Forward in Faith reflects on GAFCON

A LETTER FROM JERUSALEM
from the Representatives of Forward in Faith, North Americato the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)

June 29th, 2008

Eleven years ago, Forward in Faith, North America (FiF NA), called for the formation of an orthodox Anglican Province in North America. Today, its representatives took part in the beginning of that goal’s fulfillment as GAFCON declared “the time is now ripe for the formation of a province in North America for the federation currently know as the Common Cause Partnership”.

GAFCON’s call for its Primates’ Council to recognize the new province is the fruit of long and hard work by many over many years. But FiF NA was the first to call for the creation of a province, and has worked diligently for it, even when other conservative bodies had not yet come to support that step.

The Common Cause Partnership (CCP), of which FIF/NA is a founding member, is a federation. Its members are divided over a number of issues, not least the issue of the ordination of women. Your representatives rejoice in GAFCON’s resolve “to work together to seek the mind of Christ on issues that divide us”, and seek to voice again the 2008 FiF NA Assembly’s call to the CCP to take up its promised common study of the ordination issue, and to consider a moratorium on ordaining women until the study is completed. the rest