Anglicans raise questions of unity
As their conference concludes in Jacksonville, they look to the future.
By JEFF BRUMLEY, The Times-Union

The Anglican conference concluding today in Jacksonville was described as Christian unity in action.

About 1,300 to 1,600 participants of the Anglican Mission in America conference shared a zeal for spreading the gospel and a repulsion from the Episcopal Church's growing acceptance of openly gay clergy and same-sex blessings.

But between workshops on topics like church planting and creating effective children's ministries, the buzz among vendors' tables and coffee kiosks often centered on where the whole Anglican experiment in America is headed.

With about a dozen national organizations representing Anglicans who have quit the Episcopal Church, plus nearly as many foreign bishops overseeing parishes in the U.S., many worry the movement is becoming irreparably fragmented. the rest

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