Anglican Evangelicals in North America
Anglican Evangelicals in North America
COMMENTARY
By David Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 27, 2011
When Archbishop Robert Duncan, Primate of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), inaugurated his new Anglican province, he did an extraordinary thing. He invited two men to stand with him who, in effect, represented the boundaries of what he understood orthodox Anglicanism to be.
The first was Archbishop Jonah, Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in America. The other was Pastor Rick Warren, America's leading evangelical churchman, pastor and popular author.
Duncan defined the margins of North American Anglicanism that was, on the one hand, liturgical and historical, and on the other, evangelical, gospel driven and discipleship. It was a shrewd and brilliant move even though not everyone agreed with it, especially many of those who disagree with him over the ordination of women to the priesthood.
Nonetheless, he brought into clear focus that ACNA would be clearly evangelical and mission oriented, concerned for making disciples, nurturing converts to the faith, and reaching out in Kingdom love to people everywhere who might be open to the Good News about Jesus. Today, the Anglican Church in North America unites some 100,000 Anglicans in over 800 parishes in 29 dioceses. It is a Province-in-formation in the global Anglican Communion that is committed to reaching North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
COMMENTARY
By David Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 27, 2011
The first was Archbishop Jonah, Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in America. The other was Pastor Rick Warren, America's leading evangelical churchman, pastor and popular author.
Duncan defined the margins of North American Anglicanism that was, on the one hand, liturgical and historical, and on the other, evangelical, gospel driven and discipleship. It was a shrewd and brilliant move even though not everyone agreed with it, especially many of those who disagree with him over the ordination of women to the priesthood.
Nonetheless, he brought into clear focus that ACNA would be clearly evangelical and mission oriented, concerned for making disciples, nurturing converts to the faith, and reaching out in Kingdom love to people everywhere who might be open to the Good News about Jesus. Today, the Anglican Church in North America unites some 100,000 Anglicans in over 800 parishes in 29 dioceses. It is a Province-in-formation in the global Anglican Communion that is committed to reaching North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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