Conservative Anglican leaders restructure the global religious body after 400 years
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Conservative Anglican leaders have overhauled Gafcon’s leadership and signal a sharper break from the historic Anglican Communion
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Conservative Anglican leaders have restructured their organization, signaling a break from the traditions of the historic Anglican Communion as they seek to reorder the 400-year-old church group.
The Global Anglican Future Conference, or Gafcon, dissolved its Gafcon Primates Council and replaced it with the Global Anglican Council.
The new council will include primates, advisers and guarantors, made up of bishops, clergy and lay members, each with full voting privileges, Gafcon general secretary The Right Reverend Paul Donison said in a statement.
The announcement came during a meeting of the church’s conservative leaders in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, that drew 436 delegates from 48 countries representing over 180 dioceses from across the world.
“While the Chairman of the Council will be a Primate, he will not be primus inter pares (first amongst equals),” Donison said. “Believing that the current Instruments of Communion no longer meet the needs of the majority of Anglicans around the world, the Global Anglican Communion is to be led by a conciliar structure.”
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