GAFCON

For those of you who keep up with Episcopal / Anglican polity, here is NT Wright's response and JI Packer's response to GAFCON (Global Anglican Futures Conference). They are remarkably different opinions from two very wise men, and worth a close read.

GAFCON was a seven day conference of conservative Anglican bishops and leaders which was held in Jerusalem last week. The conference was planned to occur one month prior to the Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world. It is primarily aimed at Anglican leaders who consider themselves to be in impaired communion with the global church because of the consecration in 2003 of openly homosexual (and I might add heretical) bishop Gene Robinson by the Episcopal Church in the United States.