Nigerian Anglican Archbishop Says North America is Fertile Soil for the Gospel

"The Jerusalem Declaration charts a way forward" says Primate

VOL: Would you accept a "moderately orthodox" English Archbishop in the See of Canterbury or will you demand an all or nothing evangelical?

ARCHBISHOP OKOH: Every Anglican bishop is called to declare and proclaim the historic Christian faith as Anglicans have received it. This is not about being moderately orthodox or not, it is about being faithful to Christ and his word written. The Jerusalem Declaration charts a way forward that promotes and protects the biblical gospel and mission to the world, and outlines the tenets of orthodoxy which underpin our Anglican identity. Read more

I personally would have asked Archbishop Okoh if he truly believes that Anglican Church in North America has a genuine commitment to The Jerusalem Declaration and that the ACNA is acting upon this commitment at all levels.

When Stephen Noll questioned the moving of the ACNA's affirmation of The Jerusalem Declaration from the body of the ACNA's constitution to its preface where such an affirmation may be regarded as non-binding, the explanation that he was offered was the GAFCON Statement and the Jerusalem Declaration are of recent origin and the seven points of the Common Cause Theological Statement, which form the ACNA's Fundamental Declaration, are of great antiquity. These seven points include statements that imply the existence of other authorities (e.g., church tradition, the pre-Reformation medieval service books, the Council of Trent, etc.) beside the historic Anglican formularies for Anglicans and permit the evasion of the formularies' authority,  which the GAFCON Theological Resource Group emphasizes is derived from Scripture. They also incorporate a decidedly partisan (i.e. Anglo-Catholic) doctrinal position on the historic episcopate.