On Anglican Catholic Mission

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Written By Bishop Scarlett

I have distilled my basic thoughts on mission into a long essay. Here is the link to that essay. As I have spoken about mission, I’ve mentioned a few books:

Pastoral Theology: A Reorientation and Christian Proficiency by Martin Thornton 
Both of these books explain what it means to live by Rule in the community of the church, and why this is the proper focus of our ministry. Pastoral Theology is a more involved work for clergy and well-read laymen. Christian Proficiency is intended for laymen who want to learn how to live by a Rule of prayer.

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
This book explains how the old model of Christianity, centered in Western Europe and America is, essentially, dead. It is being replaced/conquered by a new multi-cultural, multi-ethnic Christianity that is centered in Africa, South America, and Asia. The mission field is being reversed and they are preaching the gospel to us. Jenkins makes the case that, unlike Europe, America will continue to be an essentially “Christian” nation because of its Christian immigrants. This is a sociological rather than a spiritual work.

Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat
A very helpful and informative survey of American religion from the middle of the twentieth century until now.

Notes for an Inquirers’ Class, aka, A Introduction to the Christian Faith in the Anglican Catholic Tradition by the Rt. Rev’d Dr. Stephen C. Scarlett. This is a link to the notes online. They are also available in a bound book. Every church needs an Inquirers’ Class and there are worse places to start than here.

Bishop Scarlett

Bp. Scarlett was born in Walnut Creek, California and was raised in the East Bay area of northern California. He attended the University of Oregon, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Real Estate. He pursued theological studies at St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley and Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, where he received an M.A. in Theology. He received a Doctor of Ministry from Denver Seminary in December of 2020.

Bp. Scarlett began his ministry as a lay reader by founding St. Mark’s Church in Kentfield, CA. in 1983. He was ordained as a Deacon in February of 1986 and moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his brief time there traveling around the south, visiting and serving Anglican churches in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Florida. He was called to St. Matthew’s Church in Newport Beach in October of 1986. He was ordained as a priest at St. Matthew’s in December of 1986 and has served as rector of St. Matthew’s since that time. In 2013, Bishop Scarlett was elected to be Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity. He was consecrated as Bishop in October of 2013.

Bp. Scarlett and his wife Nancy have three adult sons, Alexander, Eric and Michael. They are residents of Irvine, CA, having lived in Woodbridge since 1987.

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