Month: December 2025
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ACNA Conclave 2024
ACNA’s method of choosing Archbishops is deliberately hidden from public scrutiny, but bits and bobs of the truth still leak out because clergy love to talk about things just as much as anyone else does. Over time, we have learned how Bishop Ray Sutton was elected in 2014 before the College of Bishops had to…
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Leadership Under Scrutiny: Dean Guernsey Steps Down
Anglican Ink published a parish email from former Archbishop Beach and Roy Acord announcing the resignation of Dean Michael Guernsey of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Loganville, Georgia. Holy Cross is the home parish for both Archbishop Beach and Bishop Frank Lyons. Dean Guernsey is the son of prominent first-generation ACNA Bishop John Guernsey. The…
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GAFCON Chairman Archbishop Laurent Mbanda’s Feud: Retired Bishops Blast GAFCON Leader Over ‘Uncanonical’ Conduct
The ACNA is not the only part of GAFCON experiencing problems at the moment. There is a major schism taking place in the usually opaque Rwandan Anglican Church, and it involves Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, who is also the head of GAFCON. Mbanda had the bishop of the Shyira Diocese, Samuel Mugisha, arrested. Mugisha’s wife, joined…