They have described it as "an absolute disgrace", "schismatic", and as illustrating "how utterly out of touch some senior clergy" were with church membership.
Bishop Harold Miller of Down and Dromore and Bishop Ferran Glenfield of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh attended the meeting with other senior clergy from the Church of Ireland and members of Gafcon Ireland set up last April.
Read moreTaking the General Secretary's slot is to be Archbishop Ben Kwashi (Nigeria). He is to be assisted in his task by five newly-created regional deputies, including two from ACNA.
Read moreWe met together around the theme of "Proclaiming Christ Faithfully to the Nations". Each day began with common prayer and Bible exposition from Luke 22-24, followed by plenary sessions on God's Gospel, God's Church and God's World.
PROCLAIMING GOD'S GOSPEL
Read moreThey came. Some 1,966 came from 52 countries spanning the globe. Nigeria sent 472 Anglican sons and daughters; the United States sent 367; Uganda sent 232; Australia sent 218; and the United Kingdom, where Anglicanism was founded, sent 204. They also came from Argentina (2); Bermuda (4); Brazil (15); Burundi (1); Cambodia (1); Canada (58); Chile (15); the Congo (34);
It is all the more remarkable given that much of GAFCON’s support comes from areas of the majority world with only limited access to the web, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.
So special is the global engagement that it cries out to be shared, for example, Robert M posted,
Read moreThe position of GAFCON was clearly stated yesterday by South American Primate Greg Venables who said "we are not leaving the Anglican Communion, we are the Anglican Communion."
Zavala clarified his comment and said that the Diocese of Chile was in the final stage of being a province and reiterated that, "We belong to GAFCON and we have signed the Jerusalem Declaration."
Read moreA gifted speaker, Olwa used his oratorical skills to stir delegates from more than 50 countries.
"As the Anglican community, do not fear to take a stand for Jesus. You are either in or out. You cannot sit on the fence," he said to thunderous applause.
The Anglican Communion, like many sections of global Christianity, is faced with the relativisation of biblical teaching by culture, particularly on biblical authority, the true Gospel, mission, marriage and sexuality.
Read moreArchbishop Miguel Uchoa and Bishops Marcio Meira, Flavio Soares, Marcio Simoes, and Evilasio Tenorio Silva gathered outside during Gafcon 2018 to talk about church planting strategies in the new province.
One such strategy is the House of Peace. Church planting is promoted primarily through cell groups, which, when they multiply to five or seven groups, combine to form a new congregation. Archbishop Miguel Uchoa explained the process:
Read moreDawani, who had been banned from GAFCON II by Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori and had Colorado Bishop Rob O'Neill looking over his shoulder to make sure he never came near the conference, greeted the 2,000 delegates meeting at the International Conference Center and welcomed them to his diocese, urging delegates to be a catalyst for reconciliation within the Christian community and the wider world.
Read moreGod's Gospel is the life-transforming message of salvation from sin and all its consequences through the death and resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ. It is both a declaration and a summons: announcing what has been done for us in Christ and calling us to repentance, faith and submission to His Lordship.
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