RNS: No longer Episcopalians, Anglicans launch own church

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Conservative Anglicans disenchanted with the liberal drift in their U.S. and Canadian churches say they are confident that a new church body launched this week will one day gain a seat in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The new Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has been organized, its leaders say, as an alternative for Anglicans who disagree with the theology of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada.

"This is the beginning of a recovery of confidence in Anglicanism as a biblical, missionary church," said former Fort Worth Episcopal Bishop Jack Iker.

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Filed under: * Anglican - EpiscopalAnglican Church in North America (ACNA)ACNA Inaugural Assembly June 2009

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Posted June 26, 2009 at 6:00 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Cennydd wrote:

We’re not a new denomination….a “new Church,” as some are now claiming.  Rather, we are the Anglican Church reformed and realigned in North America.

June 26, 11:11 am | [comment link]
2. badman wrote:

New churches always say that.

June 27, 6:19 pm | [comment link]
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