Friday, July 04, 2008

Bishop Don - Personal reflections on GAFCON 2008

http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/index.php/2008/07/03/bishop-don-personal-reflections-on-gafcon-2008/

[Anglican Essentials Canada] 4 Jul 2008--

The other unforgettable moment came towards the end of the Conference when the Jerusalem Declaration was delivered to the assembly. Each clause received excited applause as it was read, and when we came to the stirring words in the concluding paragraph the whole crowd arose from their seats as their sustained and deafening response reverberated through the large convention hall. Although we all had come from such different circumstances, we could sense the direction of the Holy Spirit in what had been written. It was awesome (in the true sense of that overused word) to be participating in what will be deemed such an historical moment.

In the next weeks and months the significance of what was accomplished will be discussed and rehearsed over and over again. It was and is a new beginning and the light at the end of our long tunnel is much brighter than it ever has been – and the tunnel is immeasurably shorter. Above all, for those of us in North America is the commitment on the part of the GAFCON Primates to help Common Cause meld into the new orthodox North American Province for which we have so long been praying and waiting.

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