Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans

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The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (branded as GAFCON or Gafcon after the Global Anglican Future Conference) is a communion of conservative Anglican churches aligned with the Confessing Movement that formed in 2008 in response to ongoing theological disputes in the worldwide Anglican Communion. As of 2025, GAFCON claims to represent upwards of 85% of the world's practising Anglicans. Peer-reviewed research from 2015 and 2016 indicates that the GAFCON-aligned provinces represent closer to 45% of practising Anglicans and just over 54% of members baptised in any of the provinces of the Anglican Communion. Confessing Anglicans met in 2008 at the Global Anglican Future Conference, created the Jerusalem Declaration, and established the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), which was rebranded as GAFCON in 2017. At its founding, it consisted of the Anglican provinces of Rwanda; Nigeria; Uganda; Alexandria; Chile; Congo; Kenya, Myanmar; South Sudan; and the newly-formed Anglican...

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