Communion Partners

Three Principals of Wycliffe College! At international CP gathering at Camp Allen in Texas this past week.
L to R: Bp. George Sumner; Kristen Deede Johnson (current); Bp. Stephen Andrews.
Thanks to Ajit John for the great photo!

"One GSFA leader expressed concern to TLC about how quickly GAFCON had developed its plans for the Global Anglican Communion. “They are a movement; we are an ecclesial body,” he said. He also confirmed that the GSFA had not been consulted in the development of plans for the new communion, though the idea had been floated by GAFCON before."

The Inside Story on GAFCON’s Communiqué - The Living Church All 12 men who drafted the plan for the 'Global Anglican Communion' hail from dioceses and churches that have never been part of the Anglican Communion or have been largely disengaged from it for the last two decades.

Statement from Abp Titus Chung, Primate of the Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia.
"We fully understand GAFCON’s deep concern for the faithfulness of the Church to the authority of Holy Scripture, and we most certainly affirm the historic Anglican convictions that Scripture contains all things necessary for salvation, that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour and Lord, and that marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman...
At the same time, our Province believes that significant existential, structural and ecclesiological questions have been raised by the communiqué—particularly regarding the Instruments of Communion..."

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Analysis: GAFCON Creates Global Anglican Communion - The Living Church Member churches of the new body must forswear participation in the Instruments of Communion and the chair of its council would assume Canterbury’s historic role.