It promotes: * effective church governance which responds to today's demands but is consistent with the teaching of Scripture * contemporary Biblical Anglicanism * orthodoxy Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) sought to promote preaching and the proclamation of the Good News in ways that ordinary people could understand, while upholding and not diluting the Bible's authority. Such aims are as
relevant today as they were 500 years ago. The New Cranmer Society similarly endeavours to encourage our church leaders and institutions to be faithful to the teachings of Scripture and orthodox Anglicanism, and to express these truths in ways that are contemporary and mission-focused. Please consider our principles and objectives below and our invitation to join the New Cranmer Society. We seek to act with Christian integrity and prayerfulness, confident that God is at work in the cities of Melbourne and Geelong. We welcome your prayers and support. Malcolm Woolrich
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Principles:
The New Cranmer Society adheres to the constitutional position of the Anglican Church of Australia with its historic declarations applied in their orthodox sense. As well as upholding orthodox Christian belief, the New Cranmer Society seeks to adopt and apply in a renewed and current form the strategies used by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer including:
* Working for continuous reform of the Church and its institutional structures to bring them into greater consonance with the Scriptures while responding to the demands of the time;
* Proclaiming the gospel in idiom that will be "heard not only with the ears but also heart, spirit and mind". Objectives:
The objective of The New Cranmer Society is to unite in one association members of the Anglican Church in the diocese of Melbourne who wish to promote:
a. The presentation of considered contributions to Synod, Synod related bodies, the Archbishop and Council of the Diocese and other diocesan councils and committees and governing bodies of Anglican organisations in the diocese of Melbourne generally;
b. The identification and encouragement of the election and appointment of qualified and committed persons to membership of incumbency committees, and the bodies referred to in (a);
c. Co-ordinated co-operative action by parishes and extra parochial organisations on matters of common concern
