a denomination due to her stances on key issues. We don't want to be identified with this. Although many local CofE congregations have a faithful Bible-preaching ministry (including the one we left), there is connection to and fellowship with structures that promote false teaching, and this troubled us. Since May we have been attending an independent evangelical church. We quickly appreciated the simplicity of the worship ('Regulative Principle' of worship?), which we find greatly helps us to focus of Christ, His sacrifice for us, and on the preaching of the word. I think that for those whose conscience would lead them to consider leaving the CofE, but episcopal church government and infant baptism are first order issues for them, meaning they'd wish to stay Anglican, Gafcon may now be the best option (if there's one within reach). On baptism, I think a good Biblical case can be made for both positions, although I've long thought 'credo' has the edge. (I was baptised by immersion in the 1980's)

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