A Church Times Editorial: Treat GAFCON with respect

GAFCON was a good thing. Other complexions have, of course, been put on it, but the conference in Jerusalem transformed disaffection from the Anglican Communion into a renewed commitment to its core, which is the love of Christ. Against the expectations of many, the week was not spent fulminating against gays. Bishop Robinson’s name was not heard. Clearly, dissatisfaction with liberal developments in ethics and theology, principally in the United States, had brought many of the participants to Jerusalem. But, once settled in Jerusalem, the participants spent too much of their time worshipping God and making their pilgrimage for GAFCON to be written off as a godless mistake.

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One comment on “A Church Times Editorial: Treat GAFCON with respect

  1. Hoskyns says:

    Id’ love to know who wrote this. And why both +Durham and ++York, who climbed the greasy pole supposedly on the strength of being evangelicals, seem so unable to echo this sentiment.