The Global Anglican Future Conference

GAFCON will take place in Jerusalem on June 22-29, and I am pleased to be among those invited to participate. It will be an important part of my sabbatical experience this summer. The acronym stands for The Global Anglican Future Pilgrimage and Conference, and the event has been organized to enable orthodox Anglicans from around the world to meet together for a time to think, discuss, and pray about the future of the Anglican Communion. I am pleased that four others from the Diocese of Fort Worth have been invited to the conference as well. They are all young leaders for the future: the Very Rev. Ryan Reed (Dean of St. Vincent’s Cathedral and President of the Standing Committee), the Rev. Lee Nelson (curate at St. Laurence in Grapevine), Andrew Petta (Nashotah House seminarian from St. Andrew’s, Fort Worth), and Summerlynn Twyman (a lay missionary in training from St. Vincent’s).

The conference will endeavor to set out a clear, biblically faithful, and orthodox vision for the future of the Anglican Communion. An important part of the program will be spiritual pilgrimage, including prayer and worship at key biblical sites from both the Old and New Testaments. Participants will share experiences and resources in addressing poverty, HIV/AIDS, human rights issues, and ministry in contexts of religious hostility and plurality.

Visit the GAFCON Web site.