> Dean Scott: I am highly dubious as to the staying power/accuracy of
these numbers ,given the many categories and sub categories. The ECUSA
diocese of Nevada is adjacent to the ECUSA diocese of San Joaquin in
California. Some years ago the diocese narrowly declined in Convention
to disassociate (if that is the word) from ECUSA. The laity were in
favour and the clergy narrowly (by about 3%) against.Not all of the
clergy there, for example, in 2004 would be amenable to ACNS.
This Network may disguise/cover up the reality of 2004 ECUSA for some
,and that is that aside from possibly 2 dioceses (and maybe only
one-Quincy) they are all now apostate because of their policy on
priestesses/bishopettes.
To get worked up over the fall out (such as it is)
over events in New Hampshire, while ignoring the 800 lb gorilla in the
parlour, seems like a pathetic/political effort to close the proverbial
tithebarn door after the crops have been pilfered. Blessings.
> Brothers+
>
> Has anyone any feeling about the accuracy of the numbers of which the
> ACNS speaks in the article below?
>
> Charles+
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> Subject: Anglican Communion Network tops 1,000 clergy, 800 congregations
>
> Anglican Communion Network tops 1,000 clergy, 800 congregations:
> More than 60 Episcopal dioceses home to Network affiliates
>
> ACN NEWS RELEASE
>
> WASHINGTON, DC (9/21/2004)--Orthodox Anglicans from all over the United
> States are affiliating with the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses
> and Parishes at an increasing rate.
>
> According to figures updated in early September, well over 1,000 clergy
> and 800 parishes are now either affiliated, provisionally affiliated, or
> in the process of affiliating with the Network.
>
> "The Anglican Communion Network exists to provide a united voice for
> orthodox Anglicans in North America as well as a connection to the vast
> majority of the global Anglican Communion who have rejected last
> summer's unity-destroying actions of our Episcopal Church," said Bishop
> Robert Duncan, moderator of the Network, "It's wonderful to see so many
> faithful Episcopalians and other members of our Anglican family standing
> up to be counted."
>
> Many of parishes and clergy connected to the Anglican Communion Network
> are affiliated through nine Episcopal Dioceses: Albany, Central Florida,
> Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Quincy, Rio Grande, San Joaquin, South Carolina
> and Springfield. Two other dioceses, Dallas and Western Kansas, are
> provisionally affiliated until they have an opportunity to consider
> formal affiliation at their diocesan conventions this autumn. Individual
> parishes or clergy in affiliated dioceses do not separately apply to
> affiliate with the Network. Instead their diocese's decision connects
> them.
>
> Scores of parishes and clergy outside of Anglican Communion Network
> dioceses are also joining in. According to recent figures, a total of
> 240 churches with their clergy or individual clergy not in an affiliated
> diocese or parish have become part of the Anglican Communion Network's
> six convocations. Five of the convocations are regional groupings of
> parishes and individual clergy that link together those not in Anglican
> Communion Network dioceses. Forward in Faith North America also has a
> convocation. Together, affiliates come from more than 60 Episcopal
> Church dioceses, more than half the total number of dioceses in the
> Episcopal Church.
>
> Anglican Communion Network churches include congregations like Church of
> the Redeemer, an Episcopal parish in Jacksonville, Florida that is part
> of the South East Convocation. "Being in the Network has enabled many of
> us to be patient with the process of discernment that the Anglican
> Communion is going through and strengthen our relationships both
> nationally and internationally," said the Rev. Neil Lebhar, rector.
> Network affiliation, he added, has also given Church of the Redeemer a
> broad circle of faithful Anglican friends and ministries. "It reminds us
> that we're not alone in our desire to be an orthodox parish connected
> with the majority of the Anglican Communion," he added.
>
> Also included in the Anglican Communion Network is a small but growing
> group of non-Episcopal Anglican congregations. "The vast majority of our
> affiliates are part of the Episcopal Church and remain under the
> constitutional and canonical structures," said Bishop Duncan. At the
> same time, he added, the Network is committed in its charter to building
> the greatest possible unity among orthodox Anglicans in the United
> States. With that in mind, the Network is welcoming in those parishes
> and clergy within the U.S. that come under the jurisdictional leadership
> of an overseas Anglican bishop.
>
> In its effort to broaden the foundation of support for Anglican
> orthodoxy in the U.S., the Network is also working with others in the
> Anglican tradition. That group includes the Reformed Episcopal Church,
> the Anglican Province in America and the Anglican Mission in America.
> All three groups, who count around 40,000 members between them, joined
> with the Network in pledging "common cause" for orthodox Anglicanism in
> the U.S in a letter that was sent to Rowan Williams, Archbishop of
> Canterbury, this June.
>
> "Even in the midst of much uncertainty, both in the Episcopal Church and
> the Anglican Communion as a whole, we're hopeful as we look forward,"
> said Bishop Duncan. "The Network continues to gather together
> Episcopalians and other American Anglicans in unprecedented numbers. We
> have the good news of Jesus Christ to share with those around us. The
> rest we trust to God."
>
> END
>
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