The Statement Group decided to bring together under one heading “Reaching Out to God’s World” - the themes of two days of the Conference – “God’s World and “God’s Strategy”; for indeed they belong together. We cannot reach out to …
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COMMENTARY ON THE GAFCON LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Part Six: Reordering the Communion
… And so, the Global Anglican Future Conference met in Jerusalem in June 2008. A reformation had begun. In the Jerusalem Statement and Declaration, the 2008 Global Anglican Future Conference took up the challenge of restoring biblical authority (and the …
COMMENTARY ON THE 2018 GAFCON LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Part Five: Reforming God’s Church
The second main section of the Letter is titled “Reforming God’s Church.” It should come as no surprise that “Reforming God’s Church” should be the longest section of the Letter to the Churches from a Conference held as a result …
COMMENTARY ON THE 2018 GAFCON LETTER TO THE CHURCHES Part Four: Proclaiming God’s Gospel
As agreed at our first meeting, the Statement Group followed the topics of the Conference plenaries. The first section on “Proclaiming God’s Gospel” falls into two main segments: the first part defines the Gospel and the second part defends it …
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 …