Consecration of Jay Behan as First Bishop of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand
BREAKING: GAFCON Australia Respond to Wangaratta Crisis
GAFCON Australia have responded with a strongly-worded statement to the growing crisis facing the Anglican Church of Australia following the decision by the synod of the Diocese of Wangaratta to authorise blessings for persons who have entered a same-sex marriage. As well as criticising the Wangaratta decision as one which “has torn the fabric of […]
Wangaratta Lays Down the Gauntlet … who will pick it up?
The Anglican Church of Australia has arrived at the crisis moment that so many of us have feared and warned about. The Melbourne Anglican reports that Bishop John Parkes of Wangaratta will ask his diocese’s upcoming synod (meeting on the weekend of August 30-31) to endorse a liturgy for the blessing of same-sex marriages and […]
GAFCON Primates Communiqué signals 2020 Bishops Conference
The Communique from last week’s meeting of the GAFCON Primates in Sydney has been released with a surprise announcement of a Gafcon Bishops Conference to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in June 2020. Countering expected charges that they are setting up a “rival” conference, the Communique argues that “we do not want our bishops to be […]
GAFCON affirms it will not attend or observe Lambeth
At an event hosted by GAFCON Australia today here in Sydney, Archbishop Foley Beach (Primate of the ACNA and now chair of the GAFCON Primates Council) reaffirmed that they will be turning down Archbishop of Canterbury’s invitation to attend the 2020 Lambeth Conference. Beach answered a query I asked directly in the Q&A session of […]
“Remaining Faithful” – Evangelical CofE Bishops respond to GAFCON “Letter to the Churches”
A group of evangelical Church of England bishops have written a detailed response to the GAFCON “Letter to the Churches” issued at GAFCON2018 in Jerusalem. Their response, published by the Church of England Evangelical Council (“CEEC”), has much which supporters of GAFCON will find encouraging. There are, however, sections that demonstrate the differing positions both […]
Resolutions of Diocese of North West Australia uphold Biblical orthodoxy
The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia has just held it’s biennial synod at which the following motions were passed. Motion 2. The Anglican Church in Aotearoa and New Zealand Moved Revd Brian Fyffe, seconded Revd Frank Nicol. That, in view of the recent decision by the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia […]
Melbourne Liberals Push for Same-Sex Blessings
In a move that can only be seen as open defiance against their diocesan bishop, the Primate of Australia Archbishop Philip Freier, liberals in Melbourne have put up a motion for their October synod seeking blessings of same-sex relationships. The wording of the motion is as follows: 10 Form of Blessing for Civil Marriages That […]
FCA Australia Changes Name and Sets Out Support for New Zealand Dissidents
The AGM of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Australia has been held during the Anglican Future Conference in Melbourne. The meeting agreed to change the public name and title to “GAFCON Australia” in order to match similar decisions in other provinces. The Chairman, Bishop Richard Condie of Tasmania, also reported on the “offering of assistance […]
Australian Anglican Future Conference Opens Amidst Rising Push for SSM
Australia’s Anglican Future Conference has opened in Melbourne with a theme of “Grace and Truth in Uncertain Times”. SydneyAnglicans.net has a great summary The opening of the Anglican Future Conference in Melbourne has begun with a stirring call for Christian leaders to defy secular stereotypes of the church as a dying force. That opening call came […]
