http://anglicanchurch.net/ en peter.frank@anglicanchurch.net Copyright 2010 2010-03-02T18:35:52+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/chile_earthquake_anglican_relief_and_development/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/chile_earthquake_anglican_relief_and_development/#When:18:35:52Z Anglicans in North America reach out to support the Anglican Diocese of Chile.  The Anglican Relief and Development Fund is already setting aside donations to meet needs. On Sunday, February 28, there was a major earthquake, centered near the second largest city in Chile, Concepcion, but causing significant damage as far as 500 kilometers north in Santiago.  In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Anglican Relief and Development Fund has been in contact with Bishop Hector “Tito” Zavala, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Chile.  Bishop Zavala traveled to Concepcion on March 2 to personally assess the damage there.  ARDF has placed a donation button here for donations for Chile relief and recovery and will be working to offer concrete support for the work of the Diocese of Chile in the weeks ahead. Anglicans in Chile are part of the Province of the Southern Cone.  Bishop Zavala has traveled extensively in North America and has been a consistent friend and supporter of the Anglican Church in North America.  More information about the Anglican Diocese of Chile is also available here. Checks may be sent to: The Anglican Relief and Development Fund PO Box 3830 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3830 ...with the word “Chile” in the memo line. News & Events, Articles 2010-03-02T18:35:52+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/report_from_the_executive_committee_of_the_anglican_church_in_north_america/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/report_from_the_executive_committee_of_the_anglican_church_in_north_america/#When:14:34:02Z The Executive Committee has voted to strengthen the relationship between the the Anglican Mission, the Province of Rwanda and the Anglican Church in North America. In a regularly scheduled meeting of the Anglican Church in North America’s Executive Committee, the leaders agreed among other things, to strengthen the relationship between the Anglican Mission, the Province of Rwanda and the Anglican Church in North America currently defined by protocol.  As a result, the Executive Committee will appoint a Task Force charged with continuing to carry forward all components of the existing protocol formally and canonically. When the Task Force has completed its work, the group will report back to the Executive Committee, and the final recommendations will then be presented to the House of Bishops of the Province of Rwanda and the Provincial Council of the Anglican Church in North America.  The canons of the Anglican Church in North America provide for a sub-provincial jurisdiction such as a missionary society, and the Executive Committee expressed a commitment to the Anglican Mission’s role as a missionary society of Rwanda in full participation with the Anglican Church in North America.  News & Events, Articles 2010-03-01T14:34:02+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/new_website_supports_church_planters/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/new_website_supports_church_planters/#When:19:52:06Z The Anglican 1000 initiative has launched a new website that provides information, community, and church planting resources. More than 300 church planters are meeting at Christ Church in Plano, TX, Feb. 22-23.  The conference is sponsored by Anglican 1000, a major church planting initiative of the Anglican Church in North America.  The movement has also launched a new website that provides information, community and church planting resources.  “This website will be our ‘meeting place’ for many things: Information, Connections, Networking, Resources, Great Ideas, Theological Analysis, Anglican Tools and Tips, and anything else that you think can serve the cause of planting or raising up 1000 and more congregations, churches, and communities of faith,” wrote the Rev. David Roseberry, a key leader in the Anglican 1000 movement and rector of Christ Church in Plano, on the website’s weblog. A live video feed of the Anglican 1000 conference is also available through AnglicanTV.  News & Events, Articles 2010-02-23T19:52:06+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/william_beasley_invites_you_to_join_him_at_the_anglican_1000_church_plantin/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/william_beasley_invites_you_to_join_him_at_the_anglican_1000_church_plantin/#When:17:32:55Z News & Events, Video 2010-02-23T17:32:55+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/ed_stetzer_-_a_word_to_anglicans_about_church_planting/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/ed_stetzer_-_a_word_to_anglicans_about_church_planting/#When:17:31:03Z News & Events, Video 2010-02-23T17:31:03+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/anglican_1000_conference_february_22-23/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/anglican_1000_conference_february_22-23/#When:16:20:54Z More than 300 people are planning to attend Anglican 1000 at Christ Church in Plano, Texas. In June 2009 at Christ Church in Plano, Texas, the new Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, Robert Duncan called for the planting of 1,000 churches during his ministry.  The congregation erupted, but this was no mere applause line. Soon after this moment, Archbishop Duncan brought together a group of leaders from the United States and Canada who began to plan a cooperative movement that would fulfill this astonishing call.  Planters and congregations from all parts of the Anglican Church formed a movement, Anglican 1000, to plant and raise up churches to reach North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ. Anglican 1000, an initiative of the Anglican Church in North America, is hosting a church planting summit in Plano, Texas to launch this cooperative movement.  Summit participants will share best practices, learn from some of the top leadership in church planting, and hear real church planters and planting churches tell their story from the mission field.  This is a unique chance to hear why Anglican Church Planting is ideally suited and positioned to reach North America.  The featured speaker is Ed Stetzer, a nationally recognized authority on church planting.  