16 April 2013
The retirement of Bishop Martyn Minns announced by Archbishop Nicholas Okoh; this marks the end of Minns’s tenure as Missionary Bishop of CANA.
21 July 2013
Stewart Ruch elected first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest.
22 June 2014
ACNA bishops meet in conclave in Latrobe, PA and select Bishop Foley Beach as the second Archbishop of ACNA.
6 October 2014
Christ Church Plano receives oversight from Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh under the pastoral guidance of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd D. Hunter, Bishop of the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others.
January 2015
Bishop Breedlove asks the leadership in Rwanda and the leadership of ACNA about the future of the relationship, given that the time for a review of the protocols is almost upon them.
March 2015
PEARUSA bishops meet with Archbishop Foley Beach, Bishop John Guernsey and the PEAR bishops in Musanze, Rwanda to discuss the protocols governing PEAR/PEARUSA/ACNA relations. The ACNA bishops tell the gathering that they believe that the Missionary District should be transferred to the Anglican Church in North America. The meeting lasted two days and is characterized as “direct” with “tough” work taking place.
25 March 2015
Christ Church Plano receives oversight from the Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd D. Hunter, Bishop of the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others. Fr. David serves as Dean for all the Texas Churches who are part of the Diocese.
30 March 2015
PEARUSA bishops present a proposal to the House of Bishops of Rwanda and the Archbishop of ACNA for PEARUSA networks to become diocese within the Anglican Church of North America and continue as canonical residents of Rwanda.
May 2015
The Rwandan House of Bishops meets to consider the PEARUSA proposal.
July 2015
Bishops Breedlove and Lawrence meet with Archbishop Rwaje and Bishop Ahimana in Rwanda, where they are told of a unanimous decision that PEARUSA should move fully into ACNA, ending its formal relationship with Rwanda.
The Rwandan Provincial Synod makes a resolution on PEARUSA joining ACNA.
8 February 2016
Bishop David Bryan announces that The Southeast Network of PEARUSA will fold its 20 congregations into existing ACNA dioceses.
March 2016
Steve Breedlove, Jeff Weber, and Ben Bowman meet with the ACNA Governance Task Force and present an application for what will become the Anglican Diocese of Christ our Hope to join fully, moving from the Missionary District of PEAR to ACNA.
August 2015 and 13 April 2016
Senior leaders from the Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Mission met “in a conversation facilitated by a certified mediator to discuss broken relationships, and to find ways that produce a faithful witness to Christ that has been undermined in the past.”
Archbishop Foley Beach, Bishop Philip Jones, Bishop Bill Atwood, Bishop Sandy Greene, Canon Phil Ashey and the Rev. Allen Hughes met in Dallas to discuss their relationship, history, and ministry.
January 2017
The ACNA Holy Orders Task Force presents its Final Report to the College of Bishops. It concludes, “Over the course of our study, we have found that no single argument, either way, that clearly settles this controversy to the satisfaction of all. Anglicans on both sides hold their opinion with a sincere wish to serve God and uphold the gospel.”
24 April 2017
ACNA church Truro Anglican announces “…a new ministry of peace making and reconciliation called the Truro Institute: A School of Peace and Reconciliation…the culmination of our outreach to and discussions with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia with whom we are joining in this exciting initiative. Years after the costly litigation and sometimes on-going animosity with the EDV, we have arrived at a new era of community building and peacemaking.
This new ministry, formed by Truro Anglican, will have equal representation on its board from EDV and Truro, along with representation from the Dean of Coventry Cathedral and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
25 April 2017
Archbishop Beach rebukes Truro’s work with the EDV:
” Unfortunately, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia has not been reconciled with the revealed Word of God, and is therefore not an appropriate partner for such a project. Their leadership continues to promote teaching and practice that is contrary to Scripture —teaching that, if followed, would keep people from an eternal inheritance in the Kingdom of God, teaching that has torn the fabric of the Anglican Communion, and teaching that remains a scandal in the Anglican Communion to this day. Therefore, until there is repentance by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, there can be no true Gospel partnership with them.”
“Bishop Guernsey and I had both made this clear to the leadership of Truro. I have been amazed at the godly counsel, patience, and goodness of Bishop Guernsey in these discussions. I am disappointed that they have not just ignored, but defied our counsel. In doing so they have entered into a legal relationship with the Episcopal Church that makes them unequally yoked. It requires the permission of the Episcopal bishop for me to visit, and it creates an Episcopal Diocese of Virginia center of ministry with a required on-campus presence of one of their bishops. The decision to partner with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in this way is not in harmony with the Bible’s instruction in dealing with false teachers, and it denigrates the costly sacrifice of the many congregations who had their buildings and assets taken by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.”
7 September 2017
ACNA College of Bishops issues a statement on Holy Orders:
“Having gratefully received and thoroughly considered the five-year study by the Theological Task Force on Holy Orders, we acknowledge that there are differing principles of ecclesiology and hermeneutics that are acceptable within Anglicanism that may lead to divergent conclusions regarding women’s ordination to the priesthood. However, we also acknowledge that this practice is a recent innovation to Apostolic Tradition and Catholic Order. We agree that there is insufficient scriptural warrant to accept women’s ordination to the priesthood as standard practice throughout the Province. However, we continue to acknowledge that individual dioceses have constitutional authority to ordain women to the priesthood.”
“Having met in Conclave to pray, worship, study, talk, and listen well to one another, we commit to move forward in unity to carry on the good witness and work that God has given us to do in North America (Ephesians 4:1-6; John 17).”
4 Nov 2017
ACNA Bishop Jack Iker says that the Diocese of Forth Worth is in impaired communion with ACNA over women in Holy Orders.
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