Category: ACNA
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AMiA Collapse 10
Writing in 2015, Bishop Terrell Glenn talked about the times of chaos that engulfed the AMiA. He said, “What followed was a season of enmity, demonization, and slander. Sides were chosen. False accusations were made. In one case, bishops turned on congregations and clergy in ways that were worse than anything that had occurred at…
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Bishop Thad Barnum blames the wrong people
Recently Bishop Thad Barnum preached at the consecration of The Rev. Canon Billy Waters, Suffragan Bishop Elect of the Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains. Barnum is a fiery preacher and has a clear passion to preach the Gospel to the lost. I have witnessed him in person and it reminded me of what it…
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When will ACNA bishops apologize?
ACNA’s catechism has this to say about the Ninth Commandment: What is bearing false witness against your neighbor?It is to willfully communicate a falsehood about my neighbor, either in legal or in other matters, in order to misrepresent them. Why does God forbid such false witness?Because it defames and wounds my neighbor, erodes my love…
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AMiA Collapse 9
John Rucyahana’s October 25th letter provoked a response from another AMiA founding father, retired Archbishop Moses Tay of Singapore. Tay emailed Rucyahana on October 27, “…saying that he believed it to be clear that a spirit of rebellion and lawlessness was at work – beyond and beneath legitimate human concerns, procedures, and rationalizations. He then…
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Change Coming to the ACNA’s Convocation of the West
The ACNA is a confusing confederation of tribes with a variety of governance structures and theological beliefs. One of these structures is the Convocation of the West. Its history is given here: The Diocese of the West was founded in 1998 as part of the Anglican Province of America (APA), a Continuing Anglican church in the Anglo-Catholic…
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Bishop Stewart Ruch’s Actions in Light of the ACNA’s Ordinal
Where does the buck stop in the ACNA? Is anyone responsible for anything or do clergy get to say, “mistakes were made” and leave a trail of destruction in their wake? The ACNA has a Constitution, and in Article I, Declaration 6 says: We receive The Book of Common Prayer as set forth by the…
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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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JAFC Counters ACNA Narrative
The JAFC has published two updates countering the prevailing narrative from the ACNA side. First, they vigorously attack the individual behind the open letter from victims published by Anglican Ink. “Everything points to one particular chaplain as the author of this letter – or someone writing it on his behalf,” explains Archdeacon Kenneth Gillespie. As…
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AMiA vs. ACNA
There were always tensions between the AMiA and the ACNA, simmering below the surface. Ross Lindsay is an attorney and canon lawyer who, along with Kevin Donlon, advised Chuck Murphy inside the AMiA. He wrote a book called Out of Africa: The Breakaway Anglican Churches A Movement with a Mission and it allows us to…