Jan 2016
A Church at a Critical Crossroads
Major call to prayer for the Anlican Communion in advance of a crucial meeting of Anglican leaders at Canterbury Jan 11 - 15, 2016. ANiC called for Fri 8 Jan to be set aside for prayer and fasting.
20 May 2015
Are Gays born that way? Science says "no"
- despite the fact that most people now say "yes"
LifeSite News
Ash Wed 18 Feb 2015, 9am - noon
Ash Wednesday Retreat, led by Liba Straznicky, Living Water Healing Streams
Location: Blackburn Hamlet Community Church, 2598 Innes Rd.
E-mail info(at)livingwaterhealingstreams.ca to reserve your place.
Bring yor Bible, pen and noebook
Refreshments, free-will offering
All welcome
Fri 6 - Sun 8 Feb, 2015
Bishop Charlie Masters and Rev Garth Hunt in Ottawa
See photos.
Sat 6 Dec 2014, 1pm
Trudy Hardy became a deacon in the Anglican Network in Canada
Trudy has been pastoring Grace Anglican Church, Clayton, since 2008. She will be ordained
into the Deaconate by Bishop Charlie Masters at St Luke's Church, 307 Julien St., Pembroke.
See photos on our Events page.
5 - 7 November 2014
Seventh ANiC Synod, in Ottawa
Location: St Peter & St. Paul's Anglican Church
4 Nov: pre synod workshops
7 pm, 6 Nov: Investiture of Bishop Charlie Masters
Live stream from Synod
Synod Web site - for full information
Photos of Bishop Charlie Masters' Investiture - Celebrant Archbishop Foley Beach, ACNA
22 Oct 2014
#Ottawa Shootings
Video and prayer from St. Peter & St. Paul's
Rector Paul Donison gives comfort on historic day in Ottawa from his church close to these events.
23 June 2014
Successor elected for Archbishop Bob Duncan
Rt Rev Dr Foley Beach of the Diocese of the South will become Archbishop
News release
A Word from the Lord - his excellent web presence
Sat 16 November 2013
ANiC Synod
The sixth ANiC Synod will be held electronically, via Webinar at 1pm EST.
Synod delegates will receive instructions by e-mail to log into the Webinar. First read the Q&A under All Details.
All details
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22-26 October 2013
GAFCON, in Nairobi
The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, representiung the majority of Anglicans worldwide, is
holding its second GAFCON conference, in a series beginning in Jerusalem in June 2008.
GAFCON Digest - daily reports
GAFCON II Statement
17-19 April
ANiC Eastern Assembly, Burlington
All ANiC members welcome: Registration open now!
ANiC Assemblies
12,13 April 2013
Rise up O Men of God - A seminar for men of all ages, designed to encourage and envision men to reach for all that God has created and called them to be as sons, husbands, fathers, bothers, and Men of God.
With Rev. Garth Hunt, ANiC National Prayer Co-ordinator
Blackburn Hamlet Community Church, 2598 Innes Rd, Ottawa, 613-837-2422, where you can register
Fri evening, 7:30 - 9:30
Sat 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
3 Mar 2013, 2:30 pm
Ordination of David Kemp of Eternal Hope Anglican Church in Carleton Place
Dave Kemp, pastor of Eternal Hope Anglican Church was ordained as an ANiC deacon on Sunday 3 March.
The Right Reverend Donald F Harvey, Bishop and ANiC Moderator officiated.
Pictures and more detail
6 Feb 2013
For the last time ...
The Lenten Pastoral Letter from Rt. Rev Don Harvey, Bishop and Moderator
2 Feb 2013
Meet Archbishop Justin Welby and his wife Caroline, speaking with John Mumford
Interview at Trent Vineyard
2 Jan 2013
Ottawa Theological College Winter courses
Register now for courses starting this month.
Course Schedule
17 July 2012
Ottawa Theological College
Ottawa Theological college opened its doors to students in September 2012. Rev. George Sinclair is the Principal of this centre
of Christian learning, which expects to offer M.Div degree courses within a few years.
Ottawa Theological College
12 May 2012
The Ordination of Brian DeVisser
Deacon Brian DeVisser was ordained as a priest at St Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church, 152 Metcalfe St., Ottawa.
As regular readers will know, Brian led Kanata Lakes Fellowship for two years from 6 Jan 2008 (see item on the Events page), the first 'breakaway' ANiC project in this region.
6 May 2012
The Coalition for Marriage, UK
Spare a thought for Britain as its government lays down plans for same-sex marriage. You may want to add your comments to the Coalition for Marriage's website, particularly if you have British connections.
Click Here
25 April 2012
The Annual General Meeting of the AGO
The AGM was held at Blackburn Hamlet Community Church, 2598 Innes Road, Ottawa, starting at 7:00 pm.
Read a brief report from the 2012 AGM of the AGO
12 Jan 2012
The legal ramifications of same-sex marriage
Senior US Church leaders speak out
From a Canadian viewpoint this is shutting the door after the horse has bolted, but we should nevertheless take note of the dangers.
4 Jan 2012
2011 - The year in Review - VOL
Click Here
Sun 13 Nov 2011, 4 pm
Liba Straznicky was ordained as a deacon
It is with joy we announce that Liba was ordained this day by Bishop Charlie Masters.
Among her many activities, she serves as treasurer for the AGO.
Where? St Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church, 152 Metcalfe St., Ottawa
Rev Desiree Stedman preached.
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3 - 4 November 2011
ANiC Synod, Victoria, BC
Synod
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22 - 25 Sept 2011
Maine, New England, ANiC traditional silent clergy retreat
Bishop Don will lead a three-day retreat for clergy serving ANiC in New England. There are four spots open to any ANiC other clergy who would like to attend. The retreat runs from Thursday afternoon, Sept 22 through Sunday morning, Sept 25 and will be held at a beautiful Franciscan guest house & monastery, 26 Beach Avenue, Kennebunk, Maine. There are sandy beaches (only a .5 mile walk away), walking trails along the river’s edge, and 60+ acres of land to explore. The Daily Office and the Holy Eucharist will be offered each day. Cost is still to be determined (approx. $300). For more information or to sign up, please email Archdeacon Michael McKinnon or call 508-330-2179.
8 Sep 2011
Largest Anglican Church Congregation in Canada Leaves Historic Church Home Because of Differences in Belief
St. John’s Vancouver Anglican Church, the largest Anglican congregation in Canada, will move from its present historic location on Granville Street and Nanton Avenue, as a result of an on-going world-wide upheaval in the Anglican Communion
St. John's Vancouver website
25 Aug 2011
TEC Statistics Reveal a Church in Decline; The Anglican Church of Canada is beginning to crumble at the edges.
Click here - VOL
Rev John Stott died 27 July 2011 at age of 90.
ANiC churches in Toronto, Ottawa and Vanvouver will hold memorial services.
