The Church of England’s long-running internal strife over the question of same-sex marriage has boiled over as a number of bishops made the choice to issue public statements following their most recent meeting. The bishops had met as part of the “Living in Love and Faith” process which appears to have satisfied very few of […]
GAFCON have officially announced their intention to consecrate a missionary bishop for Europe at a press conference deliberately placed to juxtapose with the Scottish Episcopal Church’s vote to change the definition of marriage. The full statement, given by Archbishop Foley Beach of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), is available on the GAFCON website […]
As many readers will be aware, next week sees the much-awaited Primates’ Meeting/Gathering called by Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. The crisis that the Anglican Communion is in has not gone away (who would have thought?!) and the time has perhaps come for a clear decision on the path forward. As one might expect, the net […]
The Diocese of NW Australia, meeting in synod this weekend, passed the following motion, That this synod: welcomes the impending investiture of the Most Reverend Dr Foley Beach, the Archbishop of The Anglican Church in North America; recognizes the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) as a member church of the Anglican Communion, in full […]
This morning the GAFCON delegates were shown a video address by Justin Welby, filmed before he came to visit Kenya this last weekend. The entire message is available on Canterbury’s website. The message was greeted with a very short and muted round of applause, more out of politeness one felt than anything else. Reactions from […]
The first official day of GAFCON has been a great one. I’m sitting back in my hotel reflecting on many powerful things I’ve seen and heard. First and foremost is the incredible joy of being part of a group of over 1,300 people gathered from all over the world. As the conference got underway former […]
