AMIA Bishop Murphy Resigns as Primatial Vicar in the Province of Rwanda
PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC: AMIA Bishop Murphy Resigns as Primatial Vicar in the Province of Rwanda
Anglican Mission in the Americas will go it alone until new overseas oversight is formed
Three overseas archbishops stand with AMIA
Exclusive Report
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
December 7, 2011
The Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMIA), the first group of Episcopalians to leave The Episcopal Church over a crisis of faith and leadership more than a decade ago, has withdrawn from the Anglican Province of Rwanda following a breakdown in talks between Rwanda and the Anglican Mission, which was exploring the possibility of reorganizing as a Missionary Society and no longer simply as a Personal Prelature.
The chairman of the Anglican Mission, the Rt. Rev. Charles H. Murphy, III announced yesterday that he and seven of his fellow Anglican Mission bishops, along with retired Bishop John Rodgers, have resigned from the Anglican Province of Rwanda due to a strong difference in opinion about the future structure and identity of the Anglican Mission. You can read the letter of resignation here: http://www.theamia.org/am_cms_media/letter-of-resignation-from-the-house-of-bishops.pdf
Bishop Murphy had been seated as a Primatial vicar in the Rwandan House of Bishops on an equal footing with Rwanda's House of Bishops.
"Valuing continuity, we see this as a logical, consistent progression of what God has been doing in and through the Anglican Mission since 2000," explains Bishop Murphy. "The missionary society concept provides the appropriate structure for us to be what we have said we are from the beginning - a mission, nothing more, nothing less."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Anglican Mission in the Americas will go it alone until new overseas oversight is formed
Three overseas archbishops stand with AMIA
Exclusive Report
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
December 7, 2011
The Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMIA), the first group of Episcopalians to leave The Episcopal Church over a crisis of faith and leadership more than a decade ago, has withdrawn from the Anglican Province of Rwanda following a breakdown in talks between Rwanda and the Anglican Mission, which was exploring the possibility of reorganizing as a Missionary Society and no longer simply as a Personal Prelature.The chairman of the Anglican Mission, the Rt. Rev. Charles H. Murphy, III announced yesterday that he and seven of his fellow Anglican Mission bishops, along with retired Bishop John Rodgers, have resigned from the Anglican Province of Rwanda due to a strong difference in opinion about the future structure and identity of the Anglican Mission. You can read the letter of resignation here: http://www.theamia.org/am_cms_media/letter-of-resignation-from-the-house-of-bishops.pdf
Bishop Murphy had been seated as a Primatial vicar in the Rwandan House of Bishops on an equal footing with Rwanda's House of Bishops.
"Valuing continuity, we see this as a logical, consistent progression of what God has been doing in and through the Anglican Mission since 2000," explains Bishop Murphy. "The missionary society concept provides the appropriate structure for us to be what we have said we are from the beginning - a mission, nothing more, nothing less."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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