In Toronto, the Evening Prayer at ANiC’s Christ the King Anglican Church will be a memorial service:
Time: Sunday, 7 August 2011 at 6:30pm
Place: Christ The King Anglican Church, meeting in Blythwood Baptist Church, 80 Blythwood Rd, Toronto
Preacher: The Rev Robin Guinness
Testimonial: The Rt Rev Charlie Masters will share the impact this great stalwart of faith has had on his ministry
In Ottawa, ANiC’s St Peter & St Paul’s will honour Dr Stott at their Wednesday morning Eucharist:
Time: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 at 7am
Place: St Peter & St Paul’s Anglican Church, 152 Metcalfe St, Ottawa
Preacher & presider: The Rev Paul Donison
The Vancouver service will be hosted by ANiC’s Good Shepherd Church:
Time: Friday, 5 August 2011 at 7:30pm
Place: Anglican Network Church of the Good Shepherd, 189 West 11th Ave, Vancouver, 604 872-1884
Preacher: Canon Dr J I Packer
See John Stott: the making of a leader, including his conversion by E.J.H. Nash.
1 July 2011
Bishop of Albany makes the right decision
Click here - VOL
26 June 2011
Church of the Messiah walks
Sunday June 26 at 10 am is our last service in our current building and during the service we will walk to the Ottawa Little Theatre.
This is the only service we will have on June 26. Our first services without the building will be at 8 am and 10 am on July 3 at the Ottawa
Little Theatre and a 7 pm evensong at our sister ANiC church, St. Peter and St. Paul's (the old St. George's).
Press release, picked up by David Virtue
- Rev George Sinclair
Ottawa Citizen report 27 June
24 June 2011
Okoh snubs Hiltz*ACNA growth continues*Canadian parishes revert to dioceses*More
Virtue on Line is always insightful; this edition particularly so; at the end a gentle request for your support.
Click here - VOL
Wed 22 June 2011, 7:30 pm
Annual General meeting of the Anglican Gathering of Ottawa
This 7th AGM will held at Blackburn Hamlet Community Church, 2598 Innes Road.
We encourage attendance not only by delegates from the local ANiC projects whose tax receipts are generated
through the AGO, but also by all local ANiC people in fellowship with each other.
We plan to keep the business aspects brief, allowing some time for stories from the body of Christ.
16 June 2011
Supreme Court rejects petition from Vancouver ANiC churches
Four ANiC parishes in B.C. had appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding ownership of their church buildings. The Supreme Court rejected their appeal and they now have to leave their buildings. Please keep them in your prayers.
ANiC News Release
11 June 2011
Episcopal churches open doors wider
San Joaquin Diocese
15, 16 April 2011
Bishop Charlie Masters in Ottawa
Blackburn Hamlet Community Church: All were welcome to join
us on Saturday, April 16th, for a workshop given
by Bishop Charlie on personal evangelism. The
day began with worship at 10AM and concluded
around 3PM. Lunch was provided.
Bishop Charlie was hoping to
preaching at BHCC on Palm Sunday, April 17th, but on Saturday he was feeling very unwell, and decided it would be better not to stay for Sunday.
The Palm Sunday service is a guest service for which we have been inviting local residents.
2 March 2011
CBC R1 discussion on the recent mediated settlement between 2 Ottawa ANiC churches and the Ottawa Diocese
Rev. George Sinclair (St. Albans - Church of the Messiah) and Rev Paul Donison (St. George's
- St Peter and St. Paul's),
in conversation with Alan Neal, host of All in a Day.
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25 February 2011
From St. Alban's Church (Church of the Messiah)
To our neighbours,
Contrary to some reports, St. Alban's Church is not moving Centre 454 into its premises. The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa is moving the Centre in to the building after the current congregation has left.
By way of background, the Pastor and Wardens of St. Alban's were personally sued by the Diocese of Ottawa. As part of the negotiated settlement to drop the suit, we will change our name and relinquish the building. The current congregation of St. Alban's will become Church of the Messiah on July 1st and will continue to worship on Sunday mornings at the Ottawa Little Theatre. On July 1st the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa will own the building and they will then move Centre 454 into the building. Unfortunately, the law suit by the Diocese forced us to move and we have no say in what the Diocese does with the building once we have left. We are not part of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.
We will continue to be your neighbours and we are committed to the flourishing of the neighbourhood.
St. Alban's mission is to help ordinary people be confident, joyful disciples of Jesus Christ. We are part of the Anglican Network in Canada.
The Pastor and Wardens
St. Alban's Church (Church of the Messiah)
The Rev. George Sinclair
Email:
stalban.office(at)gmail.com
21 February 2011
Mainstream Anglican church asks top court to dismiss case by breakaway members
Click here
13 February 2011
Ottawa parishes reach settlement with Diocese
“We are deeply grateful to God for this settlement,” said the Rev George Sinclair, long-time rector of St Alban’s. “When the Diocese of Ottawa sued our two parishes and personally sued the rectors and elected leaders of the parishes, it seemed the matter would inevitably be decided by the courts. We are looking forward to not having to deal with this issue any longer. We see ourselves as giving up the building for the cause of Christ.”
Click here
2 February 2011
Egypt: A letter from Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis, Bishop of Egypt
Click here
28 January 2011, and following
Primates' Meeting, Dublin
Archbishop Fred Hiltz - Reflection
Virtue on-line 28 Jan - 15 non attendees, out of 39.
Virtue on-line 1 Jan - preview: setting the scene.
28 January 2011
Settlement in progress for two Ottawa parishes
A proposed settlement over the church buildings of the ANiC congregations, St. Alban’s and St. George’s Ottawa, has been negotiated with their former Anglican Church of Canada diocese Both churches are now in the process of holding votes to ratify the settlement. The parish of St George’s will vote to ratify on Sunday, Jan 30th. The parish of St Alban’s will vote on Saturday, Feb 12th.
Source: ANiC newsletter, 28 Jan 2011.
14 January 2011
ANiC Newletter - status from the ANiC world
From time to time we will link to ANiC newsletters. Readers are encouraged to follow these directly on the ANiC site.
Click here
12 December 2010
Vancouver parishes initiate appeal to Supreme Court of Canada
After several weeks of consultation within the parishes, the Trustees of four Vancouver-area churches have instructed their legal counsel to file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada of a BC Court of Appeal decision (November 15, 2010) which removed their right to use their church buildings.
Full report
5 December 2010
Anglican Church leaders have abandoned parishioners
ACoC church defects to Rome
The Province (Calgary Herald)
28 November 2010, 4 pm
Ordination Service
St Luke's Anglican Church, Pembroke
Jane Parent (aka Jane Manary), wife of Rev. Tim Parent, ordained as a Deacon by Bishop Don Harvey, Moderator of the ANiC.
28 November 2010
Queen gives warning to Church of England synod
Fid def exercises her rights and role
BBC News
15 November 2010
BC Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by four ANiC churches
Vancouver churches Appeal dismissed
13 November 2010
Same-sex Blessings, Toronto, and the Anglican Communion
Has the bishop of Toronto finally gone too far in his enthusiasm to support the gay revolution regardless of all else?
Click here, Ephraim Radner, for Virtue on line
4-6 November 2010
We would see Jesus – ANiC Synod
Keynote speaker: Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
Location: Travelodge Conference Centre, 1376 Carling Ave, Ottawa Ontario
Synod 2010 will discuss a new set of constitution and canons for ANiC. The proposed documents have been two years in the making,
having been developed by a sub-committee of ANiC’s board of directors; approved by the entire board; sent to the parishes for
consultation and input; and revised based on comments received from our parishes.
