Category: ACNA
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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…
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Complaints made against Archbishop Beach, Archbishop Wood, Bishop Sutton and Bishop Atwood
The Rev. Lance M. Lormand has stated on X that chaplains have filed complaints with the ACNA Director of Safeguarding alleging that: Foley Beach, Ray Sutton, and Steve Wood colluded, conspired, aided, and abetted Derek Jones’ abuse of power. A new complaint was submitted against every single one of them last week for: 1. Violation…
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FiFNA issues a Response to the Abuja Affirmation
Forward in Faith North America has issued a Response to the Abuja Affirmation. It rejects the confessional approach of many Reformed Anglicans: “To our dearly beloved brethren, the work of resetting and restoring the Communion must continue lest we become an unrooted confessional body that will melt away like a sand rope, grow into a…
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ACNA College of Bishops discussed Holy Orders
Today, Bishop Dobbs addressed recent discussions among the ACNA bishops on the subject of Holy Orders. I did reference, if my memory serves me correctly, at our last office hours, that the College is committed to creating space for constructive dialogue and conversation over women’s orders—both inside the College amongst ourselves as bishops, and in…
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“It Kind of Resembles TEC”: Bishop Mott Explains Why the ACNA Lost Its Way
Writing in the ACNA’s Convocation of the West publication The Line (Volume XIII, Number 7 — July 2026) Bishop Winfield Mott reflects on the history of the Convocation within ACNA. He sounds dejected about what has become of ACNA. He writes in part: For us in the Convocation of the West, our Alpha was in…
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ACNA’s Director of Outreach and Development fired
At the ACNA Provincial Council morning session on Thursday, June 18th, Chancellor Bill Nelson introduced Kate Harris, the Director of Outreach and Development. Chancellor Nelson said, “…her title does not adequately describe everything that Kate does for the Province. She is a strategic thinker and a tireless, indefatigable laborer in the vineyards and servants of…
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“Stop Treating Wolves Pastorally”: Lance Lormand Speaks Out on ACNA Inaction
On X, Anglican chaplain Lance M. Lormand states that Bishop Derek Jones tried to defrock him when Bishop Jones was not his endorser or bishop. He says Bishop Jones sent a backdated, uncanonical Letter of Godly Admonition to him and charged him with offenses that were not possible. On December 4, 2023 Lormand transferred his…
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ACNA Canon Theologian Sam Allberry Disqualified from Gospel Ministry
The Rev. Sam Allberry, (formerly?) Canon Theologian in the Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast under Bishop Clark Lowenfield has been “disqualified from gospel ministry” by Immanuel Nashville, and has resigned from the church after an investigation into a relationship he had with an adult man. Rev. Allberry spoke at multiple ACNA events, and presented…
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Is the Upper Midwest Diocese viable?
Apparently Immanuel Anglican Church in Chicago has left the Upper Midwest Diocese for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, at least temporarily. This adds to the list of parishes that have left or shut down, such as Light of Christ in Kenosha and two Minnesota churches that left. ACNA’s Constitution and Canons state: Section 1 – Concerning…
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Former ACNA priest violates pretrial supervision
Former ACNA priest Frank D. Gough who was at Resurrection Anglican Church in Shalimar, Florida is in the pretrial process for the possession of obscene materials/view child sex conduct. According to Okaloosa County court records, he has violated his court ordered pretrial supervision. The court officer reports: On Monday October 20, 2025, our office received…