Could a Parallel Anglican Communion be in the Works?
by David W Virtue DD, Virtueonline:
Former Sydney Archbishop, Peter Jensen, has a nasty habit of speaking his mind.
In fact, he tells the truth so boldly, bluntly and deliberately, he is undoubtedly causing serious heartburn to fellow archbishop, Justin Welby.
Every time he opens his mouth, he commits the unpardonable “sin” of stating in clear, unapologetic terms where he stands on core issues that affect the communion so that his hearers are left in no doubt what he believes. Anglican fudge he is not.
He called the January meeting of primates in Canterbury “a complete failure”; it only revealed the theological weaknesses in the Anglican Communion, he said. The Lambeth conference is out of date and the future of the Anglican Communion now lies with GAFCON. He said the ACC-16 Lusaka gathering was “irrelevant to the GAFCON bishops” and the Nairobi Communique was “toothless”. Archbishop Welby said “consequences” would be enforced, but that is irrelevant. They were not, are not and never will be. The Canterbury meeting was an invitation to repentance that self-evidently failed, he said.
I have no doubt that when Welby reads all this, he grows apoplectic at the thought he cannot bamboozle evangelicals like Peter Jensen.
Another Primate who is just as outspoken is Archbishop Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria, the largest most vibrant evangelical province in the Anglican Communion.
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