Stories from FCA Leaders Conference — Dr William Philip

Posted on May 2, 2012 
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Dr William Philip from the Church of Scotland was an observer at the FCA Leaders meeting in London. He’s interviewed by Russell Powell in this 2 minute video.

Related: Video of Ministers and Elders Meeting, June 2011 (esp. #3) at St. George’s Tron in Glasgow.

Archbishop Peter Jensen at the FCA Conference: Audio

Posted on May 2, 2012 
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Hear Archbishop Peter Jensen’s address on “The issues the face us” – given at the  Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Conference evening session on 26th April 2012. (Photo: Russell Powell.)

Reform welcomes FCA commitment

Posted on May 1, 2012 
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Tuesday 1st May 2012

Rev’d Rod Thomas, Chairman of Reform, the conservative evangelical network in the Church of England, has welcomed the recent statement of commitment at the conclusion of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) conference in London. (to see the FCA statement click here)

He said: “Archbishop Wabukala of Kenya hit the nail on the head when he said the crisis at the heart of the Anglican Communion is ‘not only institutional but spiritual’.

“We see a prime example of this here in the UK. Recent statements from some church leaders in England on issues of human sexuality indicate the full-scale departure from traditional Biblical teaching that a tiny minority are seeking to impose on the Church of England. Their gospel of radical ‘inclusion’ is undermining the Biblical gospel of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus. God welcomes those who come to him knowing they need forgiveness. Those who simply want God to affirm their lifestyles have not understood the gospel.

“It is very encouraging therefore to know that the leaders who represent the vast majority of the world’s Anglicans are willing to stand with and support those who wish to hold to the Biblical gospel as being good news from God for a world in desperate need.

“We also agree with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali’s assessment that the Anglican ‘Instruments of Unity’ have failed dramatically, and encourage the FCA to model an alternative way forward of working together within our Communion across the globe to fulfill Christ’s command to make disciples for Him.

“Here in the UK the Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) has been established to do just that – model a new way of working within an Anglican framework and fellowship, with a panel of orthodox Bishops providing oversight to those churches who need it. This solution will not suit all, but it is a much-needed encouragement for some to know that their ministry is recognized and affirmed by a worldwide fellowship of Anglicans.”

– from Reform.

‘Tearing the Fabric’ — 2012 edition

Posted on April 29, 2012 
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An updated edition of ‘Tearing the Fabric’ (‘The Episcopal Church: Tearing the Fabric of communion to Shreds’) has been produced by The American Anglican Council.

It’s a very useful resource – and a sobering reminder of how a denomination can lose the gospel.

It can be downloaded from the AAC website (PDF file).

The main sections:

Catalog of Heresies: Quoting Episcopal Church Leaders
Fruits of TEC‘s Theology
Declining Membership
Litigation, Uncanonical Acts, and Harassment

The uniqueness and sufficiency of Christ

Posted on April 28, 2012 
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Dr Mike Ovey, Principal of Oak Hill College, preached on Hebrews 1:1-4 at the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Conference in London this week.

Watch his most encouraging, edifying and challenging exposition – at the GAFCON website.

Missing the biggest story of the week

Posted on April 28, 2012 
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Each week, the Anglican Communion News Service publishes a weekly roundup of news from all around the Communion. Interestingly, this week’s roundup makes no mention of a meeting in London of  two hundred leaders from thirty countries – representing the majority of Anglicans worldwide.

FCA Leaders Conference concludes — and the movement begins its mission

Posted on April 27, 2012 
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Media Release
Leaders Conference, London
23 to 27 April 2012

“After some 450 years it is becoming clear that what some have called the ‘Anglican experiment’ is not ending in failure, but is on the verge of a new and truly global future in which the original vision of the Reformers can be realized as never before…”

Media Release:

The movement begins its mission

GAFCON 2008 declared it was ‘not just a moment in time but a movement of the spirit’. Now, at a conference in London, 200 Anglican leaders committed to mission and mutual support.

The Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem established a Primates Council representing the majority of the world’s Anglicans and set up a global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans as a movement within the Communion.

The leaders met at St Mark’s Battersea Rise in London for five days of prayer, planning and plenary sessions. Seminars ranged over key topics such as evangelism, family, economic empowerment, the Gospel, church and spiritual leadership under pressure.

Opening the event, GAFCON/ FCA Chairman Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, Primate of Kenya, told the delegates they were called to “a great prophetic purpose at this critical point in the life of our communion.” The Archbishop outlined the extent of unbiblical teaching in the communion and declared “The heart of the crisis we face is not only institutional, but spiritual.”

“After some 450 years it is becoming clear that what some have called the ‘Anglican experiment’ is not ending in failure, but is on the verge of a new and truly global future in which the original vision of the Reformers can be realized as never before” the Archbishop said.

