from Anglican Futures
Tomorrow, at Canterbury Cathedral, the Most Revd Dame Sarah Mullally will be installed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.
This marks the first test for the Global Anglican Communion’s claim that stewardship of the Anglican Communion has shifted from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Global Anglican Council.
The service will be led by the Dean of the Cathedral, the Very Revd Dr David Monteith, an openly gay priest in a same-sex civil partnership. It will be funded by organisations embedded in TEC, The Episcopal Church of the USA.
The Order of Service lists twelve organisations which have offered particular support for “the putting on of this service,” including,
- The Compass Rose Society
- Virginia Theological Seminary
- The Diocese of Pennsylvania
- The Diocese of Texas
- Trinity Wall Street Church
- The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Dallas
These six organisations are, without doubt, what Gafcon’s Abuja Affirmation would describe as, “compromised sources.” Only ten years ago the gathered Primates of the Anglican Communion, said TEC had acted in such a way as to “represent a fundamental departure from the faith”. Since then they have continually rejected the Communion’s collective call for repentance. For decades they have funded the propogation of the revisionist theology that has fuelled division within the Anglican Communion.
Alongside these six, the Lambeth Partnership is also mentioned. It is made up of about three hundred wealthy individuals, many of whom are also based in TEC and the Anglican Church of Canada.