Comments on: Gafcon communiqué urges restrictions on Lambeth Conference invites

By: Dale Sparkes

Dale Sparkes — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:01:25 +0000

Gafcon’s theme was “Friendship and Reconciliation.” The requirements of reconciliation were communicated at the opening by the Primate of Jerusalem, Archbishop Suheil Dawani: he said, “First, in order to face the enormous challenges of our time, and to work towards unity and reconciliation we need to be able to meet in dialogue and mutual respect. Second, the community needs to be able to celebrate the differences that it has, and accept each other through seeing Christ in each other, and not by imposing our own image of Christ on each other. The final step towards unity and reconciliation . . . is hospitality, since it is through hospitality that we can transform the exclusion of others to an embrace.” (see Journal article June 20th)
From Gafcon’s closing communique it would seem that important elements of friendship and reconciliation did not resonate as “wisdom, insight, and fresh vision of renewal (Welby above) ” within the psyche of those gathered.

By: Allan M. Pearson

Allan M. Pearson — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:59:01 +0000

I am so thankful that God has called Faithful people together to form the Global Anglican Futures Conference, GAFCON. Within GAFCON if feel that I have a Church that is actually remaining Faithful to God and following His Will as He has taught it in the Holy Scriptures. We maintain the true Christian Creeds, these being the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and also the Creed of Saint Athanasius. We maintain the 39 Articles of Religion. We maintain the Christian belief that as mortals we are all sinners and only through the Sacrificial Blood of Jesus Christ is there redemption. We maintain that the Holy Bible is the Word of God and not a collection of man made writings. We maintain the Book of Common Prayer as the Biblically inspired Liturgy of genuine Anglican Worship. We are global, we are Anglican, and we do have the future.

By: Richard Grand

Richard Grand — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:43 +0000

The judgementalism and hypocrisy is stunning. Remember that this group exists for one reason: to enforce a fundamentalist/literalist view of scripture in order to suppress and condemn gay people and the churches that support them. This trumps everything else. From the outset, women and divorced people are excluded by these demands. But no Gafcon bishop would ever be found wanting, since they are supposedly more than able to attain these standards of “orthodox” purity. Or so we are led to believe.