Having read the STATEMENT ON THE GLOBAL ANGLICAN FUTURE in Gadgetvicar's Blog I'm understanding that there is now to be an "Anglican Communion" within the Anglican Communion. Rebel factions indeed! The only thing that the Gafcon conference in Jerusalem has done is ensure that even within our individual Provinces, there will be Churches within Churches. At least that's my understanding.
These goodly people in Jerusalem have decided that The Gospel is on their side, and it's "us other yins" who need converted and brought back into God's fold. My outrage at this stuff is just as strong as my outrage for the other "lot", who decide to go ahead with gay marriages days before Lambeth. However, that has already been addressed in an earlier blog of mine.
People of every age, every cause, every movement have always tried to enlist Jesus and somehow the Christ fails to be tied down to any cause or movement. This elusive Jesus seems to refuse to be tied down at all! Here we have Gafcon claiming Him for themselves, and the liberal left claiming exactly the same!
Gafcon cannot be ignored or marginalised. Over 300 bishops were present, many o whom will not attend Lambeth in principle. This is a big movement, and it seems that many of the attendees are now going into the world to get individual parishes within our Provinces to enlist. They suggest that we can all live in an Anglican Communion, where they have the whole truth of The Gospel and the rest of us are wrong. Where have I heard that before? (See comments on aforementioned blog)that I wrote!
What future for the Anglican Communion now? Well thanks to both extreme camps, none, I'm afraid. God save us all from extremeists
And the wounded Body of Christ has another few nails to contend with.
