Jerusalem: Conservatives will declare a split from the Episcopal Church but will stop short of schism with the Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be permanent division, one way or the other,\u201d\u009d Dr. Peter Jensen (pictured), the archbishop of Sydney told the media, as the decision by the Episcopal Church to consecrate a practicing homosexual as a bishop in 2003 was \u201can extraordinary strategic blunder\u201d\u009d that had divided the church.<\/p>\n
However, the Anglican Communion will continue, the Primate of the Southern Cone, Bishop Gregory Venables of Argentina said. \u201cThis is not a shutting of doors. We are not walking away,\u201d\u009d he said, but were forming a movement that would reform and renew the Anglican Churches.<\/p>\n
An \u201cawful lot of people are waiting for a bit of light,\u201d\u009d he said, and Gafcon will provide that light. The church was ripe for the message of Gafcon as \u201cthere is still an intact fellowship of believing Christians\u201d\u009d who will be drawn to this confessing movement, Bishop Venables said.<\/p>\n