GAFCON Pilgrims Work to Finalize Communiqué

June 27, 2008

The first draft of a final statement was read to participants of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jerusalem during a plenary session on June 27. Attendees have been asked to study the document and recommend changes.

While not in final form, there is already general agreement about a number of points, according to a release by conference organizers. At a Thursday press conference, Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya, chairman of the GAFCON statement committee, said the final communiqué would include the following themes:

1. There is a passion for the gospel, a determination to stay true to the Bible, to continue the work of mission and to do so as Anglicans. the rest