The Church of England is experiencing a major breakup within its denomination.
The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, or GAFCON, released a statement about their departure from the wider Anglican Church. This division comes as an opposition to the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, who became the first female Archbishop of the denomination, who also holds a liberal theology especially in regards to gender and sexuality.
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In the statement, Chairman of the GAFCON Primates Council, Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda wrote:
1. We declare that the Anglican Communion will be reordered, with only one foundation of communion, namely the Holy Bible, “translated, read, preached, taught and obeyed in its plain and canonical sense, respectful of the church’s historic and consensual reading…”
2. We reject the so-called Instruments of Communion, namely the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), and the Primates Meeting, which have failed to uphold the doctrine and discipline of the Anglican Communion.
3. We cannot continue to have communion with those who advocate the revisionist agenda, which has abandoned the inerrant word of God as the final authority and overturned Resolution I.10, of the 1998 Lambeth Conference.
Due to these conditions, Mbanda expressed that GAFCON has now “re-ordered the Anglican Communion,” and are now to go by the Global Anglican Communion.
Provinces of the Global Anglican Communion shall not participate in meetings called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, including the ACC, and shall not make any monetary contribution to the ACC, nor receive any monetary contribution from the ACC or its networks.
Toward the end of Mbanda’s statement, he says that they have “not left the Anglican Communion,” but rather that they “are the Anglican Communion.”
This decision comes as the Anglican Church continues to creep closer toward liberalism. As Premier Christian News noted, the latest Archbishop of Wales elected this year was Rev. Cherry Vann who identifies as LGBTQ and is openly in a same-sex relationship.
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As we move further into the end times, we will continue to see the wheat separate from the chaff, true believers committed to the Scriptures moving away from those who Christian in name only.
This latest split, which as media outlet Protestia notes, affects almost 40 million people, is one example of those who proclaim Jesus as Lord exalting His name above the politics and culture of this world.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the upcoming book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment.
