Category: Anglican
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Bishop Jones vs. Bishop Dobbs
One of the sideshows that has emerged from the conflict between Archbishop Wood and JAFC is Bishop Derek Jones’ accusations against Bishop Julian Dobbs of financial misconduct–-which it must be pointed out have been denied by the Standing Committee of Dobbs’ diocese, the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word. The recent court filings from Bishop…
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Bishop Alexis Bilindabagabo Attempts to Free Sam Mugisha
Rwanda is a dictatorship and its churches are controlled by the state, generally behind the scenes. Attempting to penetrate the politics of what goes on in the Anglican Church there is difficult to impossible to Americans, who nevertheless think they understand the story. So, when odd events like the arrest of Bishop Samuel Mugisha occur,…
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ACNA priest fired and arrested
In late July, 2025, All Saints Church in Durham, North Carolina (ACNA, Diocese of Christ Our Hope) sent out an email to the church about a priest named Jeremy Alcorn, saying in part: We write this letter with deep sadness to let you know we received serious evidence regarding alleged, serious misconduct on the part…
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Inquiry requested into DOMA Bishop Chris Warner
Incarnation Anglican Church in Williamsburg, VA has experienced a series of crises, one result of which is a request for a formal inquiry into Bishop Chris Warner’s conduct under Title III, Canon 8 to determine whether his actions constitute canonical violations, abuse of authority, or neglect of episcopal duty. X account “@DOMA_Misconduct” has provided many…
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Omissions from the Book of Common Prayer
Someone pointed out some alterations to the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) that made it depart from the tradition of the Church in what seems like inexplicable ways. This was news to me, but when I looked into it, I found it to be true. The changes noted are: [1] The text of the Sanctus…
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SOMA USA, part II
I am continuing to read through Dr. John Maiden’s paper Renewing the Body of Christ: Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA) USA and Transnational Charismatic Anglicanism, 1978-1998. He writes: After the decision to establish SOMA USA in 1985, the American national body maintained close links with SOMA International but was also able to operate unilaterally, with…
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Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA) USA
Dr. John Maiden traces the history of SOMA in a paper titled Renewing the Body of Christ: Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA) USA and Transnational Charismatic Anglicanism, 1978-1998. He writes: In April 1985 leaders of the Episcopal charismatic renewal movement gathered in the flagship charismatic evangelical Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia to discuss the formation…
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VI.6 AMiA Collapse
According to Thad Barnum, Chuck Murphy had decided that the AMiA should leave Rwanda and had met with retired Archbishops about the future of AMiA outside of Rwanda. Now he returned to Rwanda for the September 2011 House of Bishops (HOB) meeting along with Kevin Donlon and Susan Grayson, his Chief of Staff. If the…
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VI.5 AMiA Collapse
Bishop Barnum says that in the mid-summer of 2011, “…our Chairman met in London with AMIA’s retired and founding archbishops (It was Archbishops Kolini, Yong, and Tay). It was here, as I understand it, that the concept of a new AMIA Missionary Society took shape out of a perceived concern that AMIA was suddenly vulnerable…
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VI.4 AMiA Collapse
Years after the events of 2011, Bishop John Rodgers summarized how the AMiA viewed the change in their oversight from Rwanda when Archbishop Kolini was replaced by Archbishop Rwaje: “They wanted literally to manage us, whereas we thought of them as giving us cover.” The June 2011 meeting of Rwanda’s House of Bishops is where…