From the CEEC residential meeting at High Leigh, Hertfordshire 11 October 2002

We, the Church of England Evangelical Council, being the duly constituted representative body of evangelicals within the Church of England, and including bishops, clergy and laity, unanimously resolve:

• to reaffirm our commitment to the authority of Scripture;
  
• to endorse fully the letter previously released on our behalf by our Chairman and the Chairman of the Anglican Evangelical Assembly, and
  
• to establish a theological working group which, building on work already done, will consider further the implications of the doctrinal and moral issues which have arisen following the announcement of Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop-designate of Canterbury.

Signed:

The Rt Revd Wallace Benn, President CEEC
The Rt Revd David Evans, International Co-ordinator, the Evangelical Fellowship of the Anglican Communion
The Revd Nick Wynne-Jones, Secretary, CEEC
The Revd Canon Professor Anthony Thiselton, University of Nottingham
Mr Frank Knaggs, Executive Officer, CEEC
The Revd Canon Tim Dakin, General Secretary, the Church Mission Society