Creation of 2nd Anglican Body in North America Nears Completion

By Eric Young
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, Jun. 21 2009

Conservatives disaffected from The Episcopal Church will complete the historic task of creating their own branch of Anglicanism in North America this week with the ratification of its church laws and the installation of their first archbishop.

Leaders of the new Anglican province in North America, known as the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), will complete the organization of their church body at their first Provincial Assembly, which begins Monday at St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford, Texas.

Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, who led the network of hundreds of congregations that broke from The Episcopal Church for the past five years under the banner of the Anglican Communion Network, will be installed as the new church body’s first archbishop on June 24 at Christ Church in Plano, Texas. Visiting bishops from as far away as South America, Africa and Asia, representing millions of Anglicans, are expected to attend the June 22-25 assembly. the rest