by David Virtue, VOL
Six speakers from across the Anglican Communion gathered at Reformed Episcopal Seminary outside Philadelphia to assess a Communion in crisis. The appointment of a woman Archbishop of Canterbury, a lesbian Archbishop of the Church in Wales, the Abuja Affirmation, the Jerusalem Declaration, GAFCON, the GSFA, and the continued push to affirm and bless homosexual unions — Anglicanism finds itself wading in deep troubled waters that could end in permanent schism.
The symposium was the brainchild of the Rev. Dr. Gerry McDermott, an American Anglican theologian, author, and retired professor best known for work on Israel, supersessionism, Jonathan Edwards, and world religions. He is the Distinguished Professor of Theology at Jerusalem Seminary and priest-in-residence at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Crozet, VA. Anglican Compass. He also teaches at Reformed Episcopal Seminary. He retired from the Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson in May 2022.
Speakers included the Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Anis (Egypt), Rev. Dr. George Westhaver, Rev. Dr. Gerald McDermott, Dr. Alice Linsley, Rev. Ben Jefferies, and Rev. Mark Perkins.