“It therefore seeks to plan for a future in which Anglican Christians world-wide will increasingly be pressured to depart from the biblical norms of behaviour and belief.”
GAFCON is going to be held in June at Jerusalem while the Lambeth Conference will be held in the following month in the United Kingdom.
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GAFCON participants abide the bible
The Anglican Primate of Nigeria, the Most Reverend Peter Akinola, in a press conference, stated the formation of a separate conservative Anglican conference was due to some members within the Anglican family bringing ‘new principles’ to interpret the Scripture where modern culture had taken precedence over the word of God.
By: Christian Today Australia
Posted: Tuesday, 5 February 2008, 3:54 (EST)
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