Synod Highlights
Highlights version 2
AEC Blog
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5-7 November 2010
150th Anniversary of St George's Anglician Church
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the retired Anglican bishop of Rochester UK, celebrated with us, and addressed timely
and urgent topics including:
-Faith and a Secular Age: Implications for Christianity and Islam.
-The Coming Global Christianity: Mission, Persecution, Growth.
Details
8 Oct 2010
TEC Numbers Down ... Britain has recognized druidry ... New gay dean for the Cathedral in Montreal, and other news
"And you wonder why there is an alternative orthodox Anglican province (ANiC) in Canada. If there weren't one, the very stones would cry out.
Virtue on Line
13 - 16 Sept 2010
Reports from the BC Court of Appeal
The appeal involving four ANiC parishes – St John’s (Vancouver), St Matthews (Abbotsford),
Good Shepherd (Vancouver), and St Matthias & St Luke’s (Vancouver) – and the Anglican Church of
Canada’s Diocese of New Westminster is being heard by three Court of Appeal judges.
Sequence of reports
17 June 2010
Apostate waffle - Anglican Church of Canada Sexuality Statement from Synod
Apostate waffle - Sarah Plumpton, Christ the King, Victoria BC., / VOL
4 June 2010
Call to prayer and fasting. We encourage you to set aside the first
Friday of the month, 4 June 4, as a day of prayer and
fasting for the Church in these critical
days, ideally gathering with other
believers in your parish or region for
corporate prayer at some point in the day.
Call to prayer
This call to prayer also marks Rhonda Glenn's transition to Heaven.
19 - 23 April 2010
Anglican Leaders Welcome Anglican Church in North America
The 4th Anglican Global South to South Encounter held in Singapore.
31 Mar 2010
Bishop Don Harvey presented the final lecture in the really excellent "We Believe" series at St. George's, Ottawa, at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 31 March 2010.
This has been an in depth study of the Nicene creed, and some significant speakers have contributed including Allen Churchill and Andrew Bennett. Note that a DVD exists of the talks by these two theologians; available for loan through the church office.
22, 23 Feb 2010
Anglican 1000 Launch conference, February 22-23, Plano, Tx
Summit Recap video, and other momentos of this major initiative.
Feb 2010
Announcing Global Alpha Training mission to Sierra Leone by 4 from Ottawa.
Tony & Laurie-Ann Copple, Richard Gilman and Dwight McDougall to speak at conferences in Freetown 19 April - 3 May 2010.
See GAT Sierra Leone for details and opportunities for prayer support and financial contributions.
16 Feb 2010
Bishop Don Harvey's lenten pastoral letter, with a collect to be prayed daily
Click here
11 Feb 2010
Church of England Synod recognises Anglican Church in North America by a landslide
Lorna Ashworth's statement to the C of E Synod
Text, video - highly recommended; a courageous speaker.
Read Virtue on Line for comprehensive background.
1 Feb 2010
Egyptian Archbishop the Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer H. Anis resigns from Standing Committee of Anglican Communion
VOL Episcopal Life
25 Jan 2010
ACNA 1000 Proclamation
.. in advance of the Anglican 1000 conference in Plano, Texas, 22,23 Feb 2010
The 1000 churches proclamation by the Anglican Church in North America
Charter
Details
12 January 2010
SEWANEE: Episcopal University Follows Fate of National Episcopal Church
Understand the power to infect held by seminaries with this US example, including beware of Newsweek
Click here - VOL
11 January 2010
Bishop Don Harvey appointed Dean of the Anglican Church in North America
Click here
2 January 2010
The Fictional World of Canadian Anglican Archbishop Fred Hiltz
Click here - David Virtue at his best
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24 December 2009
The four Vancouver ANiC parishes to appeal against Mr Justice Stephen Kelleher’s BC Supreme Court decision.
See related item below dated 25 November.
Click here
16 December 2009
AGO Fellowship Call!
The current AGO newsletter is now posted to the web for ease of access.
Click here
New editions will be published monthly, accessible via the left hand menu under News and Events.
Monday 14 December 2009, 7:30 pm
Annual General meeting of the Anglican Gathering of Ottawa
Held at 7:30 pm on Monday 14 December at St. Albans Church.
7 December 2009
Anglicans split over election of lesbian bishop
The future of the worldwide Anglican Communion was in jeopardy last night after the Archbishop of Canterbury said that the election of a lesbian bishop in the United States raised "very serious questions".
Click Here - Ruth Glehill, Times Online
Click Here - Houston Belief, 10 Dec 2009
Sun 29 November 2009, 7 pm
David Robinson ordained into the Deaconate
David Robinson, assistant to Rev George Sinclair at St. Albans Church, Ottawa, was tonight ordained as a
Deacon. Bishop Charlie Masters, in his first bishoply duty, conducted the
ordination. Rev. George Sinclair, rector of St. Albans, preached on biblical truth as encapsulated in the mystery of The Faith as the watchword for a new deacon. The number of rows reserved for local ANiC clergy - now three - is increasing every ceremony. As always with ANiC events, this was a most joyful
event with the love of our God greatly in evidence.
It was also a good opportunity for ANiC folk to meet with one of their new Bishops, and they did, with gusto.
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25 November 2009
Mr Justice Stephen Kelleher of the British Columbia Supreme Court issued a mixed decision today in the case involving the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) Diocese of New Westminster and four Greater Vancouver parishes in the Anglican Network in Canada.
Click here for earlier reports from the May trial.
News Release
Summary by Rev Ed Hird, ACiC
Comment by The National Post
Comment by Court rules on same-sex church battle - Abbotsford News, 26 Nov 2009
Comment by Episcopal Life On-line - 7 December 2009.
20 November 2009
Manhattan Declaration launched
Bible-believing Christians have had enough of society's slide to godlessness. A group of highly respected orthodox, evangelical and Roman Catholic churchpeople
today launched a movement to stem the flow, and it's growing like Topsy. Traditional Anglicans should be right up there with them.
ManhattanDeclaration.org  acebook
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15 November 2009
Archbishop Bob Duncan argues that the more than 700 orthodox Anglican parishes in Canada and the United States that have left their national churches behind represent where the vast majority of Anglicans in the world are, and where the rest of the Anglicans will soon be.
Click here - Holy Post
11 - 13 November 2009
ANiC Synod, St. Catherines
On 11-13 November 2009, the Anglican Network in Canada held its second synod and conference at Bethany Community Church in St Catharines, Ontario.
Preparation in prayer
Click for full information
Three new bishops consecrated - into the Church of God for ministry in the Anglican Network in Canada. The Right Reverend Stephen Leung, the Right Reverend Charles Masters and the Right Reverend Dr Trevor Walters were consecrated today by the Most Reverend Robert Duncan in a service which saw the participation of 15 bishops and more than 60 priests and deacons from across North America.
