The big news from Kigali will be the conference statement tomorrow, but we’ll go behind the scenes today. For australians, the news is that Richard Condie has stepped down as chair of Gafcon Australia, with Peter Smith from WA stepping… Continue Reading
To be among the swirling crowds, passionate and diverse worship, and Bible-centred preaching and earnest discussion at the Global Anglican Futures Conference in Kigali is to experience the emerging Anglican Communion, no longer led by Canterbury. Day three of the… Continue Reading
Conservative Anglican leaders are close to merging the two wings of the conservative movement in the Anglican movement to provide strong opposition to the Liberal provinces in the Anglican Communion. This major development occurred at the Global Anglican Futures Conference… Continue Reading
George Verwer (1938 – 2023) Bible smuggler and founder of Operation Mobilisation (OM) “He’s had a catalytic impact in stirring up people of the wider world getting a mission vision,” says Operation World’s author Patrick Johnstone, of George Verwer, who… Continue Reading
In a dramatic moment during a Gafcon conference session seeking input to the communique that will be issued as we leave on Friday, a delegate from Uganda suggested that Gafcon and the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans (GSFA) should “speak… Continue Reading
The leader of the Church of Uganda, Archbishop Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu issued a strong condemnation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, in a Heart of Kigali video interview at the Gafcon conference. He was responding to the Church… Continue Reading
The best of day one Foley Beach, the chair of Gafcon, is a down-to-earth Christian. Despite having the reponsibility of leading the Anglican Church in North America, his preaching connects directly to the struggles, spiritual and otherwise of ordinary people.… Continue Reading
Day two of the Gafcon conference This screen will run the official sessions live and on replay. Plus interviews from “The heart of Kigali” which go live before and after each official session.
An Obadiah Slope column On the way to Kigali, I awoke as we passed over Tennant Creek and reached inside my bag to read a little more of Dean Ashenden’s Telling Tenant’s Story – his personal account of the town,… Continue Reading
“We are excited to be here this week,” said Archbishop Foley Beach, Chair of the Gafcon Primates Council, at the media conference kicking off a meeting of the conservative Anglican group in Kigali, Rwanda. “We have about 1300 folks that… Continue Reading