Breakaway Anglican Flock Adds Over 100 Churches

Sat, Apr. 17 2010
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter

More than 100 new churches have been added to a breakaway Anglican group less than a year since its formation.

The Anglican Church in North America has now grown to comprise 809 congregations, some of which were newly planted and many of which severed ties with The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada over scriptural authority and homosexuality.

"When we began in June of 2009, I issued a challenge that we plant 1,000 new churches in the five years of my service as your Archbishop. It is wonderful to see how much progress has already been made," said ACNA Archbishop Robert Duncan in a statement.

Among the newest churches in the ACNA is the Church of the Epiphany in Hamilton, Ontario, which started meeting in January. The church began with members who left the Anglican Church of Canada. the rest