November 17th – 19th 2009

Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Consultation: Algarve Portugal

At the Jerusalem GAFCON Conference in June 2008, representatives of 40 million churchgoing Anglicans affirmed the historic and orthodox Anglican faith in the Jerusalem Statement. This restates the power of the good news of Jesus Christ to bring us together across continents and cultures into the global fellowship of the Anglican Communion. The mission of making this good news known is currently being hindered and obstructed in many ways by belief and behaviour in church leadership that is contrary to the teaching of the Bible and the apostles.

To this end the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans ( http://www.fca.net) was launched at the Jerusalem Conference. We are a fellowship of people united in the communion of the one Spirit and committed to work and pray together in the common mission of Christ. It is a ‘confessing fellowship’ in that its members confess the faith of Christ crucified, stand firm for the gospel in the global and Anglican context, and affirm a contemporary rule, the Jerusalem Declaration, to guide the movement for the future. We are a fellowship of Anglicans, including provinces, dioceses, churches, missionary jurisdictions, para-church organisations and individual Anglican Christians whose goal is to help reform, heal and revitalise the Anglican Communion and expand its mission to the world. The Jerusalem Declaration is the basis of our fellowship.

The Fellowship in the UK and Ireland was launched in London on July 6th. Continental European representatives who were present mooted the possibility of a further “coming together” to explore this thinking – an opportunity for worship, discussion, prayer and discernment. In support of this a Consultation in the sunny Algarve is to be held 17th -19th November.

All who identify with the GAFCON Jerusalem Declaration will be warmly welcomed

Venue : Centro Paroquial e Social da Diocese do Algarve, Portugal
Date : 17th – 19th November 2009
Cost : +/- €150 inclusive of Accommodation and meals but excluding transport
Nearest Airport : Faro

Leaders and Speakers:
Bishop John Ellison, Former Bishop of Paraguay and Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Winchester
Bishop Martin Morrison (CESA)
Canon Dr Chris Sugden, Secretary of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (UK and Ireland)
Rev’d Charles Raven, Rector of Christ Church, Wyre Forest and Director of SPREAD International, http://www.anglicanspread.org

Contact : Chris Sugden at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for further information
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