Appointment of New Archbishop Continues Tragic Slide into Irrelevance

Posted on October 5, 2025 
Filed under Anglican Communion, Church of England

“This week, the Church of England’s leadership continued its tragic slide into irrelevance as it announced the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

Anglicans around the world had hoped for the appointment of an orthodox and faithful guardian of the faith who would address the serious decline in England’s established church and its dire standing in the global Anglican Communion. Sadly, those making the appointment have chosen to continue on a decades-long course of theological revisionism, cultural capitulation, empty churches, and unprecedented division.

In fact, the Church’s recent trajectory has attracted the condemnation of Anglicans worldwide. …”

– Principal of Moore Theological College, Dr. Mark Thompson, writes at The Gospel Coalition.

Image courtesy Moore College’s Centre for Christian Living.