Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion Continue to Undergo a Seismic Shift

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- Last weekend was a significant one in the life of the Episcopal Church and the larger Anglican Communion. On December 8, delegates to the Episcopal Church's Diocese of San Joaquin overwhelmingly voted to leave the denomination.

The vote carried with support from 90 percent of the lay delegates and 83 percent of the clergy delegates. The diocese has aligned itself with another province in the Anglican Communion, the Province of the Southern Cone.

On December 9, the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), a missionary arm of the Church of Nigeria, consecrated four new bishops to support its growing work in North America. Roger Ames, David Anderson, Amos Fagbamiye, and Nathan Kanu have joined the Rt. Rev. David Bena as suffragen bishops under the Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns, who is missionary bishop of CANA. the rest