Meeting could have lasting impact
Rev. John Richardson: 'It gives us a great deal of assurance how Anglican we are.'
Friday, January 20, 2006
GREG GARRISON News staff writer

When the Anglican Mission in America met in Birmingham last week, nine Anglican archbishops from Africa and Asia arrived in Alabama to show their support.

Anglicans in America say the conference could have a long-term impact for their movement, which has drawn many conservatives who left the Episcopal Church.

"It gives us a great deal of assurance how Anglican we are,"said the Rev. John Richardson, one of the host priests and rector of St. Peter's Anglican Church in Mountain Brook. St. Peter's formed after a split from St. Luke's Episcopal Church in 2002. The rest