2010 Synod to be in Ottawa. It was announced that the third ANiC synod would be held in Ottawa in early November 2010. The synod is planned to coincide with the visit by the Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, recently retired Bishop of Rochester, to ANiC's St George's Anglican Church for their 125th anniversary celebration.
Video archives
31 October 2009 - Trick or treat?
Bishop John Chapman of the DIOCESE OF OTTAWA has given one church in his diocese permission to begin offering a rite of blessing to same-sex couples who are civilly married. The Church of St. John the Evangelist could offer its first blessing as soon as a married couple, at least one of whom is baptized, asks.
"Same-sex couples who are civilly married and seek the Church's blessing of their marriage must be welcomed with the same care and solicitude that the church would extend to any other of its members;" Bishop Chapman wrote in his charge to the recent diocesan synod. "When the church blesses the marriage of anyone civilly married it does so recognizing that the couple is already married and that the blessing celebrates and deepens a reality that already exists," he added.
Unlike the diocese of Niagara, which, as of Sept. 1, decided to allow its clergy to bless same-gender couples who have been civilly married, the diocese of Ottawa chose just one church and did not develop a whole new rite. There is little doubt now where the whole Anglican Church in Canada is going. It is only a matter of time. There is no going backwards.
Read full article from Virtue on Line
21 October 2009
Papal gambit stuns Church
Archbishop surprized as Rome opens door to Anglicans
Thousands of priests worlwide expected to make switch
Click here - Ruth Gledhill, The Times
Response from the Global South Primates - 25 Oct 2009
Anglican Network in Canada responds to Vatican announcement
Rev Paul Donnison, St. George's Anglican Church, Ottawa interviewed on CBC R1 Ottawa Morning, 22 Oct 09
22 July 2009
Diocese of Niagara to offer same-sex blessings; deep divide over sexuality continues in ACoC
Anglican Journal
.. with comments from Charlie Masters and Bishop Don Harvey
6 July 2009
The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans is a global movement within the Anglican Communion that started with the Global Anglican Future Conference
(GAFCon). The formal launch of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in Britain takes place in London on Monday, July 6, and includes a long list of Church of England bishops as well as international speakers. In addition, there will be a number of associated events in London-area churches on Sunday, July 5. Please pray for these events – particularly for the Monday rally, call Be Faithful! Pray also for this growing global movement calling us all to return to Biblical faithfulness.
AnglicanTV will webcast the Monday event live from 10:30am to 5.30pm British Summer Time (which is GMT plus one). Dr J I Packer will be featured via video starting at 12 noon. The material will be archived on the AnglicanTV website for at least a week.
24 June 2009
21 June 2009
Three new ANiC bishops to be consecrated at November synod: Rev. Stephen Leung, Ven. Charlie Masters, Ven. Trevor Walters.
Bishop Don's announcement
2 June 2009
No more (than eight) parishes may bless same sex couples for forseeable future - Diocese of Westminster
Click here
Comment by your webmaster: if it's wrong for one its wrong, period. It can't be right for 8 and wrong for the rest.
31 May 2009
Mad Padre visits St George's
...The service was wonderfully chaotic and totally comfortable, as if I was attending a large house church. The eucharist was clearly from the Book of Alternative Service, though the prayer after communion was the wonderful thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer. Music was blended - a dynamic praise band and some good modern worship songs mixed with an offertory hymn on the lovely pipe organ....
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Beginning 25 May 2009
Three week trial of Vancouver ANiC parishes.
The questions before the court are:
Who is the rightful trustee of parish corporations?
For what purposes are the properties held in trust?
Key ANiC clergy in the witness box.
Much prayer needed from all of us.
Legal Reports
Summary of the case by Rev. Charles Raven,
Director of the UK-based Society for the Propagation of Reformed Evangelical Anglican Doctrine SPREAD - 5 June 2009.
11 May 2009
The Windsor Continuation Group Report to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The last portion, from clause 92 on, referring to ACNA, is particularly relevant to the North American churches.
Click here
2 - 12 May 2009
14 Meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, in Jamaica.
Ruth Gledhill's blog.
Uganda Anglican Archbishop Blasts ACC for Refusing to Seat Ugandan Delegate
Archbishop Orombi calls action "unconstitutional" and a "tearing of the bonds of affection"
Click here - VOL
ACC considers 'relational consequences' proposal for breaches of moratoria - Anglican Journal
Covenant kicked down the road as ACC leaders seek not to offend episcopal church - VOL
One view: Anglicans emerge from meeting with more hope for unified future - The Christian Post, 13 May 2009
Another view: Chaos in Jamaica - VOL
26 April - 31 May 2009
The Church: A Gift in Christ - Seminars and sermons by theologians and local leaders at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Kanata
The visiting theologians are: Dr. Edith Humphrey, Rev. Dr. Jo Bailey Wells, Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner.
Despite wide publicity the attendance at Edith Humphrey's event by ANiC types was paltry. Those who came were spellbound.
See details
16 April 2009
GAFCON recognizes the Anglican Church in North America
Click here - Communiqué from the GAFCON/FCA Primates' Council
26 Mar 2009
ANiC Newsletter: a wealth of timely information and encouragement.
Handle with prayer Click here
15 March 2009
Dioceses of Niagara and Ottawa to begin same-sex blessings
The Rev Ephraim Radner, Dean of Wycliffe College in Toronto, says the decisions to authorize the blessings were "provocative and hostile."
Click here - Religious Intelligence
13 March 2009
"The persecution and prosecution has become great" - ANiC Bishop Donald Harvey
On February 12, Bishop Harvey, Moderator, Anglican Network in Canada, spoke at the Anglican Mainstream gathering,
Church of England General Synod. Today the Church Times publishes a short article by him on the situation of the Church in Canada.
This speech serves as further resource and information about what is taking place.
Click here - Anglican Mainstream
10 Mar 2009
Alienated Anglicans starting afresh: Charlie Masters interviewed.
Click here - Faith Today
11 Mar 2009
TV Alert - Ottawa
Rogers Talk Ottawa - Ch 22 - tonight at 7pm. The topic: "Should the Church bless same-sex unions?". Rev. George Sinclair will debate with
Ron Chaplin and Rev Kevin Flynn. A computer file of the program can be collected from Tony Copple, 613-591-3903.
10 Mar 2009
Day of Prayer and fasting
Suggestions for March 10th ANiC day of prayer and fasting included on the attachment.
The Venerable Charlie Masters writes: I have been encouraged by the responses of folk across the country to our call for a day of
prayer and fasting. Whether or not they themselves are directly involved in parishes facing legal challenges,
it is clear people are eagerly planning to enter into this day of prayer and fasting on 10 March.
Click here
3 Mar 2009
Ottawa Diocese to defy ban and perform same-sex blessings. Ottawa Bishop John Chapman's diocese plans to perform same-sex blessings, becoming the first Canadian Anglican diocese to do so since an international church ban.
Diocese of Ottawa: making wrong things right by doing them - see Anglican Samizdat
See also Being Gay is a Gift from God! - Rev. Canon J. Edwin Bacon Jr., California, Jan 2009. [I don't think so]
and see ...our sisters & bothers graced with same gender attraction - Bishop of Ottawa, Crosstalk, March 2009
Ottawa bishop appoints committee for same-sex blessing decision - Centretown News
26 Feb 2009
New Westminster, BC: Angry Anglican Revisionist Bishop Lashes Out at Orthodox Network.
