GAFCON is vital for the Anglican Communion
If the current dispute is merely a matter of different perspectives and emphases, as the Archbishop of Canterbury suggests, why are the bishops who are promoting this different gospel driving people out of their churches and removing licences from priests such as Dr Packer?
Gafcon became necessary following the persistent failure of the current authorities in the Anglican Communion to do anything about this deliberate flouting of Christian teaching and decisions of the whole Anglican Communion and its leadership. …
– Canon Chris Sugden writes in The Guardian.
Gay bishop gets warm welcome at Sacramento’s Holy Trinity Cathedral
Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, stepped before the altar at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Sacramento on Tuesday afternoon and let the applause wash over him. …
He said it’s only a matter of time until gays and lesbians have the same rights as heterosexuals in the church.
“We know how it’s going to end,” said Robinson. “We’re only arguing over timing. I believe that with my whole heart.”
– Report from The Sacramento Bee. (See also Dr J I Packer’s ‘Lessons to be learned’.)
Image: Trinity Cathedral newsletter.
US Senate examines ‘TV evangelists’
“They preach prosperity – that God can make you healthy and wealthy. Every year some of America’s best known TV evangelists bring in hundreds of millions of dollars from donors all over the world. But as Jonathan Beale reports, some of the TV evangelists’ own lifestyles have begun to ring alarm bells and prompted a Senate investigation into their activities.”
– This 3 minute video report from BBC News mentions Kenneth Copeland (pictured), Benny Hinn and Creflo Dollar.
See also our earlier story about Justin Peters’ seminars on the ‘gospel’ taught by these three ‘Word of Faith’ preachers.
Bishop Peter Brain endorses GAFCON statement
The Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain, was among the Anglican leaders who endorsed an historic document that addresses the crisis gripping the church over scriptural authority. …
Bishop Brain said … “It was a clear statement and I believe many, many Anglicans will agree with it, especially people in the pews,” he said.
“For people in the Armidale diocese, it would be exactly what they would agree to.”
– Report from The Armidale Express. (Photo: Russell Powell.)
British media misses GAFCON message
In all my years as a journalist, first working on large city dailies, then Christian magazines, a brief stint as an Episcopal Diocesan Managing Editor and now as an Internet Online news writer, whose website annually draws more than 4 million readers from 172 countries, I have never encountered such appalling spin, outrageous lies, pure mendacity and gay-baiting towards a group of godly men and women of orthodox faith as I encountered recently in Jerusalem by the secular press. …
– David Virtue, who reported from Jerusalem during GAFCON, comments at VirtueOnline.
(See also this comment from Chelmsford Anglican Mainstream on one newspaper report.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…