Things have become so bad that a fundamental realignment of the Anglican Communion became 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 Kenyan primate noted the initiative to launch the FCA would be seen by future generations as a strategic moment for church and society.

"At the heart of the GAFCON movement 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."

In Sept. 2014, the Kenyan Archbishop and GAFCON Primates authorized The Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) to work within and, where necessary, outside the structures of the Church of England as a missionary society.

"As long as the Great Commission is at risk through the promotion and toleration of false teaching and immorality in the Anglican Communion, we must have 'Continuing GAFCON," he added.

This came to full flower in March of 2015 with the formation of an AMIE parish in the Diocese of Salisbury. It was viewed by some as a poke in the eye at the institutional church and its bishop the Rt. Rev. Nicholas Holtam, who said he would seek a clarification about the involvement of the Rt. Rev. John Ellison at a service of commissioning for a new church in the diocese that is affiliated to the Anglican Mission in England (AMiE).

Bishop, retired Bishop of Paraguay and chairman of the AMiE Panel of Bishops who took the lead on this said he is still waiting for the other shoe to drop in regards to his future. No matter, he is fulfilling a mandate from GAFCON to plant orthodox Anglican parishes right inside the Mother Church.

VOL Columnist Julian Mann wrote at the time that if the GAFCON Primates were to consecrate two or three English Anglican ministers not currently licensed in any Church of England diocese (or in a position to hand in their licences if they have them), the question of a conflict of interest in confessing Anglican church planting would no longer arise. Perhaps. But you can be sure this is not a welcome intrusion by either the local bishop or by the ABC.

Now contrast what Archbishop Wabukala said with recent actions of the Episcopal Bishop of Western New York, R. William Franklin, who has been invited to travel with 12 Episcopal bishops to reopen international church relations in Cuba.

In the wake of last week's debate over religious freedom in the U.S., Franklin said he would bring lessons about the church's stance on welcoming the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender community [to Cuba]. He says it is a fundamental part of the Western New York diocese.

So the freedom of religion debate is mixed up with sexual "freedom," not the freedom to preach Christ crucified and the gospel drawing people to Christ. No, it all boils down to gay sex. Cuba's Episcopal Bishop, Griselda Delgado del Carpio invited the group -- an indication that for him to get much needed financial assistance he must roll over to TEC's pansexual agenda. Bishop Franklin will no doubt assist him and walk him through past and passed General Convention resolutions. You can write off Cuba as a place Episcopalians will evangelize, unless you want to go there as a Pentecostal or one of the 5% of Protestant congregations that make up Cuba. (Cuba is 65% Roman Catholic with 5% attendance). Others/African Religions make up 11%, while the non-religious number 24%.

Quoth Franklin, "I can think of nothing better than to spend the week after Easter being inspired by Christian action." Some action.

There have been other moves afoot nationally and internationally indicating the heat is being turned up to a boiling point.

The CofE/Anglican Communion establishment obviously hoped that with a Ugandan (John Sentamu) as Archbishop of York, he could influence matters. He has turned out to be a company man, first under Rowan Williams, and now under Justin Welby. The Global South does not trust him and he knows it, so he stays well under their radar screen.

The Rt. Rev. James Tengatenga is another black face coopted by both the Church of England and Episcopal Church establishment. He is chairman of the Anglican Consultative Council, a former Bishop of Southern Malawi who is presently a visiting professor at Sewanee's School of Theology in Tennessee. If he were truly orthodox, he would not have gotten a look in there. He has spent the last few months threading the needle of homosexuality to appeal to his Western paymasters. Think what a certain Sewanee professor of theology did to Dr. N.T. Wright when he came a calling and delivered himself of Wright's vile orthodox stands.

You might have thought that the African Anglican bishop would have learned a lesson at the hands of Western gay imperialists when he was called to be Dean of the Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. His name was suddenly withdrawn by the college President because of his perceived past and present views on human sexuality.

Latterly, the coopting of the Nigerian bishop of Kaduna Josiah Idowu-Fearon as Secretary General of the Anglican Communion office in the hope no doubt that the Global South will feel more comfortable with him and them and remain in the Communion. Said one commentator, "The idiots just don't get it. IT'S ABOUT THE FAITH! The Global South leaders are intelligent and (more importantly) discerning enough to recognize and shun a compromiser or a heretic, even if his skin is the same color as theirs."

And then there is the more dubious recent appointment of Church of England Bishop Graham Kings as Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion. This is a clear attempt to look for a via media between Western progressivists like Katharine Jefferts Schori and orthodox archbishops like Nicholas Okoh. His attempt to fudge if not blur the lines will simply not work. This "innovative seven year post" as mission theologian has the purpose to research, stimulate, connect and publish works of theology in the Anglican Communion, with particular focus on insights from Africa, Asia and Latin America, in their ecumenical contexts. This can only be viewed as demonstrable attempt to "contextualize" and play the culture card in an effort to bring the two sides closer together theologically and ecclesiologically. The Global South will see it as little more than an attempt to water down the faith of African/Asian and Latin bishops and make it more amenable to both them and the growing revisionist west. The Archbishop of Canterbury naturally endorsed it of course but in vain the net is set in sight of the bird. (Prov. 1:17)

Other questions include as to what Bishop King's relationship is with the Anglican Consultative Council and their theological positions which are at odds with the vast majority of the Global South and how his appointment will be viewed by the GAFCON primates.

The last time the Primates of the Anglican Communion met was in Dublin in 2011; fully one third of the primates were no shows. New Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby dares not take the risk of calling for another one; he knows full well the same third would be no shows. That was four years ago! So four years have come and gone and the Primates have not met annually to weigh the state of the Communion. Does one really think there will be a Lambeth Conference in 2018 if the present issues remain unresolved? For sure no.

For all his vaunted talk of the need for evangelism, Welby remains conflicted over homosexuality; that is his Achilles heel. By prevaricating and refusing to be definitive, he leaves himself open to criticism and hostility from Global South Primates and GAFCON leaders. He is not in a position to repair the net of Anglicanism. Until he takes up the cotton and thread of Scripture there is no reason to think he will any time soon if ever.

The fabric of the Communion like the Temple has been torn from top to bottom. Sadly, there is no theological or ecclesiological sewing machine capable of mending it.

When he was in Melbourne, Wabukala encouraged his listeners to look beyond Australia noting that the Communion faces "great challenges" and the greatest evangelism field is the West, specifically the US and Canada, and the Africans know it.

With CANA and the ACNA now let loose in the US and a "take no prisoners" stance by archbishops like Eliud Wabukala and Nicholas Okoh, there will be no mercy from them, nor, it would seem, at the Day of Judgement when TEC will have to give an account of its lousy stewardship of both souls and money.

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