"What is rising in its place is a new wineskin of Covenanted relationships developed by the Global South and those wineskins will be filled with the new wine of GAFCON'S passion for Jesus, his Gospel, and mission. The global future of Anglicanism is the passionate proclamation of Christ to the nations through a global fellowship of churches related to one another in mutual love and accountability through the Cairo Covenant of the Global South.
Read moreThe Anglican Church of Uganda welcomed the nation's brusquely named Anti-Homosexuality Act, and again blamed Western values and influences on Uganda. "The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 is good and we are grateful to the President for assenting to it," he said.
Read more"We have men created in the image of God and we have women created in the image of God. Nothing else! There is no X -- unspecified or Y -- undisclosed, only male and female created in the image of God. Human beings, male and female, are God's masterpiece. Everything else that staggers our imagination and wows our heart and mind, everything else in creation that fills our eyes with astonishment, everything else is secondary to God's creation of male and female in his own image.
Read moreVOL: The Kigali Statement went right up to the edge calling for a reset of the communion. But can you have a reset without formal schism with Canterbury?
Read moreBut it reveals the deep desperation to have evangelism as your first call, especially as it is doubtful that TEC has an evangelical bishop ready to leap into the line-up of hopeful wannabees, or, if nominated would have a prayer of winning. It also reveals a denomination in free fall that evangelism, not anti-racism training, climate change or whole range of woke issues as its top priority.
Read moreThe frank Paper was written by Canon Dr Vinay Samuel, former General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Churches and a member of the Founding Leadership Team of GAFCON 2008; Canon Dr Chris Sugden, co-founder of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, a Canon in the Church of Nigeria and also a member of the Founding Leadership Team of GAFCON 2008,;and the Revd Paul Eddy, a former member of the Church of England's General Synod, and the Public Relations Consultant to the Pr
Read moreThe Diocese of Ohio Standing Committee weighed in saying that it had voted to withhold consent to the election of Charlie Holt as bishop coadjutor of Florida, arguing that the Diocese of Florida has a long history of discrimination and disenfranchisement of LGBTQ+ clergy and laity.
Read moreACNA Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic dioceses live uneasily with the dual arrangement. An ordinand will often choose a diocese based on whether the bishop approves the ordination of women. I personally know a woman deacon who wanted to become a priest but her bishop did not allow it so she moved to a diocese where she could be ordained.
Read moreRecently Fr. Robinson wrote an article titled Catholics vs Protestants: The necessity for Church unity. He writes: "We may not all be in Communion with each other. But we are all in Communion with Christ. That should be a good starting point. Whilst we remain divided amongst ourselves, the enemy grows stronger and more targeted. We are doing the enemy's job for them."
Read moreBehind the soft talk of reconciliation is the velvet fist of Jew hatred. The Episcopal Church has, for decades, taken a strong Palestinian stand while advocating punishment for Israel whenever conflict between West Bank Palestinians and the Israeli military erupts. At one point, The General Convention of the Episcopal Church's strong pro-Palestinian stance voted to divest from companies involved in Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights! The attempt failed.
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