Shared beliefs, but different aims — GAFCON and GSFA not ready to merge
by George Conger, Anglican Ink:
The Global South Fellowship of Anglicans (GSFA) and GAFCON are agreed upon the fundamentals of the Christian faith, the Most Rev. James Wong, Primate of the Indian Ocean said, today, but are not at a place where they will form a single entity to carry out a program of reform and renewal of the Anglican way.
The leaders of the GFSA, the Most Rev. Justin Badi Arama, Primate of South Sudan, the Most Rev. Hector “Tito” Zavala, Primate of Chile, Archbishop Wong, and the Rt. Rev. Rennis Ponniah, GFSA general secretary, met with GAFCON chairman the Most Rev Foley Beach and the GAFCON standing committee on Tuesday evening in Kigali to discuss points of common agreement between the two Anglican groups – which together comprise over 80 percent of the communion’s worshippers.
Archbishop Wong said the meeting had been productive and “very friendly”. He said he was “surprised with the love” he experienced from the GAFCON leaders. “A spirit of love” and fellowship permeated the gathering, he explained.
The two movements have long shared a common view that the Communion is no longer working, but have differed as to how to respond to the crisis. While the GFSA bishops accepted Archbishop Justin Welby’s invitation to attend the 2022 Lambeth Conference, GAFCON boycotted the assembly of Anglican bishops.
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