RIDGECREST, NC: Rwandan Archbishop Turns Over North American Anglicans to ACNA
RIDGECREST, NC: Rwandan Archbishop Turns Over North American Anglicans to ACNA
By David W. Virtue in Ridgecrest, NC
www.virtueonline.org
June 7, 2012
In a move that took most people by surprise, the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Rwanda, the Most Rev. Onesphorus Rwaje publicly handed over a number of US bishops and clergy who had been canonically resident in Rwanda to the Most Rev. Robert Duncan, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA)
"I am here to be with you as you officially receive bishops, presbyters and deacons who have voluntarily requested to be canonically transferred from the oversight of the Anglican Church of Rwanda to the ACNA," he told conferees of the ACNA Assembly 2012.
Rwaje had written to the PEAR-USA with three options. One, they could be transferred to the AMiA but that was withdrawn because the AMIA had no canonical status. Secondly, was to go directly into the ACNA and the third option to retain their canonical residency in Rwanda through the new missionary district called PEAR-USA.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue in Ridgecrest, NC
www.virtueonline.org
June 7, 2012
In a move that took most people by surprise, the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Rwanda, the Most Rev. Onesphorus Rwaje publicly handed over a number of US bishops and clergy who had been canonically resident in Rwanda to the Most Rev. Robert Duncan, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA)"I am here to be with you as you officially receive bishops, presbyters and deacons who have voluntarily requested to be canonically transferred from the oversight of the Anglican Church of Rwanda to the ACNA," he told conferees of the ACNA Assembly 2012.
Rwaje had written to the PEAR-USA with three options. One, they could be transferred to the AMiA but that was withdrawn because the AMIA had no canonical status. Secondly, was to go directly into the ACNA and the third option to retain their canonical residency in Rwanda through the new missionary district called PEAR-USA.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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