WHOOPS

from Midwest Conservative Journal by The Editor

The other day, Mark Harris was perusing this ACNS story of a recent meeting of an Anglican group called theEvangelism and Church Growth Initiative(ECGI) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when something jumped out at him. Specifically this:

The full group comprises:
Bishop Patrick Yu – Canada – Convenor; Bishop Bill Godfrey – Peru; Mrs Linda Jones – Liverpool, England; Revd Anthonio J. Kibwela Kifwambwa – DR Congo; Rev Canon Rosemary Mbogo – Kenya; Rev Trevor Pearce – South Africa; Bishop Irfan Jamil – Pakistan; Bishop Ng Moon Hing – West Malaysia; Revd Patterson Worak – Melanesia; Bishop Ken Okeke – Church of Nigeria Missionary Society; Rev Canon Mark Oxbrow – Faith2Share – UK; Rev Dr Julian Linnell – Anglican Frontier Mission- USA; Captain Judy Douglas – Church Army Australia and is serviced by Revd John Kafwanka and Mr Stuart Buchanan of the Mission Department, Anglican Communion Office.

Mark wondered in what Episcopal diocese Dr. Linnell was canonically resident but couldn’t discover anything. Then he found this on the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh web site.

Earlier this year, The Rev. John Porter, rector of Grace Church, traveled to Turkey for an exploratory mission trip in the southeastern part of the country, near the sources of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. He was joined by The Rev. Julian Linnell, director of Anglican Frontier Missions (AFM) who is also a priest of this diocese, and DT Stoddard, a former Trinity School for Ministry student with over ten years of mission and church-planting experience among the Turks.

One Paul Powers directed Harris’ attention here. It’s a big PDF file that lists Episcopal clergy in Pittsburgh who have been released from licensed Episcopal ministry. And Linnell’s name is on it(page D-14).

All of which suggests a fascinating question.

Has Lambeth Palace accidentally recognized the Anglican Church in North America?

Harris seems to think so: