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
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
“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
At least a couple of ex-Uniting Churches have been pondering whether to join the new Diocese of the Southern Cross, an Anglican lifeboat set up to look after conservative churches in progressive dioceses (church regions). Now the first ex-Uniting Church… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek is going to Africa this weekend. Destination: Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The reason: the meeting of Gafcon – the Global Anglican Futures Conference, which draws together the evangelicals, charismatics and conservative Anglo Catholics who make up… Continue Reading
A new law passed by the Ugandan parliament this week makes advocating for gay rights punishable by imprisonment for life will present a challenge to the conservative Anglican Gafcon movement. In addition, identifying as gay becomes an offence, according to… Continue Reading
A meeting of Anglicans from around the world – the Gafcon conference in Kigali, Rwanda, this April – is shaping up to be a decisive moment in world Anglicanism. The Other Cheek will be there to cover the news as… Continue Reading
The Leaders of the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans has responded to the Church of England’s move to bless same sex relationships by calling for the anglican communion to be “re-set.” The “primates” (leaders of national churches) declare “, the… Continue Reading