what is an Anglican Evangelical?
I am tempted to reply, Well, I am. So, at the risk of seeming self-indulgent, let me tell you what this means to me. It means that I consider myself a Christian first of all, an evangelical Christian second, and an Anglican evangelical Christian third. They are like three concentric circles, Christian being the biggest, and Anglican evangelical the smallest. To begin with the first, when I say I am a Christian, I mean that I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord of the Universe, Saviour of the world, and Head of the church, and that I have given my life, heart and soul and mind and strength to him. My heart’s desire is to see him more clearly, love him more dearly and follow him more nearly, day by day. (I think this is what you call “wearing your heart on your sleeve,” something Anglicans don’t do a whole lot. So be it. I have probably been reading Augustine’s Confessions too much recently.) Being first and foremost a Christian also means that I feel solidarity with a Pentecostal in Argen
