G26 — Richard Condie: What GAFCON Could Mean for the Australian Church

From The Pastor’s Heart at G26 –

“You don’t call a conference and 350 bishops from around the world come together unless they really want to see something happen.”

“Tasmanian bishop Richard Condie reflects on the implications of GAFCON 2026 for Anglicans in Australia.

Speaking with Dominic Steele in Abuja, Condie says the mood among global Anglican leaders is that the current structures of the communion are no longer working. He discusses:

• Why many leaders believe this is a moment for change

• The challenge of Australia’s constitutional ties to the Church of England

• The importance of defining fellowship around shared belief rather than structures Condie also previews his conference Bible talk from 1 John, urging Anglicans everywhere to ‘remain in Jesus’.”

– Watch here.

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Day2: GAFCON 2026 – How to Reorder a Communion? Bible First, Structures Second

“The future shape of the Global Anglican Communion is being debated this week in Abuja, Nigeria.

At the GAFCON conference, more than 400 bishops and global leaders are working through the logic of the proposal that could lead to a new Global Anglican Communion — a fellowship grounded in the authority of Scripture and historic Anglican doctrine.

On Day 2 of the conference, Dominic Steele speaks with key leaders including Vaughan Roberts (Oxford), Julian Dobbs (ACNA), and Richard Condie (Tasmania), along with presenters from Uganda, Brazil and Nigeria.

They discuss:

• The implications of the Church of England’s current trajectory

• The logic behind a reordered global communion

• The mission opportunity for global Anglicans

• What this could mean for churches in the UK, North America and Australia

This episode is part of The Pastor’s Heart special coverage of GAFCON 2026 in Abuja.”

– Watch here.

G26 — Julian Dobbs: Implementing the future for Global Anglicans

From Dominic Steele and The Pastor’s Heart at G26 in Abuja, Nigeria –

“Bishop Julian Dobbs, Acting Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, says GAFCON 2026 may mark a turning point for the global Anglican movement.

Speaking with Dominic Steele in Abuja, Dobbs describes the moment as one of renewed clarity around the gospel and the future structure of a global Anglican communion.

He discusses:

• Why the church must not add to or subtract from the gospel

• The potential formation of a new global Anglican structure

• The mission opportunity to reach unreached nations

• The current challenges within the Anglican Church in North America.

Dobbs says the ultimate goal is simple: faithful proclamation of Christ to the world.”

– Watch here.

G26 Day 1 — Do not be yoked together with unbelievers — Glenn Davies, Michael Stead, Andy Lines and Mwita Akiri

Latest update from The Pastor’s Heart at G26 in Abuja, Nigeria –

“The atmosphere was electric in the cathedral in Abuja, Nigeria as the the Word of God from 2 Corinthians rang out with unmistakable clarity: “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers… Come out from them and be separate… Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates.”

The preacher was the Archbishop of Nigeria, Henry Ndukuba, and his message landed with force. Many of the Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, Clergy and Laity from across the Anglican world would have preached on that passage in the past, but the Holy Spirit pressed it home in a remarkable way.

In this episode of The Pastor’s Heart, Dominic Steele speaks with Glenn Davies — former Archbishop of Sydney and now Bishop of the GAFCON Authorised Diocese of the Southern Cross.

Together they reflect on the emotional and spiritual tone of the conference as it begins, the shift since the sober mood of GAFCON 2023 in Kigali, and the key questions now facing global Anglican leaders — including the future structure of the communion, the role of the Global South, and the difficult realities for churches seeking faithfulness while still legally tied to Canterbury.

• Bishop of South Sydney Michael Stead outlines the way the conference statement will be formed from the ground up.

• Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Network in Europe Andy Lines speaks on how the Church of England has failed to repent, despite the clarion call of the Gafcon23 conference.

• Mwita Akiri is former Bishop of Tarmi in Tanzania and co-ordinator of Gafcon for Tanzania.”

– Watch here.

