Shhh! Anglicans meeting

Julia Duin of The Washington Times considers the secrecy surrounding the current GAFCON gathering in Jerusalem, the news-free dreams that leaders of the Anglican Communion harbor for the upcoming Lambeth Conference and wonders why everything is so…quiet.

Of GAFCON she writes:

The purpose of this conference is a tad foggy. One of their leaders relayed in an e-mail that they aim to “prepare for an Anglican future in which the Gospel is uncompromised and Christ-centered mission is a top priority.”

GAFCON, then, is the first salvo in a campaign to create a newer, purer Anglican Communion by getting like-minded Anglicans all in one place. There is not enough support among conservatives at this time for a full break from the archbishop of Canterbury, whose position carries much weight around the world.

That support might exist in 10 years, especially if the Church of England, Anglicanism’s British branch, becomes completely compromised concerning Islam and sexual morality issues.

So GAFCON and the aborted pre-GAFCON meeting in Jordan are setting the stage for an eventual split.

Maybe, or maybe the GAFCON folks have lost ground within the Communion in the brief time since Archbishop Rowan Williams called Peter Akinola’s bluff, and the movement is fighting for survival, not planning its glorious future.

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