This is the third of seven posts explaining the “Letter to the Churches.” In this third entry, I begin to exposit the text of the Gafcon Letter to the Churches, section by section, beginning with the Introduction. As mentioned in …
COMMENTARY ON THE 2018 GAFCON LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Part Three: Introducing the Letter
This is the third of seven posts explaining the “Letter to the Churches.” In this third entry, I begin to exposit the text of the Gafcon Letter to the Churches, section by section, beginning with the Introduction. As mentioned in …
COMMENTARY ON THE 2018 GAFCON LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Part Two: Coming to One Mind
“For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us…” (Acts 15:28). How does a church council go about coming to one mind?” What an awesome task! The role of the Conference Statement, it seems to me, is …
COMMENTARY ON THE GAFCON 2018 LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Part One: Preparations
A day or two prior to the presentation of the Gafcon Letter to the Churches, people would come to me and ask how it was going. “I am not a woman,” I’d reply, “but I think it feels something like …
Post-Gafcon Contention 1: REPLY TO FULCRUM ON GAFCON 2018
Following Gafcon 2018, Fulcrum – “Renewing the Evangelical Centre” – published a “Response to GAFCON 2018” to the Conference and its “Letter to the Churches.” In a spirit of theological engagement, I am posting this Reply (in red). Note: Although …
BULLYING THE PRIMATES ACROSS THE RUBICON
The Gafcon movement is standing firm on the Gospel side of the Rubicon and saying “No, we won’t go with you.” This obstinacy, especially in light of Gafcon 2018, is pushing the Communion Establishment one step further: to bully the …
THE BELLS OF CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN with a Postscript on South Carolina
This past Sunday afternoon I attended a marvelous concert by a youth bell choir titled the “Bells of Christ Church.” The “Christ Church” referred to in the program is Christ Church Anglican in Savannah, Georgia. The program went on to …
Contention 8: PREPARING FOR GAFCON IN SEVEN CONTENTIONS
I have been preparing for Gafcon for a long time – a quarter century at least, although I did not know it at the time. Last year I began to assemble and edit my writings in a book, The Global …
Contention 7: LAMBETH SPEAKS PLAINLY (That Was Then)
The year 1998 was the last time the Lambeth Conference spoke plainly. That it did so was something of a miracle. The Communion Establishment had carefully prepared an agenda whereby the innovations of homosexual ordinations and same-sex “blessings” in the …
Contention 6: TRINITY SUNDAY: GOD THE FATHER’S DAY
Have you ever thought about the fact that the Church observes several major feasts for God the Son (Christmas, Easter, Ascension) and one for God the Holy Spirit (Pentecost), but none for God the Father. I am not sure why …
Contention 5D: WHAT DOES JUSTIN WELBY THINK ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
What does Justin Welby think about same-sex marriage? The answer seems to be, in the words of Herman Melville’s fictional character Bartleby the Scrivener: “I would prefer not to…”