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G26 Feedback Event- April 27, 2026

Pictured: Bishop Richard Condie, Fiona McLean and Bishop Glenn Davies. Gafcon Australia Board members who attended the recent G26 conference. 

 

The G26 GAFCON conference in Abuja, Nigeria, was a significant watershed moment in the life of the Anglican Communion worldwide.

 

This local event is an opportunity to understand the Abuja Affirmation that was issued by the conference, and the reasons and hopes behind it.

 

Supporters and sceptics alike are welcome to attend this event in Melbourne, at which Richard Condie (Bishop of Tasmania), Fiona McLean (Gafcon Australia Board member) and Bishop Glenn Davies (Diocese of the Southern Cross), all of whom were in Nigeria at G26, will explain the Abuja Affirmation and its implications for Anglicans in Australia, respond to questions, and pray for our church.

 

Livestream option available. Click here to join. 

 

See you Monday, 27th April 2026 at 7.30pm at St Jude’s, Carlton in Melbourne. 

 

If attending in person, let us know by registering via our Facebook event. 

 

You can read the Abuja Affirmation here.

 

For further information and articles, click here.

 

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Archbishop Laurent Mbanda

Archbishop Mbanda  was born in 1954. While he was born in Rwanda, he spent a large part of his childhood in Burundi as a refugee.

 

He graduated at the Kenya Highlands Bible College, in Kericho, Kenya, before returning to Burundi, where he was ordained an Anglican priest.

 

He moved to the United States in 1984, where he completed an M.A. in Missiology at the Fuller Seminary’s School of World Missions, in Pasadena, USA, an M.A. in Christian Education at Denver Seminary, USA and a PhD at Trinity International University, in Deerfield, Illinois, USA.

 

He was consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of Shyiria in March 2010. He was then elected the fourth Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda on 17 January 2018. His enthronement took place on 10 June 2018.

 

He is a longtime supporter of GAFCON. He is the author of the book ‘Committed to Conflict: The Destruction of the Church in Rwanda’ (1997), co-written with Steve Wamberg, about the Rwandan Genocide. He has also written an autobiography ‘From Barefoot to Bishop’ (2017).

 

Archbishop Laurent Mbanda assumed his position as Chairman on 21 April 2023.