Back to Basics Part 6: Will you stand with us?

Apr 15, 2016 by Andrew Symes

By Dr. Peter Jensen, General Secretary of GAFCON.

I invite you to support GAFCON. If you are already a supporter, please ask others to join also. Here are my reasons.

The need for the prophetic voice

No one wants to see an end to the Anglican Communion. That is why the Primates went to Canterbury.

Certainly the leaders of GAFCON are clear on this point. They are not proposing to replace the Communion. They are dealing with schism, not provoking it.

Their insight has always been clear: since the institutional structures have failed to hold the fellowship together around the truth, the answer must be a spiritual one.

A prophetic voice is needed.

We need to join together to proclaim the gospel, teach the word, pray without ceasing, administer the sacraments and seek for repentance and renewal. Through this we need to love and bless each other. You can be part of this by being a Supporter…

[…] A Moment and movement

The long slow slide into changing the doctrine of the church suits those who want to see a rapprochement with the culture. That is why it was so important for there to be a decisive moment in Jerusalem with its prophetic summons to repent and repair.

But a moment has to give birth to a movement, if people are to gather and stand for the truth, supporting each other. Hence GAFCON the moment has become GAFCON the movement.

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See previous articles in the series by Peter Jensen here:

Back to Basics Part 1: To go forward we must go back

Back to Basics Part 2: Good Reading of the Good Book

Back to Basics Part 3: Fellowship

Back to Basics Part 4: Repentance

Back to Basics Part 5: The Power of the Gospel