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‘You Have Broken My Heart’—A Letter to My Siblings in GAFCON

We have need of you, my brothers and sisters in the Lord. With you, we strive “to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.”

Analysis: GAFCON Creates Global Anglican Communion

Member churches of the new body must forswear participation in the Instruments of Communion and the chair of its council would assume Canterbury’s historic role.

First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, is seen by many as a “safe pair of hands,” a capable administrator who listens deeply and seeks compromise.

The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion

Upholding Catholic and Apostolic faith and order, the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals recognize a global communion of churches whose leadership should shared by people from different regions and contexts.

Proposals Call for Decentering Canterbury’s Role in Anglican Communion

IASCUFO’s Nairobi-Cairo Proposals suggest a “narrow revision” of the 1930 Lambeth Conference’s classic description of the Communion that decenters the phrase “in communion with the See of Canterbury,” as well as a term-limited, rotating presidency for the Anglican Consultative Council.

Nestor Poltic Elected Primate in the Philippines

The Rt. Rev. Nestor Poltic, Bishop of North Central Philippines, was elected the eighth prime bishop and primate Episcopal Church in the Philippines by the...

On Canterbury: A Thought Experiment

By George Sumner With the latest disputes about the nature of the Anglican Communion, how we order our common life (such as it is), and...

Bishops Support Future Anglican Congress on Mission

By Mark Michael Bishops at the Lambeth Conference on August 1 endorsed an Anglican Congress in the Global South to enable “the broad Anglican family...

Beijing’s Man in the Anglican Communion

By David Goodhew Justin Welby and official Anglican structures have been silent over the oppression of Uighur Muslims, the people of Hong Kong, and Chinese...

ACO Calls for Staff Reductions and Streamlined Work

A smaller staff and a move away from centralized programs should be the way forward for the Anglican Communion Office, says a review made public on January 19

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