Click here
23 Jan 2009
Bishop Ron Ferris leaves ACoC to become ANiC's third bishop. In 2004, Bishop Ferris was nominated in the election for the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Click here - Anglican Journal
7 Jan 2009
Vancouver-area parishes' case to be heard May 25 in BC Supreme Court
Click here
4 Jan 2009
Faithful God - sermon by Rev. Barclay Mayo, ACiC National Network Leader, visiting at St. Simon's North Vancouver
Click here
28 Dec 2008
Announcing the 2008 Canadian Anglican Awards.
Click here - VOL
4 Dec 2008
Immediate response and news following the formation of the Anglican Church in North America. Gafcon archbishops to meet ABC.
Reports 1 Reports 2
3 Dec 2008
"Anglican Church in North America" formed, Chicago. Bishop Bob Duncan in charge. A landmark day in the church.
Christ Awakening report
Bishop Duncan's keynote sermon - video
Provisional Constitution
Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church - AP
20 Nov 2008
The ecclesiastical fantasies of primate Fred Hiltz
Click here - VOL
3 Nov 2008
Canadian Anglicans to proceed with gay blessing rites
Click here - Reuters Africa, 3 Nov 2008
2 Nov 2008
Canada drifts on gays This was a week that saw the Canadian house of bishops declare that a "large majority" of its members could affirm a moratorium on the blessing of same-sex unions, but also recognizing that this would pose difficulty for some dioceses "that in conscience have made decisions on these matters."
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, acknowledged that this stance allows dioceses such as Montreal and Ottawa some wiggle room to continue what their bishops have recently described as "incremental" and "experiential" steps toward same-sex blessings. It also reaffirmed the Bishop of New Westminster's stance on same-sex unions. In short, this is all a smokescreen for the inevitable full acceptance of pansexuality in Canada. Now you know why Bishops Donald Harvey and Malcolm Harding formed the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). It is why a revisionist bishop pulled the license of theologian/scholar Dr. J. I. Packer who wears his rejection proudly even as he is re-ordained into the Province of the Southern Cone.
It is why, over time, the Anglican Church of Canada will continue to wither and die as will its counterpart - The Episcopal Church in the US.
The economy is punishing both churches, which might be a polite way of saying that God is punishing these church's apostasies and heresies. People will not continue to give to an institution just for the sake of the institution. Those days are gone. They won't continue to give to lifeless denominations out of some misplaced loyalty. That generation is getting old and dying. They are not being replaced by a new generation of gospel driven young Anglicans or Episcopalians.
Click here for full report - VOL
1 Nov 2008
The head of Montreal's Anglican church plans to bless same-sex unions despite a suggested two-year moratorium following a meeting of Canada's Anglican bishops.
Bp. Clarke appears to be following the lead of Ottawa's Bp. Chapman who thinks SSB can be Godly in one church in the Diocese, but not in others!
Click here Ottawa Citizen
30 Oct 2008
An Emerging North American Province - By Bishop Bob Duncan
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- VOL
28 Oct 2008
Ref. Bishop Chapman's synod statement 23 October reported below on 24 October.
Letter writer Anna Crawley's response: Christians must take stand
Click here Ottawa Citizen
13 - 15 Nov 2008
ANiC Synod 2008 news, prayers, summaries, motions
The Bishop's Charge J.I. Packer
Day 1 Day 2
Day 3, including motions (all passed)
11 Nov 2008
Welcome to St. Luke's, a new ANiC church plant in Pembroke, ON
A group of about 70 has come together in Pembroke to form a new ANiC church plant under newly licenced ANiC rector,
the Rev Tim Parent. The group's first Sunday service was Nov 16, meeting at the Seventh Day Adventist Church,
157 Drive-in Road at 10am. Rev. Parent had resigned from his Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) church, Holy Trinity,
on Sunday, November 9, as well as from his position as archdeacon in the ACoC Diocese of Ottawa.
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church plant would be attuned to God's voice as He guides them. Also specifically pray for someone to lead their
worship music.
St George's Ottawa "sign of the times"
St George's has a new sign hanging outside their building in downtown Ottawa, and is willing to help other
interested ANiC parishes acquire similar signs at cost. The artwork is double-sided on an aluminum sheet and,
for the size St George's obtained, costs approximately $150 plus delivery fees. Parish delegates to synod will
be able to see a sample sign while in Burlington.
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24 Oct 2008
Bishop John Chapman, at synod this weekend will seek OK to bless same-sex marriages at one parish in Ottawa diocese.
Click here Jennifer Green, - Ottawa Citizen
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5 Oct 2008
St. George's Ottawa, by a vote of 83% and St. Peter's, Hamilton, ON., 98% in favour, joined the Anglican Network in Canada today.
St. George's was formed in 1895 and currently has about 250 active members. They are a vibrant and eclectic downtown church, located in the heart of Ottawa's Centretown district and within walking distance of Parliament Hill. The church is drawn from all parts of the National Capital Region, old and young.
ANiC News Release
29 Sep 2008
St. Aidan's Windsor, ON joined the Anglican Network in Canada - unanimous vote.
ANiC News Release
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27 Sep 2008
Pittsburgh Bishop Duncan will not appeal deposition
Click here - Religious Intelligence
24 Sep 2008
It is impossible to go back, bishops say of moratoria - Bps Ingham & Chapman buddying up
Click here
23 Sep 2008
LIBERAL HYPOCRISY IN THE EPISCOPAL HOUSE OF BISHOPS
- David Virtue's masterly reflection on where we are at. Read it!
Click here - VOL
18 Sep 2008
Pittsburgh Bishop Bob Duncan deposed by the Episcopal Church; joins Province of the Southern Cone
Click here
15 Sep 2008
Archbishop Gomez: need for covenant grows more urgent
Click here - VOL
4 Sep 2008
GAFCON is Future of Anglican Communion..Two Orthodox TEC Dioceses To Work Closer
This article includes six reasons why Archbishop Hiltz was not and should not have been given a hearing at Lambeth.
Click here - David Virtue; summary of summaries
31 Aug & 5 Sep 2008
Anglican Church moves to evict breakaway B.C. clergy
The Star - 31 Aug
Letter to Primates from Bishop Don Harvey, re church seizures in New Westminster diocese
Click here - 5 Sept
29 August 2008
GAFCON Communiqué on establishment of Primates Council and Fellowship
Click here - VOL
29 August 2008
Doing in the faithful in Canada: form letter sent to at least two parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster.
Click here - VOL
25 August 2008
The future after Lambeth for Anglicans - by Graham Kings, Religious Intelligence
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Thursday 31 July
Tonight's Michael Coren show (CTS Ch 25, 8pm – 8:30) featured a first class debate on the Anglican Church.
The participants were Paula Valentine, Ray David Glenn, Lynn Caufield, Peter Wall.
If you missed it, your webmaster has it on his memory stick.
