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
The Church of England has made its decision about same-sex blessings, says Peter Jensen, former archbishop of Sydney and a key player in the setting up of Gafcon. “I have to say, I think the horse is bolted,” Jensen tells… Continue Reading
Religious leaders, Catholic, Islamic, evangelical Anglican, Orthodox, Baptist, Pentecostal and Jewish, have written a joint letter to the Albanese government defending the right of religious schools to preference people of faith on their staff, the letters in response to an… Continue Reading