“For the love of Christ controls us… From now on, therefore,
we regard no one from a human point of view… Therefore, if any one
is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold,
the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ
reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself… and
entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are
ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech
you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”
(I Corinthians 5:14-20)
RECONCILERS.NET
THE FAITH-BASED RECONCILIATION
MOVEMENT
OF
THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Basic Concept
Reconcilers.Net is
the faith-based reconciliation movement of the Anglican Communion
and as such is a growing movement of people of faith committed to
the core values and methodology of faith-based reconciliation as a
new but ancient paradigm for dealing with our deepest differences
within and between provinces and as a permanent moral vision for
Anglicanism.
Our Resolve
We are committed to being messengers of faith-based reconciliation
in the congregations, dioceses and provinces of the Anglican
Communion until this vision takes hold in the hearts of our leaders
and people.
We are committed to developing a reconciling spirit in the Anglican
Communion which includes:
- Building bridges between communities in
the Anglican Communion and fostering a pluralistic vision of
Anglicanism
- Confronting walls of hostility in our
hearts toward one another
- Developing a joint problem solving
approach to areas of conflict
- Seeking the common good and addressing
systemic injustice through colonialism
- Fostering a spirit of forgiveness in the
communion
- Helping to heal historical wounds in the
communion
- Submitting our own lives to the
sovereignty of God consistent with the example of Jesus in
the gospel and encouraging others to do likewise
- Exhorting our leaders and policymakers to
draw on the core values of faith-based reconciliation in
governance
- Being a prophetic voice and a moral
conscience in our communion against evil and injustice
We are committed to being a movement of people of faith. We are not
an organization. We seek no power or position. We will know that the
movement has reached its intended goal when faith-based
reconciliation becomes the defining measure of Anglicanism and
becomes the motivating vision in the hearts of the leaders and
people of the Anglican Communion.
We are committed to fostering faith-based reconciliation in the
Anglican Communion as a model in the strategic ecclesiastical realm
of how religion can be an asset for peacemaking and not just a cause
of conflict. We welcome those of other faith traditions who would
like to learn about the methodologies and take them back to their
own communities.
We are committed to being messengers of faith-based reconciliation
in the world as a compelling alternative to religious extremism on
the one hand and secularism and realpolitik on the other hand. We
are prepared to lift our voices and pens in the marketplace of
ideas.
