Posts Tagged GAFCON
Is AMiE a better option than the CofE
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Christianity, Church of England, Reform on November 13, 2025

It is quite evident to most Christians now that the Church of England has fallen headlong into apostacy. A large percentage of ministers and bishops are in favour of practices and re-interpretations of Scripture which any Bible believer cannot accept.
It has been a long and tiring debate and conservative evangelical ministers are doing the best they can to uphold the church’s teaching on sexual ethics and Scriptural doctrines while at the same time holding the blanket concerning their future careers.
There are serious problems happening with the establishment and you know there is an even deeper issue on the horizon when the King prays with the pope for the first time in 500 years and now they have a very liberal catholic female archbishop about to be seated on the chair of St Augustine. An act for which Archbishop Thomas Cranmer would be turning in his grave.
The question is what to do about it?
Roman Catholic’s are being sneaky right now and are chasing in on this cradle of insecurity by trying to woo Anglicans back into their lair of popery. What’s wrong with that, people might say? Well, there is a great deal wrong with that. For a start off Roman Catholicism is not Christianity it’s Roman Catholicism. It is a religion that prays to the dead, worships a goddess, rejects justification by faith alone, condemns reformed theology and believes that the Eucharist is literally the body and blood of Jesus Christ, which is cannibalism and vampirism. On top of all they they quite literally believe that the pope is Christ’s vicar on earth, which means to be in place of Christ.
Not to mention the fact that they worship apparitions of a demon masquerading as the virgin Mary.
We live in very dangerous religious times and for this reason Paul wrote, “Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.” (1 Timothy 4: 16) Just because a religion claims to be Christian, does not make it so. Each one of us needs to examine claims and doctrines and do it closely with the Bible in hand. There is no need for a bishop to guide you in this, you can research and decide for yourself.
As you can tell I am a nonconformist at heart, I don’t believe things just because people preach them. I need proof.
That being said I am not the type of person who tells people what to do. Each of us must make our own choices in this life and everyone must decide for him or herself what each one of us must do. But I am going to recommend to you that if you are going to leave the Church of England, either now or in the future, do not go running off to Roman Catholicism. It is a corrupt religion with a rotten past and a future reliant upon it’s claim that the pope is a direct successor to St Peter. Such a claim in itself is useless since in Revelation 3: 16 Jesus warns a lukewarm church that He will vomit them out of His mouth unless they repent and that church in Laodicea knew John and St Paul, so if you can understand my perspective, it makes no difference if a church in history knew St Peter or John or Paul, Jesus can still remove them from His body if they apostatise like the Roman Catholic Church has done.
I assure you, there are better options for people who may be thinking of leaving the CofE, don’t go crawling off to the Roman Catholic Church, go to an independent church or why not give AMiE a try?
AMiE stands for the Anglican Mission in England and is not a state run church, it has no female bishops, no women vicars, no heresies, just basic Christianity and in the Anglican tradition.
Visiting the grave of J C. Ryle during the biggest split in Anglican history
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Church of England, Reform on October 23, 2025

This month following the announcement of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, it is said that over 40 million Anglicans have left the Church of England.
Is this the death of the Church of England I ask myself? I’m not sure?
J C. Ryle was Bishop of Liverpool between 1880 – 1900 and was an outstanding minister and his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels are among my favourite commentaries on the market. Ryle was born in Macclesfield in 1816 and died in Liverpool aged 84. He held to a Calvinistic tradition however he firmly believed that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole world. A belief that is entirely consistent with the New Testament and Biblical exposition.
Ryle was a great admirer of the 16th century reformers, and he wrote a book on Five English Reformers. These included Hugh Latimer, John Bradford and Nicolas Ridley.
On the anniversary of the burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicolas Ridley (October 16) GAFCON made an announcement that The Future Has Arrived. GAFCON has removed any reference to being in communion with the see of Canterbury and the Church of England.
The CofE has brought this upon itself. Years upon years of liberalism and corruption has brought about the biggest shift since the Reformation.
As I too have left the Church of England, I find myself reflecting upon a once great denomination in Christianity. Is this the end of the Church of England I ask myself? I don’t think it is. I think the tide could turn in time.
In his chapters on John Bradford: Martyr, Ryle closes with the following words,
“Let us thank God that the foundations of the Reformed Church of England were laid by such men as John Bradford. Let us clearly understand what kind of men our martyred Reformers were, what kind of doctrines they held, and what kind of lives they lived. Let us pray that the work they did for the Church of England may never be despised or underrated. Above all, let us pray that there never may be wanting among us a continual succession of English clergy, who shall keep the martyrs’ candle burning brightly, and shall hand down true Reformation principles to our children’s children.“
Ryle’s grave is very touching, it reads,
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course; I have kept the faith.” 2 Tim. 1V. 7.
May that be said of all those who belong to Christ and as Latimer famously said, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”