Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches

Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches

Primates and bishops of the Sixth Global South Conference in Cairo, Egypt, 2016
Abbreviation	GFSA
Formation	1994
Founded at	Limuru, Kenya
Type	Nonprofit
Purpose	International Anglican cooperation
Headquarters	Singapore
Origins	Anglican Communion
Membership (2023)	25 provinces
Chairman	Justin Badi Arama
Vice Chairman	Hector "Tito" Zavala
Secretary	Samuel Sunil Mankhin
Treasurer	Foley Beach
Website	www.thegsfa.org

The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA), formerly known as Global South (Anglican), is a communion of 25 Anglican churches, of which 22 are provinces of the Anglican Communion, plus the Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Church in Brazil. The Anglican Diocese of Sydney is also officially listed as a member.^[1]

The provinces identified with the Global South represent most of the Southern Hemisphere and Third World provinces within the Anglican Communion, including all those from Africa, the largest from South America, most from Asia and two Oceania provinces. Global South provinces are characterized by their theological traditionalism on matters of sexual ethics and life issues, and by their evangelicalism in churchmanship.

The GSFA excludes the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, the Anglican Church of Australia and the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, despite the fact that some Australian and New Zealand dioceses were already represented in their meetings, and the Asian provinces of Japan and Korea. The Anglican Church of Southern Africa is officially associated to the Global South and was already represented in several meetings. The Diocese of South Carolina, which left the Episcopal Church in October 2012, was accepted into Global South in August 2014 with the Global South temporarily caring for the diocese until 2018, when the now-Anglican Diocese of South Carolina formally joined the Anglican Church in North America following the two formal votes.^[2]