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by Canon Phil Ashey
Over the last two weeks I've
had the privilege of meeting with fellow Anglicans in Philadelphia, Houston
and Arkansas around the challenges of church revitalization and growth,
coaching leaders, and developing canons and structures that will enable the
Anglican Church in North America to better reach North America with the
transforming love of Jesus Christ. Sometimes the news we share here at the
American Anglican Council is more about what isn't right in the Church, and
what isn't working. So today I'd like to share some encouraging words and
stories from the field.
In Philadelphia I spent a weekend working with 9
congregations, their clergy and lay leaders on how to revitalize their local
churches, enable them to cast new vision, enter into a new period of growth
in mission, and even to consider planting new churches. First, let me say how
wonderful it is to hear clergy and lay leaders speak with affection and gratitude
for their Bishop as a servant leader- in this case, the Right Rev. David
Hicks of the Reformed Episcopal Church Diocese of the Northeast and
Mid-Atlantic. I believe this diocese may be the oldest in the REC, and like
so many churches in the "rust belt," it's churches have experienced
seasons of "recline" (plateau) and even decline in urban
neighborhoods in transition...Read more.
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News and opinion about the Anglican Church in North America and worldwide with items of interest about Christian faith and practice.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
The Encouraging Anglican Reformation and Realignment in North America
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