Things have become so bad that a fundamental realignment of the Anglican Communion was necessary, the evangelical African Primate told several hundred orthodox Australian Anglicans gathered at the launching.

"Now we are seeing the same struggle developing in the Church of England, the Mother Church of the Communion itself, and the most recent sign of this is the crisis developing after a parish church in central London was made available for a Muslim prayer service earlier this month. The vicar not only joined in, but also covered up the cross and other Christian symbols in the church. Here we have a warning that controversies about gender and sexuality reflect a deeper problem. Now we are seeing the core Christian commitment to the uniqueness of Jesus as Lord and Savior is being called into question," opined the GAFCON leader.

(The Rev. Giles Goddard, vicar of St John's Waterloo in Southwark Diocese, later issued an apology for any offence caused, but not for the action itself.)

The GFCA had its debut in 2008 when moral compromise, doctrinal error and the collapse of biblical witness in parts of the Anglican communion had reached such a level that the leaders of the majority of the world's Anglicans felt it was necessary to take a united stand for truth. More than 1,000 witnesses, including Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, clergy and lay leaders gathered in Jerusalem for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON). The goal was to help reform, heal and revitalize the Anglican Communion and expand its mission to the world.

The Kenyan primate noted the initiative to launch the FCA would be seen by future generations as a strategic moment for church and society.

"These words remind us that at the heart of the GAFCON movement of which we are part is a passion for the biblical gospel. Lost people are precious to the Lord Jesus Christ and cannot be seen as anything less than that by us.

"It is for this reason that we acclaimed the Jerusalem Statement and Declaration at the close of our first Global Anglican Future Conference in 2008. It is a rallying point for contemporary Anglican orthodoxy and it concluded with a visionary statement of purpose in which we declared that 'The primary reason we have come to Jerusalem and issued this declaration is to free our churches to give clear and certain witness to Jesus Christ.' Freeing our churches involves contending for the gospel as well as promoting the gospel, even challenging ungodly leadership where necessary, and we do this not because we want to be awkward or divisive, but because lost souls are precious to Jesus and we must not be silent or inactive when they are put in danger by confusion, compromise and false teaching."

Wabukala said his prayer was that FCA Australia would be powerfully used by God as an instrument of renewal and reform in the Anglican Church there.

"I long to see all orthodox Anglicans united in a common commitment to pioneering a new wave of evangelism which will have a deep and lasting impact on this nation."

He encouraged his listeners to look beyond Australia noting that the Communion faces "great challenges."

"In the developing world, and I speak especially of my own continent of Africa, we have great need for partnership with you in discipleship training at all levels, especially as we see the secular challenges to Christian faith and life you are so familiar with now impacting Africa through a globalized media, particularly in its rapidly growing cities. We also need to stand alongside and speak out for those believers who are suffering so terribly at the hands of Islamic radicals and there is always the need for humanitarian and development initiatives by which we demonstrate the love of God to those in extreme material need.

"In the developed world, we need your partnership as we seek to stand with and strengthen churches to maintain a faithful and winsome Christian witness in societies where their Christian heritage has become little more than an ornament.

In North America, the cultural captivity of the established Anglican Churches became so bad that a fundamental realignment was necessary and we thank God for the emergence and growth of the GAFCON sponsored Anglican Church of North America. "

Despite the problems, Wabukala takes great encouragement from the growth of the GAFCON movement.

"It is a sign that God has not abandoned the Anglican Communion. At a time when some of its branches are visibly disintegrating, we are called to be pioneers and partners in the restoration of that part of the Church of God that has been entrusted to us as inheritors of the Anglican Reformers."

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