22 July - 21 Aug 2008
Lambeth 2008 news, summaries, reports, interviews, turmoil.
Lambeth 1 news
Lambeth 2
Lambeth 3
Lambeth 4
Lambeth 5
Lambeth 6 (includes Archbishop Greg Venables' BBC video)
Lambeth 7 (Summary by Bishop Don Harvey)
Bishops agree strategy . .
Global South Lambeth statement
Press Conf.
ABC's letter
Indaba Reflections
VOL summary
Pre-Lambeth news, including the Daily Telegraph's list of the 50 most influential figures in the Anglican Church.
6 July 2008
Bp. Tom Wright desperately tries to Spin GAFCON
Click here
29 June - 14 July 2008
Post GAFCOM news, summaries, reports, interviews.
GAFCON 10.5 news
GAFCON 11 news
GAFCON 12 news
GAFCON 13 news
Sign Petition of solidarity.
Maybe this is a good time and place to learn more about Jerusalem from Rev. Dr. Allen Churchill (30 mins audio).
29 June 2008
Anglicans form 'new church,' the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans; will have its own bishops, clergy and theological colleges.
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Ruth Gledhill, The Times
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 June 2008
11 June 08
Arctic synod says recent same-sex blessing votes (including Ottawa's) hurt church unity
Click here - Angican Journal
See also - Religious Intelligence (UK), 22 June
4 June 08
ANGLICAN COMMUNION MUST SEPARATE AND A NEW COMMUNION BE FORMED
Archbishop of Canterbury Condemned as "False Teacher"
COUNTERFEIT COMMUNION AND THE TRUTH THAT SETS FREE
- Major publication from SPREAD to be presented at GAFCON
Click here - VOL
NB: a recommendation is made in the correspondence at the foot of the above link to Archbishop Greg Venables' address to the ANiC national conference 25/26 April 08. This can be viewed via the following page, and is strongly recommended for your understanding of the current situation in the Church:
Videos of key ANiC conference sessions
Saturday 31 May - Sunday 1 June 2008
BISHOP MALCOLM HARDING IN KANATA
Bishop Malcolm is Bishop Suffragan and territorial Archdeacon (Prairies) for ANiC, and a director of Anglican Renewal Ministries and a former ARM Ambassador.
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29 May 2008
Viewpoints : Five Dioceses Oppose Schori...Sauls Spin...New NA Structure a Reality - Duncan
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(Don't miss the scenes of England)
24 May 2008
Gay Bishop: Anglican Communion Sits On Keg Of Gun-powder
Click here
- Saturday Tribune, Nigeria
6 May 2008
Anglicans must share churches, judge rules
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- Toronto Star
1 May 2008
Athabasca synod supports breakaway churches
Click here
- Anglican Journal
28 April 08
Famed Theologian [- J.I. Packer -] Quits Anglican Church of Canada
Click here The Christian Post
and here Lifesight News
25 April 08
Canadian Church in Turmoil..ANiC Conference Ignites Orthodox..More Faithful Flee
Click here
- VOL
24 April 08
Southern Cone bishop lends support to breakaway Anglicans
Click here National Post - 24 Apr 08
22 April 08
Local ANiC and would-be ANiC churches are now listed on this web site
Click here
21 April 08
Anglican leader pulls rival's welcome mat
Click here National Post - 21 Apr 08
18 April 08
Bishops decline request from Network for national talks
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11 April 08
A Virginia court upholds law; supports churches that left the Episcopal Church
Click here
6 April 2008
New Westminster Anglican church ordered to let parishioners in
Click here - CTV.ca
31 March 2008
Pittsburgh: Bishop's attorney says presiding bishop should face presentment
Click here - VOL
4 March 2008
Ecclesiastical Fascism Rearing its Head in Anglican Communion - J I Packer
Click here - VOL
25 February 2008
CBC R1 The Current interviews Archbishop Greg Venables and others: Click
Extract: listen just to Archbishop Venables, answered by Steve Schuh: Click
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The fight over the issue has left Steve Schuh in an awkward situation. He's a member of the Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod. He's also a spokesperson for Integrity Canada, a national organization for gay and lesbian Anglicans. And he worships at St. John's Shaughnessy in Vancouver, a parish that voted to split with the Canadian church earlier this month.
On this same day, Rev. Patricia Coulombe announced her resignation as rector of St. James Leitrim, near Ottawa, and her acceptance as a priest licensed by the Anglican Network in Canada.
20 February 2008
...The greatest irony is that Bishop Ingham and other Church leaders, who openly and deliberately defied the authority of global Church leaders, are now indignantly calling upon those same leaders to intervene and exert their authority over the so-called "dissident" Churches.
Click here - Susan Martinuk, National Post
19 February 2008
Anglican split could spread world-wide.
"You have two versions of Christianity. There are two positions that have moved apart over the last century:
the Bible-based orthodox Christianity that goes back to the early years of the Church and a post-modern Christianity
that believes everybody can find their own truth. And those two things cannot work together."
- Archbishop Greg Venables, Southern Cone.
Click here - Charles Lewis, National Post
18 February 2008
Parish exodus accelerates Anglican rift.
Click here - National Post
17 February 2008
Rift deepens with St. Matthew's parish in Abbotsford joining the Anglican Network in Canada.
Click here - Vancouver Sun
17 February 2008
St. Albans votes 77 to 1 to leave the ACC; the second Ottawa congregation on its way.
Click here - Katie Daubs, Ottawa Citizen
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17 February 2008
Faith Anglican Church is established as the first ANiC parish in our region. The previous day,
Rev Alex Lewanowicz, minister for Bearbrook, Navan and Vars, had become the first Ottawa priest to hand in his licence.
Click here - Jennifer Green, Ottawa Citizen
16 February 2008
As many as 15 Anglican congregations in Canada could separate in the near future.
Click here - Globe and Mail
14 February 2008
Largest Anglican congregation in Canada votes overwhelmingly to leave ACC and unite with the Anglican Network in Canada.
Of 495 ballots cast, only 11 opposed the split and nine abstained at St. John's Shaughnessy Anglican Church, Vancouver.
Click here - Vancouver Sun
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10 February 2008, 7:30 pm
Bishop Don Harvey and Cheryl Chang, from the Anglican Network in Canada, spoke at a public meeting at Sandy Hill Community Centre.
Report back
25 January 2008
"Liberal theology without the gospel has the smell of death rather than of life" - J.I. Packer's state of the world interview with David Virtue
Click here
22 January 2008
Archbishop of Canterbury powerless to stop affiliations with orthodox branches in Latin America and Africa.
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Sandy Hill Community Centre, 250 Somerset East
Parking via Sweetland
An Anglican Alternative
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Sunday, February 10 at 7:30
You have seen disturbing reports in the media of schism in the Anglican Church.
Now you have a chance to hear “the rest of the story..” from Bishop Donald Harvey,
Moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), and Cheryl Chang, lawyer and ANiC board director.
Those who yearn for a biblically faithful Anglican Church are invited to come and
learn about the offer of Adequate Episcopal Oversight made by Archbishop Gregory Venables,
Primate of the Province of the Southern Cone, in South America.
