Gafcon Australia is part of a global family of Anglicans standing together to retain and restore the Bible to the heart of Anglican Churches
A worldwide movement of anglicans
To promote reform of the Anglican Church by the Biblical Gospel.
OUR VISION
GAFCON Australia is part of a worldwide movement of Anglicans promoting reform of the Anglican church by the biblical gospel, and providing fellowship for those committed to it.
Our aims:
- To promote a positive and vibrant orthodoxy within our denomination in line with the Jerusalem Declaration and the Fundamental Declarations and Ruling Principles of the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia.We will do this through conferences, discussion papers, seminars, hosting international guests, through our website and social media.
- To provide recognition, fellowship and assistance to those who have disaffiliated from their diocese because of the unorthodox actions of others.We will recognise those who confess the Jerusalem Declaration as authentically Anglican, putting us in fellowship with many Anglicans who are currently out of communion with official “instruments of communion”. We will stand in support of churches and individuals who take a stand against false teaching and error in their diocese.
OUR STORY
The GAFCON journey began in 2008 when moral compromise, doctrinal error and the collapse of biblical witness in parts of the Anglican communion had reached such a level that the leaders of the majority of the world’s Anglicans felt it was necessary to take a united stand for truth.
A crowd of more than one thousand witnesses, including Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, clergy and lay leaders gathered in Jerusalem for the first Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON).
Board of Directors:
Our current directors of GAFCON Australia.
Bishop of Tasmania (Chair)
The Rt Revd Dr Richard Condie
Former Archbishop of Sydney (Deputy Chair)
The Most Revd Dr Glenn Davies
Solicitor (retired) (Company Secretary)
Mrs Tanya Costello
(Treasurer)
Dr Laurie Scandrett
Director of Ministry Development, Tasmania
The Revd Stephen Carnaby
Registrar, Central Queensland
The Revd Jennifer Hercott
Associate Minister, St Barnabas Norwood, South Australia
The Revd Paul Hunt
Rector, St Peter’s Nightcliff, Northern Territory
The Revd Joshua Kuswadi
Catering Manager, St Andrew's Hall, Melbourne
Mrs Fiona McLean
Rector, Good Shepherd, Cairns, Queensland
The Revd Trevor Saggers
Author and Bible teacher, New South Wales
Dr Claire Smith
Rector, Dalkeith Anglican Church, Western Australia
The Revd Peter Smith
Archbishop of Sydney, New South Wales
The Most Revd Kanishka Raffel
Staff Team:
Executive Officer
The Revd
Michael Kellahan