GREENSBORO, NC: AMIA Leader Notes Losses, Sees Hope in Formation of New Society
GREENSBORO, NC: AMIA Leader Notes Losses, Sees Hope in Formation of New Society
Bishop Murphy said two thirds of his parishes have fled to other jurisdictions
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
February 27, 2013
In his final address to members of the Anglican Mission in America (AM), outgoing Bishop Chuck Murphy admitted that he has lost two thirds of his churches to other Anglican jurisdictions, but said the best still lies ahead for the Anglican Mission, now transitioned into a Society of Mission and Apostolic Works.
"This is the first winter conference since the great realignment and we are now the same size we were four years ago," he said.
Addressing several hundred followers in Greensboro, NC at their annual Winter Conference, Murphy noted that in the first eleven years, the Mission celebrated one new church plant every three weeks with a total of 268 churches. However, over the past eleven months, two-thirds (about 179 churches) had transferred into another expression of church life, he said.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Bishop Murphy said two thirds of his parishes have fled to other jurisdictions
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
February 27, 2013
In his final address to members of the Anglican Mission in America (AM), outgoing Bishop Chuck Murphy admitted that he has lost two thirds of his churches to other Anglican jurisdictions, but said the best still lies ahead for the Anglican Mission, now transitioned into a Society of Mission and Apostolic Works."This is the first winter conference since the great realignment and we are now the same size we were four years ago," he said.
Addressing several hundred followers in Greensboro, NC at their annual Winter Conference, Murphy noted that in the first eleven years, the Mission celebrated one new church plant every three weeks with a total of 268 churches. However, over the past eleven months, two-thirds (about 179 churches) had transferred into another expression of church life, he said.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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