G26 — A failure to demonstrate true repentance — Bishop Andy Lines

From Dominic Steele and The Pastor’s Heart at G26 in Abuja, Nigers –

“The Church of England has failed to demonstrate true repentance again and again even after Gafcon and the Global South’s clarion call.

Bishop Andy Lines is Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Europe.”

– Watch here.

More to come shortly – check here for the latest coverage from The Pastor’s Heart.

Abuja 2026: A Turning Point for Global Anglicanism — The Pastors Heart

Here’s the first of Dominic Steele’s reports from Abuja in Nigeria –

“Dominic Steele reports from Abuja, Nigeria, as nearly 500 Anglican leaders gather for GAFCON 2026 in what many believe could prove a decisive moment in the reshaping of the Anglican Communion. Delegates have arrived from across Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia, despite significant travel disruption caused by the US–Iran conflict and Middle Eastern airspace closures. For many Australians, flights were cancelled only hours before departure.

This preview episode of The Pastor’s Heart sets out what is expected in the coming days: proposals for the structure and operation of a new Global Anglican Communion, distinct from Canterbury.
The story stretches back through the Jerusalem Declaration of 2008 and the strong Kigali statement of 2023, in which leaders representing the majority of the Communion expressed no confidence in the existing Instruments of Communion. This week, foundations for a renewed and confessionally orthodox global fellowship are anticipated to be agreed.

Steele outlines the program for the week, including plenary sessions, presentations and votes on doctrine, fellowship and leadership structures. Particular attention will be given to the biblical basis of communion, the failures of current Canterbury-centred mechanisms and how future alignment will be defined. Questions around governance, canonical relationships and financial partnerships are also expected to be addressed.

Over the next five days, The Pastor’s Heart will release daily 30-minute reports with interviews from primates and key leaders, alongside full-length conversations on YouTube. Coverage is brought in partnership with Anglican Aid. This episode provides essential background to what may become a defining chapter in modern Anglican history.”

– Be sure to watch here.

Please do uphold this key gathering in your prayers.

Some are still travelling, affected by global travel disruptions due to events surrounding Iran. Please pray for safety in travel.

The Opportunity of a New Reformation

“Right now, an opportunity for a new mission-shaped reformation lies before us  if we can rise to the challenge. While it is true that many Anglican church leaders in the West have turned from Scripture to follow the spirit of this age, the majority of the world’s Anglican leaders trust the gospel the missionaries first brought as the only true gospel, and want to continue in it. They know that this gospel, upon which our church was founded, is the only gospel that saves.

From these leaders the Gafcon movement has arisen …”

– Anglican Aid’s Canon Tim Swan writes about the challenges and opportunities of a Global Anglican Communion, with a focus on this month’s Abuja G26 conference. At SydneyAnglicans.net.

G26 Preparations at St Matthias House Abuja

Thanksgiving and prayer request from Gafcon:

“We thank God as the final physical preparations continue for the G26 Conference beginning this weekend. Within Abuja, plans are coming together to welcome bishops, clergy, and lay leaders gathering to seek the Lord’s wisdom for the future of our Anglican Communion.

We praise God for the excellent progress at St Matthias House, where significant renovations are helping provide an ideal setting for this historic gathering. We also give thanks for the warm and generous hospitality of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), whose faithful service is making this conference possible.

Pray for wisdom, strength, and unity for all involved in logistics, construction, transport, and hospitality, that every preparation may serve the gospel and enable fruitful fellowship.”

G26: A Kairos Moment for the Global Anglican Communion — the global Anglican Church re-ordered

From Bishop Paul Donison, Gafcon General Secretary –

“Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are delighted to share a new four-minute video calling the global Gafcon family to G26 in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Martyrs’ Day Statement from October last year was a prophetic moment announcing, ‘the future has arrived.’

And now is the moment to gather together under the Word of God, to prayerfully discern what the Lord’s future for us looks like as we reorder our beloved Communion.

G26 will not be merely a series of speeches, but a truly conciliar, confessional, and collaborative council — a global Anglican family seeking deeper unity in the truth of the gospel.