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10 January 2008
N.L. bishop Cyrus Pitman demands new vows from clergy in an attack on his predecessor Bishop Don Harvey.
Click here
9 January 2008
Archbishop Hiltz writes to the primates of the Communion on the Canadian situation.
Click here
6 January 2008
Announcing a brand new independent evangelical church in the Anglican tradition: Kanata Lakes Fellowship.
Serving the people of West Ottawa, and would-be faithful Christians from anywhere.
Church web site
Ottawa Citizen report, 7 January
Interview given 15 January on the background to this church:
28 December 07
A group of orthodox Primates from across the globe announced they will be going to the Holy Land in June,
just weeks before the Lambeth conference in Canterbury "to come together to renew their faith and develop a
fresh vision for our common mission." It will be known as the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) 2008.
Click here
22 December 07
Bishops call in clergy to discuss Anglican Network activity
Click here
9 December 07
San Joaquin Diocese, Fresno, California votes to split from US Episcopal Church; joins Southern Cone
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ANiO arranges public meetings in Ottawa and Pembroke
Ottawa: the McNabb Centre, Sunday 9 December, 7:30 pm
Pembroke: The Best Western Hotel, 10 December, 7:30 pm
Purpose: to report on the Network conference in Burlington 22,23 November, and discuss the way ahead for biblically faithful Anglicans
Ottawa Citizen report on the Ottawa event
30 November 2007
St. Alban's, Ottawa, joins global Anglican battle
Primate appeals to archbishop of Canterbury to help resolve differences with conservatives
Click here
29 November 2007
Archbishop Hiltz has asked that a letter be read in churches this Sunday 2 December at the priest's discretion. This letter may not fool all of the people. Bishop Don Harvey and Archbishop Greg Venables of the Southern Cone have already responded.
Click here
Who is brave enough to pin one or both of their letters to the church door?
27 November 2007
Report from the Burlington conference
From Lifesight News
Norm Henderson's section-by-section analysis on the CoGS statement responding to Bishop Don Harvey's departure to the Southern Cone.
Click here
25 November 2007
Same-sex unions threaten split in diocese
By Daniel Velarde,
Centretown News, Ottawa
Interviewing Rev. Garth Bulmer and Tony Copple
Click here
25 November 2007
Tony Copple, host of Over My head, CKCU 93.1 FM, Ottawa, gives a brief summary of Burlington to a secular audience
22 - 23 November 2007
Reports from the Network Conference at Burlington, Ontario, attended by several from AEO.
Conservative Anglicans look to the Third World,
Charles Lewis, National Post - 23 Nov 2007
Anglican dissenters launch their own church Ottawa Citizen - 23 Nov 2007
Church poisoned, Charles Lewis, National Post, reporting J.I. Packer at the Network conference, Burlington, ON., 22 Nov 2007
The pictures
20 November 2007
Conservative Anglicans pull out of Canadian church - Ottawa Citizen
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18 November 2007
Niagara follows Ottawa and Montreal, lemming-like, in voting for SSB
Click here
Bishop Don Harvey leaves the ACC and points the way ahead
Click here
9 November 2007
‘Realignment' of Anglican Communion underway.
The province of the Southern Cone, which includes Argentina, Peru and Chile and is headed by expatriate British Bishop Greg Venables, is offering itself as a “safe haven” for traditionalist dioceses that wish to secede.
Click here
5 November 2007
'Schismatic' activity concerns church leaders
Click here
4 November 2007
Latest arrangements for Burlington, and other interesting news
Click here
19 October 2007
Synod vote struck us to the core
Letters, Ottawa Citizen - From Tony Copple, President, Anglican Essentials Ottawa
14 October 2007
Huge reaction to Ottawa Synod vote for SSB.
Anglicans back same-sex blessings - Jennifer Green, Ottawa Citizen
See News Release from the Anglican Network in Canada.
Here are many other stories:
Click here
8 October 2007
CTV News, Ottawa, six days before the Ottawa Synod vote
Click here
29 September 2007
“Building on the Solid Rock” 22-23 November Network national members' conference.
Where: CrossRoads Christian Conference Centre, Burlington, Ontario
If you are a member of the Anglican Network in Canada, and you are struggling with your membership in the ACC because of its theological drift away from historic Anglicanism and the “One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church”, you need to attend this conference.
The pictures
29 September 2007
Anglican bishops from ten jurisdictions and organizations pledged to take the first steps toward a “new ecclesiastical structure” in North America. The meeting of the first ever Common Cause Council of Bishops was held in Pittsburgh September 25-28.
Click here
27 September 2007
Oops - No Moratoria - Jefferts Schori
26 September 2007
NIGERIA: Our Pleas Have Once Again Been Ignored by TEC HOB - Archbishop Akinola
26 September 2007
Bishops reject same-sex blessings - The Times - 26 Sept, also, see Ottawa Citizen
25 September 2007
No retreat, no surrender and certainly an advance of the denomination's pansexual agenda, albeit more slowly, out of deference to Global South leaders who have yet to catch up with the 21st Century post-Christian world of TEC.
Click here
25 September 2007
Bishops Send Contrary Signals over Sodomy
25 September 2007
Split predicted by year end
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21 September 2007
Candid exchanges - Report after the ABC had departed New Orleans.
21 September 2007
Speech of Presiding Bishop Mouneer Anis to the TEC House of Bishops, New Orleans
This is an encouraging statement indeed from the birthplace of Christianity.
Click here
19 September 2007
Ottawa Synod to consider SSB for the second time. Motion reads: “Be it resolved that this synod requests that the bishop grant permission for clergy, whose conscience permits, to bless duly solemnized and registered civil marriages between same-sex couples, where one party is baptized; and that he authorizes an appropriate rite and guidelines for its use in supportive parishes.”
Click here
13 September 2007
House of Bishops will wrestle with their future in the Episcopal Church - Virtue on-line
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13 September 2007
Open letter to the ABC from the bishops of Nigeria,asking him to postpone the Lambeth Conference and to expect all invited to have 'already endorsed the Anglican Covenant'. This follows on from Peter Akinola's statement 19 August below
Click here
12 September 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury strives to preserve the communion, by John Wilkins,
National Catholic Reporter, London
Click here
30 August 2007
Two US Bishops consecrated in Kenya - 30 Aug 2007. At the consecrations of newly installed Bishops Bill Atwood and Bill Murdock by the Church of Kenya (in Nairobi, August 30) and Bishop-elect John Guernsey by the Church of Uganda (in Mbarara, September 2), Bishop Donald Harvey, Canon Charlie Masters and Cheryl Chang represented the Anglican Network in Canada. See video.
20 August 2007
Legal experts tackle same-sex questions arising from poorly thought out motions at general synod
Click here
19 August 2007
A Most Agonizing Journey towards Lambeth 2008 - Major statement from Archbishop Peter Akinola
This has been a long, debilitating, but seemingly futile journey which must soon come to an end. One last time, he calls on the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) and the Episcopal Church to repent, reverse current unscriptural policies, and return to the historic, biblical faith.
