Explainer: What's happening with Gafcon & Anglicanism?

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Date posted:  17 Oct 2025
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Explainer: What's happening with Gafcon & Anglicanism?

The "compass rose" of the Anglican Communion in the central nave of the Canterbury Cathedral. Source: iStock

Is it "one of the largest schisms in Western Christianity since Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation" - or rather more complex than that?

Yesterday, Gafcon, the organisation which draws together conservative, Biblical Anglicans from around the globe, announced that it was now "fulfilling our mandate to reform the Anglican Communion".

This included the proclamation of a new "Global Anglican Communion" - as opposed to the existing Anglican Communion centred on Canterbury.

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