Please watch the video, share it widely in your churches, and join us in praying for humility, courage, and clarity.

And if you are able, please consider giving generously to support those who are financially unable to attend through the G26 Bursary Fund: www.gafcon.org/G26Bursary.

Please continue to pray for G26, for those preparing to gather, and for the Lord’s wisdom and courage as we seek to walk faithfully together.

Yours in Christ,

The Rt Revd Paul Donison
Gafcon General Secretary
Thursday, February 19, 2026.”

– Source: Gafcon.

The video would be helpful to share with your church / home groups etc. to explain what G26 is about, and to ask for prayer.

G26 Travel Arrangements

A Gafcon prayer request from a couple of days ago –

“Today we pray for the many complex travel arrangements being made for the G26 Conference in Abuja, Nigeria. With just weeks to go, hundreds of delegates are booking flights, applying for visas, arranging accommodation, and finalising countless logistical details. Pray for smooth itineraries, affordable fares, timely visa approvals, and protection in every stage of the journey.

We remember especially those travelling long distances from across Africa, South America, Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Pray that no financial, administrative, or unexpected obstacle would prevent those invited to attend from gathering with us.

May the Lord grant safety in transit, unity in purpose, and joy as we gather authentic Anglicans — guarding God’s gospel and generating missional resources for the glory of God.”

– The G26 Conference is planned for 3-6 March, in Abuja.

The Pastor’s Heart will be there:

“Can you please help fund our coverage of the first gathering of the GLOBAL ANGLICAN COMMUNION.

We’re planning a series of daily broadcasts from ABUJA NIGERIA for the first week in March, as the faithful bishops gather to move away from Apostasy, Colonialism and Canterbury to a faithfulness to Jesus Christ. We will be there with the full coverage.”

From Canterbury to Abuja – with Paul Donison and Jodie McNeill

From The Pastor’s Heart this week –

“We’re just three weeks away from what may prove to be one of the most significant gatherings of Anglican leaders in a generation — as bishops, clergy and lay representatives from across the world meet in Abuja to chart the future of global Anglicanism.

We preview the conference being led by Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON), and explore how its proposed ‘reordering’ of the Anglican Communion compares with the approach of the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans.

With the centre of Anglican Christianity now firmly in the majority world, the conference in Abjua, Nigeria brings together a broad representative cross-section of the global church.

Our guests are Paul Donison, General Secretary of the GAFCON movement, and Gafcon Operations Manager Jodie McNeill, who is helping coordinate the gathering.”

– Watch or listen here.

Pray for Iran

A prayer update from Gafcon:

“As the nations groan under injustice and violence, we are called to pray with clarity and hope. Today, let us be especially mindful of Iran and its people, where reports continue of brutal repression, widespread arrests, and the silencing of those who cry out for freedom. Pray for an end to violence, for the protection of innocent civilians, and that the weak, the poor, and the oppressed would be defended and upheld.

Pray that God would intervene in the hearts of those who wield power and weapons: that security forces would restrain themselves, prisoners would be released, and corrupt rulers would be brought to account. Ask for wisdom for world leaders as they consider how to respond, and for justice and peace to prevail where fear and brutality now dominate.

As part of the Gafcon movement, pray with confidence that Christ’s gospel continues to advance even in the darkest places. Give thanks for the many who have turned to Christ in Iran in recent years. Pray for the protection, perseverance, and bold love of Iranian believers, and that through them many more would come to know Jesus, to the glory of God.”

– Source: Gafcon.

Gafcon: G26 Bursaries Needed

A prayer request from Gafcon:

“As we look ahead to the G26 Bishops Conference in Abuja, Nigeria in March, let us commit ourselves afresh to prayer for God’s financial provision. Pray that the Lord would supply the resources needed to fund additional bursaries, so that bishops are not prevented from attending because of cost.

Pray especially for bishops from the Global South, many of whom are deeply committed to biblical faithfulness but lack the means to fund their travel. Ask that no voice is missing from this historic gathering due to limited finances.

