We hold that the following are among
the values of Anglicanism which should be promoted and affirmed in the debates
of our present time:
- An openness to diversity of people, ideas and theology
- The practice of love, compassion and
empathy - A respect for intellectual freedom, critical thought and integrity
- A respect for the search for truth in all faiths and human endeavours
- A respect for the whole of scripture and the interpretative tradition through history
- An acceptance of critical Biblical scholarship and an engagement with it in preaching and teaching
- A passion for peace, social healing, justice and the halting of environmental degradation
- An openness to new ideas and to trying new forms and structures, while maintaining the principle of dispersal of authority
