Month: August 2026
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The Birth of a Stream
The Anglican Church in North America frequently mentions that it is a three-streams church, with one of those streams being the charismatic (or Pentecostal, or “Spirit” in the formulation “Scripture, Sacrament, Spirit”). When did the charismatic “stream” rise in the life of the Episcopal Church, USA? Although Dennis J. Bennett is frequently mentioned as the…
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AMiA Collapse 15
The AMiA–or at least its leadership–were free of Rwanda, but they were in no man’s land. Bishop Murphy had misjudged the situation badly. He was not ready to go with a landing place for AMiA outside of Rwanda, so there must have been a lot of work on trying to find one ASAP. He had…
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A look inside the Anglican Church in Rwanda
In contrast to many naive Western thoughts about the state of the church in Rwanda, Adriaan Verwijs provided his account of time spent there in the Cairo Journal of Theology in 2015. His article is Growing in Christ on African Soil: Thoughts on Enhancing the Contextualization of Discipleship Training in Rwanda and I will quote…
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Inside a Heated Dispute Between Bishop Gasatura and Archbishop Mbanda
A November 2020 letter from The Rt Rev. Nathan Gasatura, Bishop of the Diocese of Butare in Rwanda to Archbishop and current GAC Chairman Laurent Mbanda and the other Rwandan bishops reveals another deep conflict apparently fostered by Mbanda. Bishop Nathan says he was “deeply bruised and wounded.” He says that Mbanda has “…shown extreme…
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A Godly Admonition from 2020
The court cases between Bishop Dobbs and Bishop Jones continue to offer a look behind the curtains at the reality of the ACNA College of Bishops. Filings from August 2, 2026 have revealed a Godly Admonition issued by Archbishop Beach on November 12, 2020. The text follows. Introductory Comments November 12, 2020The charges and allegations…