Gafcon

The Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll NOTE: The following essay was written for the GAFCON Task Force for Women in the Episcopate and submitted in its Interim Report (2019). It was…

Twice in the past six months, prominent Anglican theologians have written articles questioning the formularies of Global South entities: Gafcon and the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GFSA). Both…

Note: The following article appeared in The Anglican Way 2.3 (2023), Used with permission. In a recent online article, three prominent North American Anglican theologians ask whether the “Reset” announced…

I began this essay one day after the announcement of the “Kigali Commitment,” the communiqué of the fourth Global Anglican Future Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Many Anglicans are rejoicing in…

A Plenary Address to the GAFCON IV Assembly18 April 2023The Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll Praise the Lord, brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion! This is my fourth GAFCON. You…

by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll For an onlne Commentary on the Fourteen Theses, see here. For a downloadable PDF, see here. I was glad when they said to me,…

Text and Commentary by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll For a downloadable PDF copy of this essay, click here. For the Fourteen Theses alone, see here. I was glad when…

UPDATE: I am pleased to note the Joint Statement from Archbishops Foley Beach and Henry Ndukuba that was published on Maundy Thursday. This not only clears up the issue raised…

Any “Commonwealth” model will be weak tea and not worthy of the name “Communion,” because ultimately fellowship in Christ must be based on the mighty Truth of the Gospel (Galatians…

I would plead with you, especially those who are leaders in both entities: sit down patiently to explain yourselves to each other and to the rest of us during this…

Preface: A Reply to the Global South Anglicans In a recent “Anglican Perspectives” video, Canon Phil Ashey of the American Anglican Council announces an “historic” development: the publication of a…

In September 2019, Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, shared some reflections with clergy and laity in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on the state of the Anglican…

I received the following comment on my Contending Anglican blog from a clergyman in the Church of England with regard to my post on Jerusalem Declaration clause 13. I am…

N.B. In light of some current discussion of the Church of Nigeria and the “prosperity gospel, I am posting a relevant presentation from GAFCON 2013 by Bishop Michael Fape, who…

This past week I received an email and video from Archbishops Ben Kwashi and Foley Beach, commending the observance of “Gafcon Sunday” on 30 June. I hope many bishops and…

At the end of April (2019) two church bodies met, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-17) in Hong Kong and the Gafcon Primates in Sydney. The Gafcon Primates published a Communiqué…

As I see it, the question “Was 2008 the last Lambeth Conference?” misses the target. The last authoritative council of Anglican bishops worldwide occurred in 1998. That was not so…

BREAKING NEWS (26 February 2019). The United Methodist General Conference voted by a 55% to 45% margin to maintain its stance that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.”…

So let’s remember that the Lambeth Conference was not conceived as a garden party or a photo op but rather as a solemn assembly of bishops who have vowed to…

Rest assured, friends, Nicholas Okoh, like Peter Akinola before him and Ben Kwashi after him, are girded with the whole armor of God. I am not sure how many other…

Following Gafcon 2018, Fulcrum – “Renewing the Evangelical Centre” – published a “Response to GAFCON 2018” to the Conference and its “Letter to the Churches.” In a spirit of theological…

The Gafcon movement is standing firm on the Gospel side of the Rubicon and saying “No, we won’t go with you.” This obstinacy, especially in light of Gafcon 2018, is…

Recently, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was asked whether he was warning people away from this year’s Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon) in Jerusalem. His reply was: “where Gafcon…

Here is a tale that you can only appreciate if you are old enough to remember the days when cars had a bench front seat. It goes like this: a…

Presented at the Global Anglican Future Conference 21-26 October 2013 By Rev. Prof. Stephen Noll “Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it…

By the Rt. Rev. John H. Rodgers, Jr. Note from the Rev. Dr. Stephen Noll: On November 23, 2022, my colleague and dear friend John Rodgers died at age 92.…

This Statement was authorized by the Council of African Provinces in Africa (CAPA). Its drafters are the Most Rev. Nicholas Dike Okoh, Bishop of Asaba and Archbishop of the ecclesiastical…

This essay is a revised version of a paper read at the “Anglican Life and Witness” conference in Dallas, Texas, on September 23, 1997. It also appears in Transformation (Winter…