http://anglicanfuture.blogspot.com/2005/11/things-take-shape.html Things Take Shape. The announcement by the Global South Anglicans posted November 18 (EST), November 19 at place of origin, stated the following, “We elected a leadership team consisting of the Most Rev’d Peter J. Akinola, Primate of All Nigeria as President, the Rt. Rev’d John Chew, Bishop of Singapore as General Secretary, assisted by the Venerable Oluranti Odubogun and Canon Martyn Minns, and the Rt. Rev’d Mouneer Anis as Treasurer.” The only Episcopal Church presence on the leadership team, Canon Martyn Minns, stands out as rector of a large parish in Virginia, a large diocese of the Episcopal Church. Two things are interesting to note here: (i) A news item on the Church of Nigeria pages, July 26, 2004, notes this: “The Primate’s particular interest in acknowledging the presence of Canon Martyn Minns, Vicar Truro Church, Fairfax Virginia and a leading cleric opposed to same sex union in the United States, affirmed the campaign of the Church in providing spiritual alternatives to Anglican faithfuls abroad. Canon Minns was described as a major catalyst in the formation of churches styled under the regulations and canons of the Church Of Nigeria.” http://www.anglican-nig.org/consecration-2004.htm Canon Minns has been in the mix from the beginning and his presence in Egypt and his being brought into the core group of this new organization will be central to the communications between this group and the Network, of which Canon Minns is a part. (2) I stated in a previous posting, early EST November 18, that “something more is afoot here, I believe. This new title, ‘Global South Anglican,’ with accompanying ‘administrator,’ publishing communiqués, letters to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and other materials, may be the beginnings of a secretariat for an organizing of Anglicans centered somewhere in the ‘South,’ (Egypt?) and connected with the Networks in the US and Canada, the Nigerian effort in the US (CANA) and emerging “Common Cause” partners.” I did not realize how quickly my words would be confirmed. It leads me to wonder if Canon Minns is in fact the voice of the Global Anglican South Administration (or Administrator). The idea of an alternative to the Anglican Communion as currently constituted being formed out of the Egypt meeting was played down by the Archbishop of Nigeria and others, but the facts seem otherwise. Clearly there was no declaration of a separate new Anglican order of things, but there are the beginnings of a bodily presence. Stay tuned. posted by Mark Harris at 11/18/2005 05:46:00 PM http://anglicanfuture.blogspot.com/2005/11/things-take-shape.html --- gc_mccomas McComas <gc_mccomas@...> wrote: > Here's some more info: > http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060628-082643-2405r.htm > > Minns has consulted with his ECUSA bishop (+Lee) and > is planning to step > down as rector of Falls Church (timetable unkown).