In the weeks following the G26 gathering in Abuja, questions emerged across the Anglican world about what, exactly, was established and how leadership within this new structure is meant to function. Much of the concern centered on the Global Anglican Council and the role it will play in relation to the wider Global Anglican Communion. … Read More
The work of church revitalization in the Diocese of Western Anglicans took a significant step forward this month as clergy and lay leaders from across the Arizona Deanery gathered for a regional Revive Weekend led by the American Anglican Council’s Anglican Revitalization Ministries (ARM). The gathering marked the first in a series of deanery-wide Revive … Read More
The fourth and final day of the GAFCON Council in Abuja brought the week’s discussions to a close with a renewed call for biblical faithfulness, culminating in the release of the Abuja Affirmation and a closing service at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, the cathedral of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. The morning began … Read More
The Chair of the Gafcon Primates’ Council, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, announced the inauguration of the Global Anglican Communion in the October 2025 Martyrs’ Day Statement (MDS). As that statement foreshadowed, we met in Abuja both to “confer and celebrate the Global Anglican Communion.” We gathered together under the Word of God prayerfully to discern the … Read More
The Abuja Affirmation can be found online here. The communiqué issued at the conclusion of the G26 gathering, called the Abuja Affirmation, marks a significant moment in the life of the GAFCON movement and in the ongoing conversation about the future of the Anglican Communion. Bishops and Anglican leaders from across the global church gathered … Read More