Other plenary speakers include Archbishop Duncan, Bishop Doc Loomis, the Rev. William Beasley, the Rev. David Roseberry, the Rev. Ray David Glenn, Dean Robert Munday, and Dean Justyn Terry. The Rev. Jim Salladin, an incredibly gifted, young Canadian, will lead Bible Study each day. The Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit 2010 will be held in Plano, Texas from February 22-23.  The cost to register is $130 with limited scholarships available to full time seminarians.  For more information, visit http://www.Anglican1000.org.  To register for the summit, click the “Sign Up Now” Button on the web page to go to a registration page.  There are already over 250 people registered from all over the United States (with 27 states currently represented) and Canada (over 30 registrants already).  There are bishops, clergy, and laity from all parts of the Anglican Church already registered and coming to this Church Planting Summit.  Don’t miss out on this chance to ignite a movement to raise up Anglican congregations and communities of faith to reach North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ.  News & Events, Articles 2010-02-12T16:20:54+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/general_synod_affirms_anglican_church_in_north_america/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/general_synod_affirms_anglican_church_in_north_america/#When:18:04:03Z General Synod, the national assembly of the Church of England, affirmed the Anglican Church in North America’s desire “to remain within the Anglican family.” Today, the General Synod, the national assembly of the Church of England, meeting in London February 8-12, affirmed the Anglican Church in North America’s desire “to remain within the Anglican family.” The Most Rev. Robert Duncan, archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, thanked Mrs. Lorna Ashworth of Chichester for bringing the church to the attention of the General Synod.  “We are very grateful to Mrs. Ashworth and the scores of other friends in the Synod of the Church of England for all they did to give us this opportunity to tell our story to the mother church of the Anglican Communion.  It is very encouraging that the synod recognizes and affirms our desire to remain within the Anglican family.” said Archbishop Duncan. A private member’s motion, put forward by Mrs. Ashworth, and subsequently amended by the Synod, states that “this synod…recognize and affirm the desire of those who have formed the Anglican Church in North America to remain within the Anglican family.”  The motion passed by a resounding 309 – 69 margin (with seven abstentions). The motion was amended by the Right Reverend Michael Hill, the Bishop of Bristol.  His purpose, in his own words, was “(1) to encourage those who are part of the Anglican Church in North America; (2) to commend the process of recognition afforded by the Instruments of the Anglican Communion; and (3) to ask the Archbishop of Canterbury to report progress back to Synod in a year’s time.” The discussion at Synod presented an important opportunity for members of the Anglican Church in North America, joined by many friends in the United Kingdom, to share the vision and mission of the church with fellow Anglicans.  “We are deeply thankful that we were given the opportunity to tell the Synod about our church, and our vision for reaching North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ.  This chance to speak directly to our Anglican family was very rewarding.  We look forward to working with the friends we made and reaching out to others in the years ahead,” said Bishop Donald Harvey, who, with Mrs. Cynthia Brust, Dr. Michael Howell, and the Rev. Dr. Tory Baucum, represented the Anglican Church in North America in preparation for the Synod vote. The Anglican Church in North America, founded in June of 2009 with 703 congregations, today unites 800 Anglican congregations across North America.  The church’s mission is to reach North America with the Transforming Love of Jesus Christ. News & Events, Articles 2010-02-10T18:04:03+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/bishops_attend_lecture_at_orthodox_seminary/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/bishops_attend_lecture_at_orthodox_seminary/#When:21:11:34Z Archbishop Robert Duncan and five other bishops attended the January 30 guest lecture by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. Archbishop Robert Duncan and five other bishops of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) attended the Saturday, Jan. 30, guest lecture at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, located in New York state. The 27th annual Fr. Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture was given by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. Archbishop Williams’ original doctoral research (in the 1970s) focused on Vladimir N. Lossky, a mid-20th-century Orthodox theologian. Later while teaching at Oxford University, he examined students on the Orthodox faith. He spoke at St. Vladimir’s on “The Image of Humanity in the Philokalia,” a collection of Orthodox monastic texts spanning 11 centuries. Prior to his lecture, the Archbishop received an honorary doctorate from the seminary. The ACNA bishops were invited to attend by the seminary’s Chancellor, Fr. Chad Hatfield, as part of an ongoing ecumenical conversation. In June 2009, Metropolitan Jonah, head of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), was a guest speaker at the ACNA inaugural Assembly at St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford. He used the occasion to announce that the OCA would cease to have an ecumenical relationship with The Episcopal Church, following years of impaired relations due to the election of a partnered homosexual bishop and the blessing of same-sex unions, and to invite the ACNA to explore the possibility of full communion with the OCA. A further meeting was held in October at Nashotah House Seminary, which signed an agreement to work with St. Vladimir’s. News & Events, Articles 2010-02-02T21:11:34+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/ray_david_glenn_invites_you_to_the_anglican1000_church_planting_summit/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/ray_david_glenn_invites_you_to_the_anglican1000_church_planting_summit/#When:14:46:51Z News & Events, Video 2010-02-01T14:46:51+00:00 http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/david_drake_invites_you_to_the_anglican1000_church_planting_summit/ http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/site/david_drake_invites_you_to_the_anglican1000_church_planting_summit/#When:14:44:21Z News & Events, Video 2010-02-01T14:44:21+00:00