Washington Times: Julia Duin on GAFCON

Julia Duin
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Washington Times

Julia Duin's Stairway to Heaven column on faith runs on Thursdays and Sundays.
One of the area's luxury hotels - the Jordan Valley Marriott Resort & Spa - was the site of a secret meeting of conservative world Anglican leaders that suddenly ended Wednesday.

How many were attending? We don't know. They said they are not plotting the overthrow or replacement of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, head of some 80 million Anglicans.

The Anglican Communion is the world's third-largest Christian denomination after the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox Church, though the number of Anglicans who actually attend church might be closer to 55 million.

The group decamped when one of their main leaders, Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, was not given a visa allowing him into the country. Why the Jordanians would pull this is anyone's guess. Another famous conservative Anglican leader - Archbishop Gregory J. Venables of the Southern Cone [Latin America] - also had to skip the Jordan meeting. the rest

Anglican summit hit by leader's visa problem