By Olamiti Lawrence Nearly two decades after a theological tremor in Nigeria reshaped global Anglicanism, history appeared to circle back on itself in the nation’s capital. In 2007, under the leadership of Peter Jasper Akinola, the third Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion , a decisive rupture gave birth to the Global Anglican Future Conference. The movement - known widely as GAFCON - emerged as a counterweight to doctrinal shifts within the Church of England, particularly over questions of sexual ethics and biblical authority. On Tuesday, 3 March 2026, at the Cathedral of the Advent Life Camp in Gwarinpa, Abuja, that earlier declaration found a modern echo. Before more than 1,000 archbishops, bishops and clergy drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, the fifth Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Henry Ndukuba, delivered a sermon that signalled a further consolidation of GAFCON’s identity. His address did not merely reca...
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