If we follow the route of becoming a congregationalist church, we will fail to bring the gospel to the whole nation and we will become just another denomination amongst others servicing the needs of particular, separate congregations. The current weakness and divisions among Catholic Anglicans jeopardize this wider concept of mission. Only by maintaining a visible, symbolic priesthood within the context of the wider community can we hope to achieve this. The Revd Dominic Black is Assistant Curate at St Michael and All Angels, Orchard Park, Hull, in the diocese of York. He trained at Cranmer Hall, St. John's College, Durham, was formerly Chair of the A0CM, and was member of the ABM from November 1996 to Spring 1998.
Most dioceses have their own local groups to undertake similar projects themselves.