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
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