More than 200 Anglican bishops from conservative dioceses around the world are to boycott next month\u2019s Lambeth Conference and attend a rival Global Anglican Future Conference in Jordan this week instead.<\/p>\n
Entire provinces, such as Nigeria, Uganda and R wanda, are attending the alternative gathering, styled Gafcon, instead of Lambeth because of their emphasis on a Bible-based Christianity that rules out many of the liberal developments in the Western Church, such as the increasing acceptance of homosexuality.<\/p>\n
Two Church of England bishops, Wallace Benn, of Lewes, and Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, of Rochester, will be carrying the standard for the Church of England, and conservatives from the United States and Australia will also be in Amman.<\/p>\n
Although organisers say their goal is not to set up a rival Anglican structure, in a statement at the weekend the Church of Uganda admitted that the aim of Gafcon was \u201cto prepare for an Anglican future in which the gospel is uncompromised and Christ-centred mission is a top priority\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n