A timeline of recent Anglican history in North America and a bit of the world. This will be added to as time goes on, but I want to put it out because so much of it is already lost in the mist. If you have other events, please leave a comment. This list is, of course, idiosyncratic. Because it is so long, I have to break it into sections.
1973
Episcopal Charismatic Fellowship founded.
1976
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry opened as a “rallying point of the evangelical/charismatic renewal in the Episcopal Church.”
1984
Episcopalians United for Revelation, Renewal, and Reformation (EURRR or EU) founded by Rt. Rev. William Frey, Bishop of Colorado and Bishop Michael Marshall. It later becomes Anglicans United. Todd Wetzel and John Rodgers are also leaders of the group.
November 1988
Ugandan layman John Rucyahana attends church with Rev. Thad Barnum, while attending seminary in Pittsburgh. (Barnum 25-27)
September 1991
TEC General Convention in Phoenix, AZ. TEC House of Bishops met in September 1990 and voted 78 to 74 to prohibit the ordination and consecration of practicing homosexuals. However, ten months later at the General Convention, the House of Bishops reversed its earlier decision by a vote of 93 to 85. (Ross Lindsay)
1993
Jon Shuler founds the North American Missionary Society (NAMS). This was at the instigation of Alden Hathaway, the Bishop of Pittsburgh. Hathaway essentially wanted to create new orthodox Anglican parishes, whereas Shuler wanted Great Commission churches—a key difference that I think he would say persists to today within ACNA. (Shuler)
1993
Church of the Resurrection located in West Chicago and pastored by the Rev. William Beasley, leaves the Diocese of Chicago. Seven years later this church becomes a founding member of the AMiA.
1994
The Rev. Jon Shuler, a TEC priest in Knoxville, Tennessee and the General Secretary of the North American Missionary Society (NAMS) asked Chuck Murphy, the rector of All Saints Church in Pawleys Island, if he and his parish would become a partner in NAMS. (Ross Lindsay)
1995
Heresy charges brought against Bishop Walter Righter for knowingly ordaining a noncelibate gay man as deacon. Heresy trial in May 1996 results in dismissal of the case. “…the committee of bishops hearing the case concluded that the Episcopal Church’s doctrine and discipline did not prohibit the ordination of a homosexual person living in a committed relationship.” (Hansen, 33).
1995
Ekklesia Society founded: Founded by Rev. (later ACNA bishop) Bill Atwood. Ekklesia Society connects clergy from the “Global North” and “Global South.”
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