From VOL:
In Canada there are three Anglican jurisdictions.
* The first is the Anglican Church of Canada. Like its counterpart, The Episcopal Church USA, it is comprised mainly of moderates and liberals. Approximately 25% of the 33 dioceses would consider themselves orthodox in faith and morals.
* Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC) comprises some 15 parishes. The Rev. Silas TAK Yin Ng, Rector of Richmond Emmanuel, British Columbia, will be consecrated bishop in September 2009. They are based mostly in Western Canada. The Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC) is also a member of AMiA.
* The Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) is a founding partner of the Anglican Church in North America, a “province in formation” in the Anglican Communion, and part of the global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans which affirms the Jerusalem Declaration. There are 30 parishes in the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), some small, some large. They have three bishops, 68 priests and 12 deacons licensed by ANiC under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. ANiC emerged out of the “Essentials” movement in the Anglican Church of Canada and remains affiliated with Anglican Essentials Network, Anglican Essentials Canada and Anglican Essentials Federation. Their Moderator is The Rt. Rev. Donald Harvey. He is based in St John’s, Newfoundland.
It seems odd to me that Virtue differentiates ACiC’s and ANiC’s role as a founding partners of ACNA. The ACNA website http://www.anglicanchurch-na.org/ lists ACiC and ANiC both as founding partners. Perhaps not knowing the Cdn context as well, Virtue has simply slotted them with AMiA (which they ARE part of, I know). Additionally, he doesn’t mention that the REC is an “Anglican jurisdiction” in Canada.
Nonetheless, I have to say I was extraordinarily impressed when visiting Vancouver Island recently to see all three jurisdictions overlapping and working together on a church plant in Victoria. Evidence, perhaps, that a overlaping jurisdictions are workable within realigned NA Anglicanism…despite what some critics might say.
Personally, I expect that all the Canadian groups will merge into one organization eventually.
Pray Hard Dear Sister!
There’s also the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada. They are a member of the Traditional Anglican Communion. I don’t think one can entirely count the St. Louis Affirmation churches as “not Anglican”.
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One of the UK parishes of TAC has a most delightful designation
“S. Cuthbert
In the Scout Hut”
Are you serious Henry? That’s wonderful!
#4 I think he was probably just summarizing the “current unpleasantness”. He left off the Reformed Episcopal church, too, which I believe has a few parishes in Canada.
Kate, I’m not sure how it’s going to play out, but the REC is part of the Common Cause Partnership. There’s little evidence on the Canadian REC website of any on-the-ground changes, though.
There’s a REC church in Courtenay, BC; the area in which I hope to retire in a few years. It must be part of another Diocese than the one linked to in #7. The Rector Emeritus is a retired Air Force Colonel who I heard speak at Full Gospel Business Men’s function about 25 years ago. He has a very memorable testimony (I still remember much of it) and only came to the Lord a few years before he retired from the military. I’ve never been to the church, but I intend to check it out in the future.
I couldn’t follow the link from #7, but I know that the REC Church referred to (Living Word REC) is part of the same diocese as Church of Our Lord, in Victoria, BC.
Warren, if you’re coming to the Comox Valley, there are two other orthodox churches, one in Comox– St Peter, and the other in Courtenay– St John the Divine, still (presently) in the Diocese of BC. I know this will raise some concerns, but God brought me to this valley, and hasn’t called me out of this church, yet.
Jim (#9), I appreciate the information and suggestions. Retirement is still about five years away, and I imagine much could change between now and then. Our son and daughter-in-law live in Courtenay, however, so my wife and I will be making the occasional visit.
#4 Henry your right. The TAC and AccC are truly and fully Anglican but so long as they resist the hand of unity offered as similar theological based jurisdictions that joined Common Cause have done, (speaking now primarily of the WO issue) they remain isolated
from what I have spoken often of, the awesome mysterious power of Unity. It is in this most important common cause that acceptable answers will come for all – myself included.
My apologies – the link in #7 is the Eastern Diocese of REC Canada (east of the Saskatchewan -Manitoba border). The Diocese of Western Canada & Alaska has a website at http://www.recwcan.ca/ The Courtenay church is listed there as
Living Word Episcopal Church, Courtenay, B.C. (2001)
Rev’d Bill Hedges and Rev’d Bill Klock
2754 Wentworth Road,
Courtenay, B.C., V9N 6X7
Email – lwec@island.net
Web – http://www.livingwordrec.ca
Neither REC website is terrifically active, but the Western one has news from 2005 of a Concordat with Nigeria in respect of CANA.