» Home » About Us » General Information » Resources » Prayer Page » News and Events » Programs » Related Links » Donate   News and Events ACA Comments on “The Oxford Statement” Friday, December 3, 2010 at 01:18PM The Anglican Communion Alliance welcomes much that is written in the recent Oxford Statement from the GAFCON movement and agree with them “that there are many within the Anglican Communion who have not ‘bowed the knee’ to secular liberalism and who are determined to stay true to the ‘faith once delivered to the saints’ whatever the cost” and would count ourselves as part of that “great company.” However, we are discouraged by the following paragraph in the Statement: "For the sake of Christ and of His Gospel we can no longer maintain the illusion of normalcy and so we join with other Primates from the Global South in declaring that we will not be present at the next Primates’ meeting to be held in Ireland. And while we acknowledge that the efforts to heal our brokenness through the introduction of an Anglican Covenant were well intentioned we have come to the conclusion the current text is fatally flawed and so support for this initiative is no longer appropriate." “Stepping away” from both the Primates’ table and the Covenant without offering a constructive alternative is unhelpful, in our view. Many of us see in the Jerusalem Statement a faithful reflection of the gospel we seek to live out and proclaim but it does not contain a template for how we relate to one another as interdependent churches, particularly when there are disputes between us. The Covenant attempted to do that and if it is “fatally flawed’” then the GAFCON primates need to be at the table to present their case. We urge the GAFCON primates to consult beyond their number to bring forward an alternative that would meet with wide acceptance in order to “reform, heal and revitalize the Anglican Communion and expand its mission to the world.” Anglican Communion Alliance · PO Box 1277 · Oakville, ON · Canada L6J 5C7 · 905-582-5928 · email contact