Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Jul 26th, 2012
From here: Dear friends, Many of you will have heard of Archbishop Colin Johnson’s announcement at a Diocese of Toronto Synod on Saturday, June 16 that Diocesan council had a few months earlier agreed to forward $250,000 to the Diocese of New Westminster. The rationale is that New Westminster has incurred huge legal expenses defending [...]
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From the Anglican Communion Alliance: The Anglican Communion Alliance welcomes much that is written in the recent Oxford Statement from the GAFCON movement and agree with them “that there are many within the Anglican Communion who have not ‘bowed the knee’ to secular liberalism and who are determined to stay true to the ‘faith once [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Apr 21st, 2010
From here: To the assembled representatives in Singapore at GSE4: The orthodox within the Anglican Church of Canada send you greetings in the name of the Risen Lord! The Anglican Communion Alliance (ACA),* which represents the orthodox who still remain within the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC – which is the body to which the [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Feb 9th, 2010
From here: Introductory letter preceding letter to Toronto Bishops: Dear friends, The invitation to Bp. Robinson to preach at St. James’ Cathedral called, we believe, for a response. The following letter was sent to the five members of the College of Bishops of the Diocese of Toronto and the Dean of the Cathedral. As you [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Nov 21st, 2009
Apparently, it’s time to be politely firm with TEC. Just so; that should do the trick. Read it all here: Maybe Bishop Tom Wright put it best: “… the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism…” has happened, at least it has, to one of its prominent cars. You will have heard that The Episcopal Church [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Nov 21st, 2009
From Here: The Anglican Essentials Federation is transforming itself! We are now the: ANGLICAN COMMUNION ALLIANCE (ACA) October 2009 In the light of recent developments within orthodoxy in Canadian Anglicanism, we are establishing ourselves as a separate organization to continue affirmation of classical Anglicanism within the Anglican Church of Canada. The reasoning behind our new [...]
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Received via e-mail: On September 12, 2009 10:00 AM – noon at Trinity Church, 321 Main Ave, Halifax Essentials Nova Scotia invites you to come to hear about “The Agape Project” with guest speakers Rev. David Harris and/or Mr. Michael Edward The following descriptions taken from other sources may help you understand what will be [...]
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This appears to be one manifestation of the “fresh wind … blowing through” Anglican Essentials Federation. Essentials Nova Scotia invites all interested to a Special Meeting at St George’s (Round Church), Halifax Friday July 10th 7 PM This meeting will include an update on Essentials nationally, with special guests, the Rev. Dr. Murray Henderson and [...]
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From the Essentials website: “The following letter was sent to the College of Bishops of the Diocese of Toronto and signed by 14 clergy. Out intention is to express the deep distress we feel at both the content and the process of the proposal to implement what appears to us to be the local option. [...]
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From here December 9, 2008 The Anglican Essentials Federation, those who are taking their stand for Orthodoxy within the Anglican Church of Canada, wish to assure our brothers of sisters of the Anglican Church of North America of our prayers and goodwill as you embark on this new venture in mission and ministry for Christ [...]
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I post this article in full as I think it may add some clarity to the current debate within ‘conservative’ Anglicanism. Written by: The Rev. Charles D. Alley, Ph.D. Friday, November 28th, 2008 The terms “inside and outside strategies” have been bantered about the blogosphere and the print media with a bit of abandon. Such [...]
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Below is a response to Dr Radner’s piece A New “Province” in North America: Neither the Only Nor the Right Answer for the Communion by Dean Munday. While the focus of the response is on TEC, it is equally applicable to us north of the border. The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner has written a piece [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Nov 19th, 2008
We have reported on this before, but I missed the italicized bit. Anglican Essentials Federation Consultation Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:30 – 4:30 p.m. Wycliffe College, 5 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto The Anglican Essentials Federation is calling together orthodox leaders within the Anglican Church of Canada to a consultation to be held at Wycliffe College, Toronto, [...]
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From Here The Anglican Essentials Federation sees its ministry as within the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) and seeks to call it to embrace and live by its historic Christian heritage. As such, we are disturbed by recent pronouncements and actions from those within our church concerning relations with those who have left the ACoC [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Oct 29th, 2008
From here: The Anglican Essentials Federation is calling together orthodox leaders within the Anglican Church of Canada to a consultation to be held at Wycliffe College, Toronto, on November 25, 2008. An Invitation: We are asking you to consider taking part in an exciting reshaping of orthodox witness within the Anglican Church of Canada. In [...]
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Copied below is a letter from Abp Hiltz to Abp Venables, with my comments here and there. Suffice to say, it’s just more of the same. The Essentials Federation asked the orthodox ACoC bishops to stand up and be counted, once again all I can say is that if they did, there is currently no [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Apr 20th, 2008
Via email: Anglican Essentials Federation NEWS RELEASE Anglican Church of Canada bishops asked to uphold orthodoxy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20 April 2008 Anglican Essentials Federation (AEF), which represents many orthodox parishioners, clergy and bishops within the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC), has written Bishops of the Church expressing their deep concerns about the actions of [...]
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An open letter to the ACoC House of Bishops from Bishop Don Harvey of ANiC: April 11, 2008 Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. As a former member of this House, and a friend to many of you over the years, I am writing to appeal to you on [...]
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Now we know what the response from the HoB to Bp Harvey and ANiC was: Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, at their April 14-18 meeting, declined a request for national-level negotiations over church property from the Anglican Network in Canada, a small group of parishes that have decided to leave the church over [...]
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Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Apr 3rd, 2008
Something from here FYI. April 2, 2008 To our dear members and friends – As leaders of Anglican Essentials Federation, we understand that a majority of our constituency are moderate in their views and, like us, have been praying for an amicable way through the present crisis in our Church. Together we have been praying [...]
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