The Gafcon movement of orthodox Anglicans is forging its own path away from the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury with the launch of the Global Anglican Communion.
It can be distinct from the worldwide Anglican Communion that’s under the spiritual leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury and which recognises other Institutes of Communion just like the Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), and the Primates’ Meeting of senior archbishops.
Unveiling its plans on Thursday, Gafcon said its intention was to “reorder” the Anglican Communion with only the Bible as its foundation. It is not going to recognise the Archbishop of Canterbury or other Institutes of Communion.
“We cannot proceed to have communion with those that advocate the revisionist agenda, which has abandoned the inerrant word of God as the ultimate authority and overturned Resolution I.10, of the 1998 Lambeth Conference,” said the Most Rev Dr Laurent Mbanda, Chairman of the Gafcon Primates’ Council, and Primate of Rwanda.
“Therefore, Gafcon has re-ordered the Anglican Communion by restoring its original structure as a fellowship of autonomous provinces certain together by the Formularies of the Reformation, as reflected at the primary Lambeth Conference in 1867, and we at the moment are the Global Anglican Communion.
“Provinces of the Global Anglican Communion shall not take part in meetings called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, including the ACC, and shall not make any monetary contribution to the ACC, nor receive any monetary contribution from the ACC or its networks.”
Provinces aligned with the brand new Global Anglican Communion have been told to amend their constitutions to remove any reference to being in communion with the See of Canterbury and the Church of England.
The first formal gathering of the Global Anglican Communion has been planned for 3 to six March 2026 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Archbishop Mbanda added, “As has been the case from the very starting, we now have not left the Anglican Communion; we’re the Anglican Communion.”
The announcement follows the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the primary female Archbishop of Canterbury.
Gafcon was one in all the primary to denounce her appointment on 3 October, calling on Mullally to repent for her support of same-sex blessings.
“Since the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury has didn’t guard the religion and is complicit in introducing practices and beliefs that violate each the ‘plain and canonical sense’ of Scripture and ‘the Church’s historic and consensual’ interpretation of it (Jerusalem Statement), she cannot provide leadership to the Anglican Communion,” said Archbishop Mbanda on the time.
“The leadership of the Anglican Communion will pass to those that uphold the reality of the gospel and the authority of Scripture in all areas of life.”
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