An Anglican Missionary order in the Americas
Source: Anglican Mainstream
Thursday January 25th 2007

Chris Sugden reports on the AMiA Conference in Jacksonville

North American Anglicans do religion in Conventions. 1600 people from all over the world gathered at the seventh Winter Conference of the Anglican Mission in the Americas in a Convention Hotel in Jacksonville Florida from January 17-20. For efficient use of time, ease of communication and organisation a convention hotel is hard to beat. Everyone felt at home and was most accessible.

The flavour spoke of a Global Anglican family, facilitated by North American hosts. At the opening Eucharist, seven African and Asian primates stood behind the Communion table.
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In the opening sermon, Archbishop Yong Ping Chung, a former chair of the Anglican Consultative Council said: “In January 2000 when Archbishops Kolini and Tay shocked the Anglican world, many had doubts whether this mission would survive the onslaught of the revisionist tradition in the USA. Orthodox Anglicans condemned it or distanced themselves from it. Their considered conclusion was that AMiA would disappear as fast as it had come. After 6 years it has grown tremendously. It must remain a vital and effective missionary movement. It must reach out to the 130 million lost souls who need Jesus in the Americas.” the rest