In a plenary address, Bishop Michael Nazir?Ali concluded that the Anglican “Instruments of Unity” have failed dramatically and that the FCA is called to model an alternative way for the churches of the Anglican Communion to gather and relate to one another in such a way as to carry out the Great Commission in the coming decades.

In their final conference ‘Commitment’, the leaders resolved to work together in an ever?strengthening partnership, to stand by each other and to engage in a battle of ideas on behalf of the Biblical Gospel.

The next Global Anglican Future Conference was also announced. The event, with invitees including clergy and lay people, as well as bishops, is scheduled for May 2013.

“One delegate came up to me and said ‘Now I know that I am not alone’. Though they are the majority, the orthodox often feel isolated.” said FCA general secretary Archbishop Peter Jensen. “There are people everywhere who believe the same gospel, preach the same thing and stand for the same truths. That is the dynamic of this conference. People who felt powerless have now been given confidence.”

April 27, 2012 AD.

See the Statement and Commitment from the meeting with a brief introduction to GAFCON (PDF file).

Text here via Anglican Mainstream.

 

 

You Have to Get Religion to Get Religion

Posted on April 27, 2012 
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“Charles (Chuck) Colson got religion, but those people who haven’t got it, do not get it. They keep missing the point of his imprisonment as they retell his story. Sometimes they even get the chronology wrong – and in this case the chronology is important.

Chuck wasn’t converted in gaol, but beforehand. In fact he was gaoled because he was converted. Not that he was a martyr; persecuted and imprisoned for his faith. He went to gaol as a criminal because he had ‘got religion’. If he had not got religion he most likely would never have gone to gaol. …”

– Phillip Jensen’s weekly column tells the real story behind Chuck Colson’s imprisonment.

Gambling is not a numbers game

Posted on April 27, 2012 
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“I applaud Mr. Wilkie for his efforts in championing poker machine reform amidst broken promises from the Federal Government.

However, the fact that this issue is only on the agenda because Mr. Wilkie holds a controlling vote demonstrates a sad state of affairs. The Government should repent of its opportunism…”

– The Bishop of Tasmania calls for a radical change in politics.

Statement from the Anglican Mission in England

Posted on April 27, 2012 
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“Statement at the Celebration of the Anglican Communion at Emmanuel Centre, Westminster

The next few months will increasingly reveal the direction being taken by the Church of England regarding two matters:

We have established, and this week confirmed the principle that orthodox Anglicans who despite repeated efforts cannot receive oversight in the Church of England can continue to belong together with other orthodox Anglicans and minister with recognition within the global Anglican communion.   Read more

We should elect our chair, say Primates

Posted on April 27, 2012 
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“The Primates of Nigeria and Kenya suggested this week that the Archbishop of Canterbury should no longer chair the Primates’ Meeting. The chairman should instead be elected by the Primates themselves, they said…”

– Church Times reports on the FCA meeting which concludes today in London.

Long to reign over us

Posted on April 26, 2012 
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“It is characteristic of the Queen that, on the eve of her jubilee year, she should address the Commonwealth not by drawing attention to herself, but by preaching the Gospel in her annual Christmas broadcast. She has done this before, most notably at the turn of the millennium, but never as clearly as last year, when she spoke quite directly about human sin, the forgiving power of Christ and the need for each of us to be born again.”

– In his Editorial for Churchman Spring 2012, Gerald Bray writes about Queen Elizabeth II and her legacy. (PDF.)

How to Read the Bible Through the Jesus Lens

Posted on April 25, 2012 
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“This is a charming little book that gives an overview of every book of the Bible and how it relates to Jesus. … I wish all students would read a book like this before they came to Seminary…”

– Michael Bird (Crossway College, Brisbane) draws attention to Michael Williams’ book ‘How to Read the Bible Through the Jesus Lens’. Availability.

Anzac Day: Damien Parer

Posted on April 25, 2012 
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“Last time I was in Canberra I visited the National Film and Sound Archives. While there one particular exhibit caught my attention. It featured the first Australian Academy Award winning film … ‘Kakoda Frontline’.

The film images are now iconic. The ‘diggers’ fighting their way across the steep, mountainous terrain, hampered by dense jungle, continuous rain storms, river crossings but ever by their sides helping; sometimes carrying the wounded are the New Guinea natives, the legendary ‘fuzzy wuzzy angels’. It was little wonder the film won an Academy Award…”

– BCA Missioner Rod Oldfield on King Island shares an ANZAC Day reflection.
(h/t Bishop John Harrower.)

Abp Wabukala’s FCA Conference keynote address

Posted on April 24, 2012 
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“I believe that our time together here is a key moment in the unfolding purpose of God for our beloved Anglican Communion and its great encouragement to have leaders drawn from some thirty different nations as we gather here this evening. We are indeed a global communion for the twenty-first century…”

– Archbishop Eliud Wabukala is the Chairman of the GAFCON Primates Council and Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans. Read the text of his keynote address from the FCA Leadership Conference in London.

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