GAFCON and England: Judgment and Mercy
Posted on July 21, 2008
Filed under Opinion
Just three weeks after the announcement of the Jerusalem Statement and Declaration, it is already clear that GAFCON has irrevocably changed the Anglican Communion. The majority of the world’s Anglicans now no longer look to Canterbury.
Structures that stifle spiritual life will eventually find themselves bypassed and this is exactly what was expressed in the courteous but firm response of the GAFCON Primates Council to Rowan Williams’ criticisms, declaring in the final paragraph that ‘We assure the Archbishop of Canterbury of our respect as the occupier of an historic see which has been used by God to the benefit of his church and continue to pray for him to be given wisdom and discernment.’ …
– Charles Raven writes for VirtueOnline.
(Charles is Senior Minister of Christ Church Wyre Forest in the UK. From the files: a press statement from 2002.) Photo: GAFCON media team.
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