Be Faithful! event begins tonight Australian time

Posted on July 6, 2009 
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Be Faithful!The Be Faithful! event in London to launch the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans begins this evening (Monday July 6 2009), Sydney time. Anglican TV will stream it live.

The main programme begins at 10:30am UK time, which is 7:30pm AEST. We’re told that Archbishop Peter Jensen will be bringing greetings to the assembly at around 9:20pm AEST, though that time may vary a little.

Please pray that Christ will be glorified as men and women stand for him in this gathering and in the days ahead.

This from Canon Chris Sugden (UK times referenced) …

Stuart Townend and the Band Phatfish will be playing worship music for congregational participation from 10.20.

The main programme will start at 10.30 a.m. with worship, a Bible Reading from Rev Paul Perkin and a testimony from Dr Chik Kaw Tan, who spoke so powerfully in the debate at General Synod on the Uniqueness of Christ.

The morning programme will focus on the global Anglican Communion.

There will be welcome messages from the Archbishops of Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya. Speakers will focus on different parts of the Communion and the recent issues with which our brothers and sisters have had to contend. Archbishop Greg Venables of the Southern Cone, Bishop Keith Ackerman, president of Forward in Faith (North America), Archbishop Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, and Baroness Caroline Cox will be among the speakers. They will be followed by a recorded interview with Canon Dr James Packer from Canada. Others taking part will be Canon Ben Enwuchola, Bishop John Broadhurst (Fulham) and Bishop John Hind (Chichester).

There will be a lunch break from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

In the afternoon Rev Vaughan Roberts (St Ebbe’s Oxford) and Canon Vinay Samuel (India) will address us on the challenges of mission in a society of aggressive secularism and Bishop Wallace Benn will expound the biblical understanding of fellowship from Philippians.

We will then focus on opportunities and challenges for mission in the British Isles with film and interviews from around England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as presentations in the hall. These will focus on mission, ministry, stewardship, fellowship and oversight.

The day will conclude with Bishop Michael Nazir Ali preaching and presiding at the Communion Service to end by 5.30 p.m.