God\u2019s words are powerful words. They are never empty. At the beginning of creation \u2018God said, \u201cLet there be light\u201d and there was light\u2019 (Genesis 1:3) and when God\u2019s word is proclaimed faithfully today there is new creation. It was this conviction that drew us to Jerusalem in 2008 and our Jerusalem Statement and Declaration began by affirming that we had gathered as \u2018a spiritual movement to preserve and promote the truth and power of the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ as we Anglicans have received it\u2019.<\/p>\n
We cannot truly promote the gospel if we are not also careful to preserve it from distortion or dilution and I therefore commend the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) for their recent document\u00a0\u2018Gospel, Church & Marriage: Preserving Apostolic Faith and Life\u2019<\/a>. At a time when the Church of England\u2019s senior leadership seems unable to resist the pressure to compromise with a highly secular culture, it is a sign of hope that evangelical leaders are able to come together in this way.<\/p>\n They affirm that biblical and apostolic teaching on marriage and sexuality is not a secondary matter over which we can agree to disagree, but is essential to the integrity of the Church\u2019s witness and to Christian discipleship. As the New Testament shows, \u2018the apostles had to guard the Church\u2019s distinctive boundaries on matters of both doctrine and ethics, including sexual morality\u2019.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n “In a globalised world, Gafcon\u2019s vision is to see the full potential of our Communion realised as faithful Anglicans from every nation, race and culture unite in a clear, confident and joyful witness to Jesus Christ who makes all things new.”https:\/\/t.co\/tsGwUGYNGG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 GAFCON (@gafconference) February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n