CEEC [Church of England Evangelical Council], 1980-1982

Primarily comprises of Church of England Evangelical Council memoranda and minutes, including discussion of: ARCIC [Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission], including discussion of the Final Report (ff. 1, 63, 69, 73v) Urban mission, including a visit by the Evangelical Coalition for Urban Mission (ff. 1v-2v, 4-8, 63v-6) Swanwick Group (Evangelicals in Covenanting Churches) and Evangelical Alliance (Birmingham Group) (ff. 2v, 9-10, 95) Anglican Evangelical Assembly and the Consultation of Anglican Evangelicals (ff. 1, 63v, 71v, 73v, 81, 88, 98v, 101v, 105, 123, 132v, 135-136) Proposals for a new Service for the Reconciliation of a Penitent (ff. 63) House Church Movement (ff. 67) Scarman Report, as commissioned by the UK Government following the 1981 Brixton riots (ff. 71v) Visit of Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom (ff. 73, 104) Relationship between the establishment, Church and State (ff. 73) Evangelicals and Scripture (ff. 78v-79) Theology Group on hermeneutics (ff. 85, 101v) Partners in Mission 1981 (ff. 80v-81) Brandt report, concerning international development issues (ff. 87-88, 90) CEEC finances (ff. 71v, 88v-89, 98, 100, 101v) Evangelical leaders in the Denominations (ff. 78 91-92) Homosexuality Report Open Letter (ff. 98, 101, 104, 127, 132, 137) Restructuring of CEEC, particularly in relation to the Church Society (104v, 124-125) Pattaya and Melbourne conferences (ff. 123-124) Consultative Committee on Missionary Matters (ff. 92, 94) Women's ministry (ff. 141-143) Relationships with other faiths (ff. 145-146) ITV contracts (ff. 144, 148-149) Also contains correspondence, press cuttings and papers relating to the Final Report of ARCIC, primarily relating to the Church of England Evangelical Council assessment and critique 'Evangelical Anglicans and the ARCIC Final Report' by John Stott and Timothy Dudley-Smith (ff. 12-46); correspondence relating to the Anglican Evangelical Assembly and the response of the Northern Diocesan Evangelical Unions, October 1982 (ff. 47-56); letter and papers addressed to Stuart, Archbishop of York concerning proposals for a new Service for the Reconciliation of a Penitent, 14 October 1982 (ff. 57-62); CEEC Digest (ff. 70); correspondence with Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury concerning the visit of Pope John Paul II (ff. 7477); copy of a letter from John Stott to Graham Claydon concerning the Consultation of Anglican Evangelicals, 6 March 1981 (ff. 96); correspondence between Timothy Dudley-Smith and Stott concerning the proposed Anglican Evangelical Assembly October 1980 (ff. 113-121); correspondence concerning the report 'Homosexual Relationships', November 1980 (ff. 128-131); letters concerning debates at CEEC (ff. 151-152).

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