GAFCON: What Happened To Jordan?

According to Episcopal Cafe's The Lead, organizers of the Global Anglican Future CONference have released the schedule of the pilgrimage portion of the meeting that will take place in Jerusalem June 21-29. The article quotes from a GAFCON press release, which as of this writing, I cannot find on their website. Although GAFCON leaders stated that the conference would not be held in Jerusalem, and their brochure says

An initial Consultation in Jordan will include the pilgrimage leadership,theological resource group, those bishops serving in majority Islamic settings and other key leaders.

a look through the the entire brochure and the schedule, makes it pretty clear that a full-blown conference will take place in Jerusalem. Even if they claim it is a pilgrimage. So why should we believe any claims they make that this so-called pilgrimage is not the next step in splitting the Anglican Communion? Especially given some of the Focus Topics listed on the agenda.

Mark Harris has some thoughts on his Preludium blog. He draws pretty much the same conclusion I do about the Jordan and Jerusalem pieces of GAFCON. You should also read Father Jake's commentary on bishops who have accepted or declined invitations to the Lambeth Conference.

Here are some other commentaries on the latest GAFCON developments:

Anglican Down Under
Craig Uffman at Anglican Centrist
LC.net Canada (www.lambethconference.net--not an official web site of the Lambeth Conference) -- Scroll down to the end for their projected costs of attending GAFCON as a Pilgrim and Lambeth as accredited press.
Pluralist Speaks

Peace,
Jeffri