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Rome has identified the problem. Has it stated the Gospel clearly enough?

The Vatican’s new document on transmitting the Christian faith begins with an admission that should unsettle more than Roman Catholics: putting children through the machinery of church life does not guarantee that believing Christians will emerge at the other end. Venite ad me, published by...
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Our hope for years to come: Archbishop Mbanda reports on the installation of the new primate of Rwanda

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings from the land of a thousand hills and the land of a thousand smiles! The Global Anglican Council gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, for meetings on 22–23 October 2026, followed by a concluding meeting on Sunday 25 October. This was...
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GAFCON: Foundational texts

A Plenary Address to the GAFCON IV Assembly 18 April 2023 When I lived in Uganda,...
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The next step: What is God saying to Global Anglicans? Thesis 14

“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not...
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The next step: A new communion of churches: Thesis 13

lans should be laid at the 2023 Gafcon Assembly in Kigali – in conjunction...
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The next step: After Lambeth 2022: Thesis 12

Archbishop Welby dismissed Gafcon as a mere pressure group, ignored its plea, and has...
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GAFCON and Global South Fellowship: Parallel lanes toward a new communion: Thesis 11

n its “Letter to the Churches” from Jerusalem in 2018, the Gafcon Assembly urged...
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GAFCON: The Declaration of Faith: Thesis 9

The Statement from GAFCON 2008 includes the Jerusalem Declaration, which has been widely hailed as...
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GAFCON: The prophetic indictment: Thesis 8

PREFACE: How the Jerusalem Statement Came to Be The Jerusalem Statement from GAFCON 2008 is the foundational...
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The Road to GAFCON: Thesis 6

The second group of theses – “The Gafcon Response” – sketches the events that...
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The breakdown of church discipline and the crisis of contemporary Anglicanism: Thesis 5

The Communion bureaucracy has been complicit in this failure of discipline. In fact, these...
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Lambeth 1988 and the crisis of contemporary Anglicanism: Thesis 4

Thesis 4 The 1998 Lambeth Conference provided the first real test of the capability of...
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Marriage and the three-way light bulb

I happen to like three-way light bulbs. They make it possible to have background...
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The failure of communion governance and the crisis of contemporary Anglicanism: Thesis 3

Thesis 3 Over the past century, the Anglican Communion has grown exponentially in numbers in...
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Rome has identified the problem. Has it stated the Gospel clearly enough?

The Vatican’s new document on transmitting the Christian faith begins with an admission that...
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Our hope for years to come: Archbishop Mbanda reports on the installation of the new primate of Rwanda

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings from the land of a thousand hills and...
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Jerusalem Anglican Bishop decries terrorist attack on Karak church

Amman, Oct. 25 (Petra) – The Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem,...
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Archbishop of Canterbury hosts South Sudan delegation and ecumenical leaders at Lambeth Palace

On Friday 23 October, 2026, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, hosted a private...