First Assembly of the Anglican Church in North America to be held June 22-25
The first Assembly of the Anglican Church in North America will be held June 22-25, 2009, at St. Vincent's Cathedral in Bedford, Texas. No registration is necessary for those who plan on only attending the festival worship service and formal recognition of the Anglican Church in North America's first archbishop scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm on June 24 at Christ Church Plano.
"We look forward to celebrating the miracle that is the formation of a biblical, missionary and united Anglican Church in North America with many friends and supporters this June. Please join us in Bedford for this wonderful moment," said Bishop Robert Duncan, archbishop-designate of the Anglican Church in North America.
In addition to the official delegates and guests, a number of other Anglican and ecumenical Christian leaders are expected to be present at the provincial assembly. Already, three prominent Ecumenical leaders are confirmed speakers at the ACNA provincial assembly:
Pastor Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church,
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, the Archbishop of Washington and New York and the Metropolitan of All America and Canada for the Orthodox Church in America, and
The Rev Todd Hunter, Director of West Coast Church Planting for the Anglican Mission in the Americas.
The Anglican Church in North America unites some 100,000 Anglicans in 700 parishes into a single church. Jurisdictions which have joined together to form the 28 dioceses and dioceses-in-formation of the Anglican Church in North America are: the dioceses of Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Quincy and San Joaquin; the Anglican Mission in the Americas; the Convocation of Anglicans in North America; the Anglican Network in Canada; the Anglican Coalition in Canada; the Reformed Episcopal Church; and the missionary initiatives of Kenya, Uganda, and South America's Southern Cone. Additionally, the American Anglican Council and Forward in Faith North America are founding organizations.
New Clergy and Parish Benefits Program Launched
April 2009 - Two of a projected five benefits and insurance programs are now available to parishes in the emerging Anglican Church in North America.Insurance coverage for parish buildings, accident insurance for staff and congregations, and protection against liability claims (property,casualty, liability) is available at the Anglican Benefits website www.anglicanbenefits.org. The insurance, underwritten by Philadelphia Insurance and other specialized carriers, is described on the website. Inquiries can be arranged by e-mail from the website or calling Tom Murrell at (817) 366-1064.
The new Church is also making a national medical insurance available to parishes who wish to apply. It can provide cover for clergy and lay staff through the Anglican parishes that employ them. The program, underwritten by United Healthcare, is a choice plus, national Point of Service plan. Benefits and rates are published, along with an application, on the Anglican Benefits website or by calling Mary Orr or Keli Pryor at (770) 414-1515.
These programs are offered for the convenience of ACNA parishes and will include life, disability, and retirement plans during the next three months.
Biblical, Missionary, Unified, and Anglican...
The Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes, commonly referred to as the Anglican Communion Network (ACN), is a united, biblically driven missionary movement dedicated to bringing the "true and legitimate" expression of Anglicanism to North America, making disciples of Jesus Christ. ACN allows Episcopalians to remain in communion with the vast majority of the worldwide Anglican Communion who have declared either impaired or broken communion with the Episcopal Church USA. For many Episcopalians, the ACN has come to represent the hope for a return to the historic faith and order of Anglicanism.
Core Values
The Unchanging Gospel
Commitment to Prayer
Missionary Zeal
Serving Those in Need
We will live as brothers and sisters who will lay down our lives for one another in the face of risk and opposition.
Strategic Partnerships
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We will forge lively partnerships with biblically faithful Christians of other Churches and with Anglicans in other associations in North America.
We will reach out with the compassion of Jesus to the poor, the broken, the lost and those who are persecuted for the cause of Christ.
We will embody a passion to lead every unbeliever in each generation to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, in fulfillment of the Great Commission, globally and locally.
We will bathe our movement in prayer, seeking to follow the mind of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.
We will uphold the uniqueness of Christ crucified and risen, the only Lord and Savior of the world, and the authority of Scripture, the rule and ultimate standard of faith.
To be a united Anglican missionary movement in North America of such irresistible spiritual power in Word and Sacrament that people are drawn to a personal relationship with God in Jesus Christ and become members of the Body of Christ, His Church. We will be known for our commitment to evangelical faith and catholic order.
To be a united missionary movement of Anglicans in fellowship with global Anglicanism, making disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ and planting churches that plant churches in North America and to the ends of the earth.