April 2008
Three Anglican Mission clergy in Texas launched The Anglican Initiative for Mission (AIM) in 2007. The Rev. Ron McCrary was named AIM’s Executive Director.
An AMiA email says that “…senior pastors the Rev. Matt Kessler (Mesa Community Church, Austin); the Rev. Clark Lowenfield, (HopePointe Church, The Woodlands) and the Rev. Canon David Roseberry (Christ Church Plano) to join hearts and hands, targeting 200 church plants in the region. The secondary goal of AIM is to develop an exponential growth model that can be replicated around the nation.”
14 June 2008
Bishop Bob Duncan, Moderator of The Common Cause Partnership (CCP), appointed a “Collegiate Vicar” for The Association of Western Anglican Congregations. “As the Collegiate Vicar, The Rev. Bill Thompson, Rector of All Saints Anglican Church in Long Beach, California, will serve as an ambassadorial link between Western Anglicans — a cluster of 21 orthodox Anglican congregations in Southern California and Arizona — and the Common Cause Partnership (CCP).” (link)
June 2008
1184 Anglican leaders met in Jerusalem for Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON). Participants from 19 provinces affirmed the Jerusalem Declaration and formed the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans—a movement to defend and promote the biblical Gospel. The Primates’ Council of seven primates formed and called for the formation and recognition of a new North American province for members of the Common Cause Partnership.
August 2008
Todd Hunter meets with Chuck Murphy and AMiA leaders at Pawley’s Island about church planting on the West Coast. He is asked, “Do you think you could help us make Vineyard-like churches on the West Coast?” (Hunter) (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-vineyard/id1601786519?i=1000621623101)
18 September 2008
TEC HOB voted 88 yes, 35 no, 4 abstain to depose Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan for abandonment of communion prior to the diocesan vote to realign. The canonical requirement of a majority of those eligible to vote was not met.
Immediately after his deposition from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church, Bishop Duncan was welcomed into the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone, according to Presiding Bishop Gregory Venables. (link)
2 October 2008
The standing committee of the Diocese of Quincy has recommended that the diocese seek realignment with the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone based in Argentina, while continuing as a member of the Common Cause Partnership. (link)
October 2008
The Diocese of Pittsburgh voted 240 for, 102 against to realign the diocese with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.
22 October 2008
“The Lambeth Palace press office confirms that the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Common Cause Moderator Bishop Bob Duncan (soon to be reinstalled Bishop of Pittsburgh) met in London at the Archbishop’s private residence last Wednesday, October 15, but would not disclose details of the conversation between the two leaders.”
15 November 2008
The Episcopal Diocese of Ft. Worth votes to separate from The Episcopal Church. The vote by orders for realignment was 73-20 among clergy and 98-28 in the lay order. The convention also voted two-to-one for second and final approval of four constitutional amendments that rescinded accession to the Constitution and Canons of General Convention. (link)
30 November 2008
“Bishop Martyn Minns was at Truro yesterday and held a Bishop’s Forum between services. He reported on recent and upcoming events in the Anglican Communion as well as take questions during the forum that was held in the main church.”
“One of the highlights was his observations and thoughts on the remarkable coming together of the diverse membership of the Common Cause Partnership in the writing of the constitution for the new Anglican province in North America. A joint effort by the partnership, it included not only the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), but also the other Anglican organization that make up Common Cause. He described sitting next to Bishop Chuck Murphy of AMiA, while representatives of Forward in Faith and the Reformed Episcopal Church and others in the partnership gathered around the table to draft the new constitution.”
“In addition, Bishop Minns described the respectful attitude that was taken by the gathering over issues were there are differing opinions that do exist between Bible-believing Christians in the Anglican Communion, including on the issues surrounding the ordination of women to the priesthood. He indicated a model for them to follow has been set by the partnership between provinces such as Nigeria (where women may be ordained to the diaconate) and Uganda (where women may be ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood) and the respectful and prayerful attitude that is continually observed by them as they seek not to devalue but show respect to those who may hold a different view than one’s own – not an easy thing to do in these challenging times.”
“The unveiling of the new constitution is this Wednesday, Dec. 3 in Chicago.” (link)
3 December 2008
Representatives of the Common Cause Partnership meet in Wheaton, Ill. to introduce a provisional constitution and canons for a new province in North America. Cynthia Brust says that the emphasis is on mission-focus. “We know that the most effective means is through Church Planting. We will be driven by mission, not by structure.” (link)
Bishop Bob Duncan is chosen to lead new Anglican church in North America.
January 2009
Todd Hunter presents at the AMiA Winter Conference and joins AMiA as a network leader and church planting director on the West Coast.
14-16 April 2009
Eight archbishops meet at a London hotel this week “to review plans for the creation of a new Anglican Communion province to be known as the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).”
“Seven primates: Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya, Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda, Presiding Bishop Gregory Venables of the Southern Cone, Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda; along with the Most Rev. Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) began talks on April 14 at hotel near Heathrow airport.”
“Joining the archbishops in the three-day meeting are the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh in the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone and the archbishop-designate of the ACNA; the Rt. Rev. Jack L. Iker, Bishop of Fort Worth in the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone; the Rt. Rev. Charles Murphy; the leader of the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA); the Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns, Bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America and one of his bishops suffragan, the Rt. Rev. David Anderson; the Rt. Rev. John Guernsey, Provincial Bishop Suffragan for the Anglican Church of Uganda; the Rt. Rev. Bill Atwood, Bishop of All Saints Diocese in the Anglican Church of Kenya; and the Rt. Rev. Don Harvey, leader of the Anglican Network in Canada.” (link)
“The FCA Primates’ Council recognizes the Anglican Church in North America as genuinely Anglican and recommends that Anglican Provinces affirm full communion with the ACNA.” (link)
June 2009
The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is formed. The inaugural Provincial Assembly is held in Plano, and adopts the constitution and canons drawn up at the December convention.
