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Conservative evangelicals representing half of the world's Anglicans launched a new global church yesterday, challenging the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury and vowing to rescue people from the forces of "militant secularism and pluralism" created by a "spiritual decline" in developing economies.

The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, Foca, will sever ties with the main churches in the US and Canada, whose leaders they accuse of betraying biblical teaching. Foca architects will tomorrow go to the conservative evangelical church of All Souls, in central London, to discuss global Anglicanism and English orthodoxy.

Hundreds of disgruntled clergy, representing many Church of England parishes, will be in the audience and the speakers will include the Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, and the Archbishop of Uganda, Henry Luke Orombi.

Global Anglicanism & English Orthodoxy?
1st July 2008 10.30am–4.30pm
All Soul’s Church, Langham Place, London
A briefing for Incumbents and local Church Leaders

You are invited to a gathering of incumbents and local church leaders (eg. staff, church wardens, lay readers ) to hear first hand from some of those involved and to stand with some of our gospel partners who have struggled to uphold orthodox Anglicanism.

Speakers
Henry Orombi (Archbishop of Uganda): Orthodoxy and Effective Mission
Greg Venables (Archbishop of the Southern Cone): Orthodoxy and Wider Connections
Jim Packer (St John’s Shaughnessy, Canada): Orthodoxy and Personal Experience
Peter Jensen (Archbishop of Sydney): Orthodoxy and True Anglicans

Tickets
£10 to include refreshments but please bring your own lunch
For a ticket please send a cheque for £10 payable to “All Souls Church” to Miranda Lewis, All Souls Church Langham Place, 2 All Souls Place, London W1B 3DA together with your name and address, name of church and email address.

Also…
There will be an evening meeting for PCC members at All Souls Church Langham Place from 7-9pm (tickets £5 payable on the door).