Archbishop of Canterbury, Presiding Bishop respond to GAFCON

Episcopal Life Online - NEWS: "Describing their proposals as 'problematic in all sorts of ways,' Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams responded June 30 to a statement released by a group of conservative Anglicans that announced a new movement to uphold traditional Anglicanism within the Communion's structures rather than to break away from it.
The announcement that the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans had been launched came in a statement released at the conclusion of the June 22-29 Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) meeting in Jerusalem, where more than 1,100 conservative Anglicans, including some 280 bishops, gathered to discuss the future shape of Anglicanism.

Also on June 30, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said 'much of the Anglican world must be lamenting the latest emission from GAFCON.'

'Anglicanism has always been broader than some find comfortable,' her statement continued. 'This [GAFCON] statement does not represent the end of Anglicanism, merely another chapter in a centuries-old struggle for dominance by those who consider themselves the only true believers. Anglicans will continue to worship God in their churches, serve the hungry, and needy in their communities, and build missional relationships with others across the globe, despite the desire of a few leaders to narrow the influence of the gospel."