Anglicans, Affirmation, and Action

Thursday February 11, 2010
Ed Stetzer

Back in August of '09 I shared a bit about the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), a new conservative Anglican organization that broke away from the Episcopal Church (The U.S. branch of the Anglican Communion) over controversies related to the authority of Scripture and homosexuality. But this is not just a group of conservative theologians who are trying to maintain orthodox theology, they are also working hard to stay on mission, which has led them to set a lofty goal for such a young fellowship of churches; to plant 1000 churches in the next five years! I have the privilege of speaking at the Anglican 1000 gathering, February 22-23, in Plano, TX.

The big news is that yesterday the General Synod of the Church of England voted to recognize the ACNA. This is not the same thing as the Church of England affirming to be "in communion" with ACNA, but leadership in the ACNA is encouraged. the rest