Anglican primates in Africa gave a press conference earlier in the week in which they reiterated their plans not to attend the once-a-decade meeting in Lambeth, England, this summer, and instead convene their own gathering in Jerusalem.

Akinola said organizers of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON for the acronimically inclined) are producing a book in May that will outline some of the conference’s themes, including: “why are some people deviating from the orthodox faith? why are they allowing modern culture to overwhelm the word of God?”

“Those of use who will abide with the Word of God, come rain come fire, are those who are in GAFCON,” said Akinola. “Those who say it does not matter are the ones who are attending Lambeth.”

Akinola said Uganda, Rwanda, Sydney and Nigeria will not be respresented at the Anglican conference in England.