Australia formed the Tanzanian church, Bishop George Okoth of the Mara diocese told the garcon-tiki tour group. When the Church Mission Society ran out of money and announced they would withdraw from Tanzania, Australian missionaries stood fast and declared they… Continue Reading
The Gafcon-tiki tour (my name for my mission trip) split up on Sunday. Barbara Stephens and I went to Gamasara church. I did not know what to expect, so I was tense, but the welcome was immense. The congregation proceeded… Continue Reading
The Gafcon conference is over, and The Other Cheek has set off in a minibus to meet the Anglicans of Tanzania, and see some projects the Anglican Aid organisation has been supporting. It is just like the Contiki tours of… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Suddenly the Global Anglican Futures Conference (Gafcon), which Obadiah has been reporting all week, seemed like a Sydney Swans home game with a phalanx of people dressed in red and white. They were the Bishops, filling… Continue Reading
Responding to the unwelcome news that the Primates (leaders) of the churches that contain 85 per cent of Anglicans have rejected the structures of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s office says that the bodies he influences and convenes… Continue Reading
A decisive split from the Archbishop of Canterbury (who sits on St Augustine’s) Chair is the centrepiece of a statement issued at the end of the Global Anglican Futures Conference meeting in in Kigali, Rwanda The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin… Continue Reading
This is the last day of a jam-packed global Anglican futures conference in Kigali, Rwanda. There will be big news, but later at around 7:30 Eastern Australian time. That is when the conference statement will be unveiled. The Other Cheek… Continue Reading
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