Pray that God would stir generosity among his people—individuals, churches, and partners—to give sacrificially and joyfully. Give thanks for what has already been provided, and ask that the remaining need would be met in full, for the strengthening of Christ’s Church worldwide.

Please give at www.gafcon.org/G26Bursary.”

Source: Gafcon.

Dr. Glenn Davies and the Future of Anglican Communion in relation to GAFCON

In the latest Australian Presbyterian Profiles in Christian Living, Mark Powell speaks with Glenn Davies, the Bishop of the Diocese of the Southern Cross, about the future of the worldwide Anglican Communion and GAFCON.

While this was recorded in late October, it’s just been published.

– Watch here.

Gafcon Chairman’s Christmas Message 2025

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

At Christmas, the Church once again returns to the quiet and unsettling words of Luke’s Gospel: “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”

The coming of Jesus into the world did not happen because space was made for him, but because he chose to enter our broken world. The Son of God entered his own creation not amid welcome and recognition, but amid rejection, displacement, and neglect.

That truth should give us pause.

For there are times when the Church herself can begin to resemble the inn—busy, occupied, confident in her own arrangements—yet leaving no room for Jesus and his Word. Under false shepherds, the voice of the true Shepherd is sidelined. Faithful witness is crowded out. Obedience is treated as disruption. And those who seek to hold fast to the gospel are told, in effect, that there is no room.

Yet Christmas proclaims this unshakable hope: Jesus is not hindered by closed doors. God’s purposes are not thwarted by human refusal. The child laid in the manger is the Lord of history, and his Kingdom will not fail.

This year, many across our Anglican family have known uncertainty, pressure, and grief. Some have borne the cost of faithfulness quietly and at great personal cost. Christmas reminds us that such suffering does not place us outside God’s purposes, but often directly within them.

The witness of the Church has always been forged not through comfort, but through conviction.

That truth was given renewed expression in this year’s Martyrs’ Day Statement, which clearly and soberly reaffirmed our shared confession, fellowship, and mission under the authority of Holy Scripture. It reminded us that the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3) has always been guarded and proclaimed at a cost—and that we are called, in our generation, to do no less.

Throughout this past year, we have seen bishops, clergy, and lay leaders stand together in gospel unity, resolved to make room for Jesus where others have not—to guard his gospel, to proclaim his truth, and to remain faithful even when it would be easier to yield.

As we now look toward the historic gathering in Abuja next March, we do so with humility, prayer, and hope. G26 is a summons to make room for Jesus afresh in the life of his Church, to listen again to his Word, and to walk together in obedience and courage.

And so, as you celebrate the birth of our Lord with your families and churches, may your hearts be strengthened by this sure hope: “Where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Lord enters in.”

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Yours in Christ,

The Most Revd Dr Laurent Mbanda
Chairman, Gafcon Primates Council
Saturday, 20th December 2025.

McNeills visit Abuja for G26 Preparation

A Gafcon point for thanksgiving and prayer –

“We give thanks to God for a fruitful week-long visit to Abuja, Nigeria, by Gafcon Global Operations Manager, The Revd Canon Jodie McNeill, and his wife, Mrs Mandy McNeill, Events and Partnership Coordinator.

During their visit, they worked closely with the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) in preparation for the history-making G26 Bishops Assembly, to be held in March next year.

They were warmly welcomed by The Most Revd Dr Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba, Primate of All Nigeria and member of the Gafcon Primates’ Council, together with his wife, Mama Angela. They also met with The Most Revd Dr Blessing C. Enyindah, Dean of All Nigeria and Chairman of the Gafcon G26 Planning Committee.

We give thanks for this strong partnership in the gospel and for the excellent preparations already underway. We pray for the Lord’s strength as logistics continue, and ask that He would raise up generous Christians to provide bursaries so bishops from the Global South can attend this vital gathering.

Give at www.gafcon.org/G26Bursary.”

– Source.

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