12-13 June 2009
“The House of Bishops of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda (PEAR), meeting in Kigali June 12-13, 2009, elected three missionary bishops, appointing them to serve in the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA). The Rev. Dr. Todd Hunter, leader of the Anglican Mission’s Western Initiative called Churches for the Sake of Others; the Rev. Canon Doc Loomis, Canon Missioner for the Anglican Mission; and the Rev. Silas TAK Yin Ng, Rector of Richmond Emmanuel, British Columbia, will be consecrated in September 2009.” (AMiA press release)
September 2009
Todd Hunter consecrated as a missionary bishop in the AMiA. He also assumes oversight of the Anglican Coalition in America (ACiA), the arm of AMiA that ordains women. Hunter “…leads Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO), a church planting movement and Mission Network designed to develop leaders committed to planting Kingdom-based Anglican Mission churches located primarily, but not exclusively, on the West Coast of the US. C4SO is guided by a vision for planting 200 churches in 20 years.” (AMiA press release)
2009
In approximately 2009 it came to the attention of the Rwanda HOB that for several years the annual financial statements of the AMiA showed about $300,000.00 per annum being given to the Province of Rwanda under this 10-10-10 tithing arrangement.
January 2010
Bishop Chuck Murphy, in consultation with theAM’s Council of Bishops, appoints the Rev. Kevin Donlon to serve as Canon for Ecclesiastical Affairs. “Kevin will assist in promoting a greater understanding of the norms of the Church in general and Anglicanism in particular with a focus on how the Province of Rwanda relates to the wider church.” (AMiA Currents newsletter 18 Jan 2010)
10 February 2010
The General Synod of the Church of England affirms ACNA’s desire “to remain within the Anglican family.”
March 2010
St. Andrew’s Church, Mt. Pleasant (SC) votes overwhelmingly to leave The Episcopal Church and affiliate with ACNA.
Joins under Bishop John Guernsey, then affiliated with the Diocese of the Holy Spirit. (Link)
18 May 2010
The AMiA steps back from integration in ACNA, moving towards becoming a Ministry Partner instead. The ACNA press release says:
The Archbishop’s Cabinet has been working since February with the leadership of the Anglican Mission (theAM) in the Americas to clarify the Anglican Mission’s structural relationship within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). This consideration came as a result of a January resolution by the Rwandan House of Bishops objecting to the dual membership of Rwanda’s missionary bishops in the North American College of Bishops. The Anglican Mission, one of the founding entities of the Anglican Church in North America, was established as a North American missionary outreach of the Province of Rwanda following the consecrations of Bishop Chuck Murphy and John Rodgers in the year 2000.
The Constitution and Canons of the ACNA were written so that theAM might be practically integrated in the structure of the ACNA as a jurisdiction, while sustaining identity as a missionary outreach of Rwanda. The jurisdictional approach has led to a number of areas of confusion for bishops and congregations of the Anglican Mission. Consequently, it has been agreed by the Executive Committee of the ACNA (presently also the Archbishop’s Cabinet, and formerly the lead bishops of Common Cause) that the Anglican Mission will petition the June meeting of the Provincial Council for status as a Ministry Partner, a status provided for in the Constitution and Canons of the North American Province and agreeable to the Province of Rwanda.
The Ministry Partner option will clarify the existing confusions. The Primatial Vicar of the Anglican Mission, appointed by the Archbishop of Rwanda, serves as chief liaison between the Province of Rwanda and the Anglican Church in North America. Representatives of the Anglican Mission continue to sit in the Provincial Council. The ACNA and its Ministry Partners remain fervently committed to Anglican 1000 and church-planting. Local congregations continue to work together in ministry, and are free to transfer between the Anglican Mission in the Americas and the Anglican Church in North America (or vice versa) in consultation with the bishops concerned. Clergy of theAM remain canonically resident in the Province of Rwanda and subject to their Norms, Prescripts, and Disciplines, but Ministry Partner status does provide canonically for clergy of theAM and the ACNA to minister in both ecclesiastical entities provided they are in good standing. The most significant change brought by Ministry Partner status is that AM Bishops would no longer be regular members of the ACNA College of
Bishops.
Bishop Chuck Murphy, Primatial Vicar and Bishop Chairman of theAM made the following comment concerning the future of the Anglican Mission as a Ministry Partner within the Anglican Church in North America: “We are delighted that the Anglican Church in North America is now successfully up and running. As one of the founding members of the ACNA, we in the Anglican Mission have invested significant time and energy into its formation and we remain strongly supportive of the Province and Archbishop Duncan’s leadership of this important new work.” Archbishop Duncan noted, “The vision of a biblical, missionary and united Anglicanism in North America remains the vision of every North American Anglican. Jurisdictional integration also remains a future hope as Rwandan canons do provide for the transfer of the Anglican Mission to the Anglican Church in North America when the time seems right.”
2010
Bishop Terrell Glenn discusses leaving AMIA for ACNA according to some reports.
July 2010
A Protocol is agreed to among the ACNA, the Church of Nigeria and CANA. CANA’s Deanery or the Chaplaincy, which had been led by Bishop Derek Jones, was assumed by the ACNA.
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