April 22, 2004 
Source:  Anglican Church of the Resurrection
April 21, 2004
By Richard Ellwood
New Anglican Parish Started
     In the midst of the fall-out caused by the 
selection of V. Gene Robinson as the first openly 
gay bishop of the Episcopal Church, a new orthodox 
parish has been formed in New Hampshire.  The forty 
members of the Anglican Church of the Resurrection 
have been meeting since the beginning of the year at 
the Durham Evangelical Church in Durham, NH.
     Initially calling themselves the Seacoast Missionary 
Fellowship, parish members chose their permanent name 
this week to signify that God has given them “a new life 
through Jesus Christ,” said Senior Warden Joanne Ward.  
“Our members drive as far as two and a half hours to 
celebrate in a traditional Anglican, orthodox manner.  
We are purposely not a part of the Episcopal Diocese 
of New Hampshire because we stand in opposition to 
how the national Episcopal Church has split away from 
Scripture.  We welcome all people who are looking for 
a deeper relationship with the Savior.”  
     The new parish is one of two new Anglican parishes 
in the US, the first being in Versailles, KY.  Each parish 
has decided to associate with the new national Anglican 
Communion Network (ACN), which was founded as a 
“Biblically-driven missionary movement of dioceses and 
congregations committed to the propagation of the 
unchanging Gospel of Jesus Christ,” explained Jacqueline 
Ellwood, a parish member.  The formation of the ACN was 
initially suggested by the Archbishop of Canterbury and 
is supported by the vast majority of the worldwide 
Anglican provinces and a dozen dioceses in the US.
     The Anglican church has approximately 70 million 
members worldwide, of which about 2.2 million are 
members of the Episcopal Church in the U.S., down 
from 3.3 million in recent years.
      “Anglican Church of the Resurrection is not about 
Gene Robinson as bishop.  With all due respect, it is 
a much larger, more important issue,” said parish 
spokesman Richard Ellwood.  “It is about helping 
people experience the saving grace of Jesus Christ.  
The national Episcopal Church has frequently lost 
sight of that goal.  It is our duty to grow churches, 
with God’s leadership, that will let us fulfill Jesus’ 
direction to ‘go and make disciples of all nations.’  
There will be many more parishes like Anglican 
Church of the Resurrection in the very near future.”
     Anglican Church of the Resurrection meets every 
Saturday at the Durham Evangelical Church, Rt. 108, 
in Durham, with a weekly Eucharist service at 5 PM.  
The parish also sponsors two adult bible studies during 
the week.
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    DLReagan+