Bishop Peter Brain endorses GAFCON statement

Bishop Peter BrainThe 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.)

Bishop Peter Brain going to both

Bishop Peter BrainThe Anglican Church is facing ‘a watershed month’ with two significant international conferences – and Armidale’s Bishop Peter Brain will be at both.

Bishop Brain will attend the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jerusalem from June 22-29 and the Lambeth Conference from July 16 to August 4 at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus. …

Bishop Brain – the only Australian Bishop going to both conferences – said, however, that he was going to Lambeth ‘because I feel I want to have a say’.

“Certainly, my sympathies are with the GAFCON bishops, my theological loyalties all lie in that direction,” he said. …

– Story from The Armidale Express. (Photo: Diocese of Armidale.)