Anglican leaders are preparing to step up their operations with a charity based in London that will be seen by opponents as a schismatic rival to the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The charity, the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, or GFCA, set up for the "advancement of the Orthodox Anglican Christian Faith", is to start employing staff to teach and preach a conservative gospel to an increasingly secular world.
The charity, which currently has a turnover of more than £100,000 annually and operates in England, Wales, Australia, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda, is aiming to raise £500,000 a year to expand its mission.
The plans emerged after the primates' council of Gafcon, the Global Anglican Futures Conference, met in London this week behind closed doors. Keep reading
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