Click here
14 August 2007
How long, O Lord, how long?
by Bishop Don Harvey
7 August 2007
Ottawa Diocese Planning Study - Executive summary. Study undertaken by by Myrlene Boken.
Bishop Chapman was interviewed on CBC Radio, 7 August, on local church closures -
Open letter to the Bishop of Ottawa by Tony Copple - 5 Aug 2007
20 July 2007
Global South Primates respond to Canada's General Synod decisions
Click here
9 July 2007
Anglicans: a Church in confusion, by Rev. Canon Eric Beresford,
Special to Globe and Mail Update
Click here. See a comment linking this with the next item.
5 July 2007
Marriage is to do with the church's relationship to her redeemer. What could be more core doctrine than that?” - Bishop of Rochester Nazir Ali
Click here
5 July 2007
It's started - 2 parishes offer same-sex ceremonies - The Anglican Journal
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4 July 2007
ANIC Newsletter, with much of relevance following Synod, including a statement by Bishop Don Harvey
Click here
2 July 2007
Not so out of touch - those bishops, by Tony Copple
Click here
29 June 2007
Bishops discuss fallout from same-gender vote at GS07
Click here
28 June 2007
ANGLICAN GATHERING following General Synod
Where: St. George's church, 152 Metcalfe St.
When: 7 pm, Thursday 28 June 2007
What: Evening Prayer, followed by an opportunity for questions and answers
This event allowed us to hear informal reports from General Synod and reflect on their implications
All welcome
25 June 2007
ACC votes no/yes - Anglican Church rejects blessing same-sex unions, Ottawa Citizen
... but listen to The Reverend George Sinclair interviewed this day on CFRA out of Ottawa
Motions and voting
20 June 2007
The issues debated on CBC Radio 1 from Ottawa Gillian Wallace and Tony Copple, Ottawa Morning - 20 June 2007
18 June 2007
Divided Anglicans to vote on issue of same-sex union by Richard Foot,
The Ottawa Citizen
The religious world will be watching Winnipeg as Canada's oldest Protestant church struggles to avoid a schism in the church.
Mid June 2007
Q & A on SSB by ACC - prepared in advance of GS07.
This is on The GS07 Webpage.
8 June 2007
Why Lambeth could fail - David Virtue, 8 June 07
TEC will fight to the bitter end for properties
- a comprehensive analysis of the sorry state of affairs
30 May 2007
24.7 on-line prayer room
Intercession for General Synod. Sign up and get praying....
17 May 2007
Rev. Canon Charlie Masters, National Director of Anglican Essentials, appeared on 100 Huntley Street as one of the stops on his Cross- canada Tour "Now is the Time." He was interviewed by Ron Mainse.
Download Complete 100 Huntley Street program from 17 May
Program #7806. Your webmaster holds a copy on disk.
Five days before he had spoken at St. George's Church, Ottawa. See pictures and hear sounds.
4 May 2007
Essentials comments on the 1 May HoB statement.
Authored by Rt. Rev. Don Harvey, Dr. J.I Packer, Rev David Short.
Click here
1 May 2007
Bishops' pastoral statement to go to General Synod
Click here
20 April 2007
I am seeing the future and it ain't pretty...Bishops prepare pastoral care plan for General Synod
HoB makes omminous pronouncement
10 April 2007
Anglican Esentials Canada sends letter to all Anglican Church of Canada Bishops, in advance of Synod.
Read the letter
6 April 2007
An open letter from academic theologians to Canadian bishops. Food for thought in considering the COGS motions for synod.
26 March 2007
Archbishop Gregory Venables, Primate of the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone, issued the following statement in response to the March 2007 meeting of the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops.
Click here
21 March 2007
Episcopal Church's House of Bishops statement - "a message to God's people" - responding to the Tanzanian communiqué
Click here
22 March 2007
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DIOCESE OF OTTAWA
At their recent meeting in Tanzania the Primates of the worldwide Anglican Communion, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada, (ACC), and the Episcopal Church in the United States, (TEC), issued and signed a Communiqué that seeks to address the current crisis faced by our Communion. In their Communiqué the Primates affirm that:
- The Biblical and traditional Christian teaching on human sexuality is faithfulness in heterosexual marriage and abstinence in singleness. The Primates uphold this as the standard Anglican teaching, definitively expressed in the 1998 Lambeth Conference Resolution 1.10.
- The unity of the Anglican Communion has been threatened by the actions of TEC and the ACC in challenging the Anglican standard of teaching on human sexuality.
- There is no "moral equivalence" between those Primates who have intervened in TEC to offer protection to Episcopalians upholding Biblical and Communion teaching, and the actions of TEC in departing from that teaching. The Primates deem the latter to be a more serious threat to the Communion than the former.
- In order to avoid further walking apart from the Communion, TEC, (and by extension ACC), must follow through on the recommendations of the Windsor Report, including a moratorium on all same-sex blessings and the Episcopal Consecration of those living in same-sex relationships, as well as an affirmation of 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10. The Primates have given the House of Bishops of TEC until September 30, 2007 to respond.
- The Primates have also requested that all lawsuits in TEC involving property be suspended, and that congregations alienated from their diocese or national church be allowed full access to their buildings. The Primates are committed to ensuring adequate pastoral oversight for those who uphold Communion teaching within a diocese or national church that does not.
In response to the serious nature of the Communiqué we call upon the Diocese of Ottawa as a body, and its members individually, bishop, clergy, and laity to:
- Carefully consider our attitudes and actions and take whatever steps necessary, including repentance, to conform our lives and teaching to the standards outlined in the Communiqué.
- Pray for healing of relationships so as to restore the bonds of affection.
- Read Communiqué in full. You can do so at www.anglicancommunion.org
We make this urgent appeal as concerned clergy of the diocese and for the sake of the unity of the church, the cause of the Gospel, and the greater glory of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
In the Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
The Very Rev'd Roger Briggs
The Rev'd Andrea Christensen
The Rev'd Pat Coulombe
The Rev'd David Crawley
The Rev'd Archie Hunter
The Rev'd Frank Kirby
The Rev'd Alex Lewanowicz
The Ven. Tim Parent
The Rev'd Stephen Silverthorne
The Rev'd George Sinclair
The Rev'd Desiree Stedman
The Rev'd Neil Stephens
The Rev'd Donald Tudin
The Rev'd Scott Whitfield
The Rev'd Margo Whittaker
The Rev'd Jennifer Wickham
2 March 2007
Bishop Don Harvey arrived in Ottawa for 3 days of gatherings, discussions and preaching engagements.
See photos and comment and poster
28 Feb 2007
ANiC response to the Tanzanian communiqué
19 Feb 2007
The Primates' Meeting, Dar es Salaam, Draft covenant
and Communiqué - 19 Feb 2007
9 Jan 2007
Network membership grows - four more parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster formally affiliated with the Anglican Network in Canada.
Fall 2006
Battle for the Soul of Canada by Ed Hird, published. Subtitle: Raising up the emerging generation of leaders.
Read Dr. J.I. Packer's foreword. J.I. Packer video. Ed Hird on Huntley St. - discussing the book (video).
30 October 2006
Anglican Gathering of Ottawa
2nd Annual General Meeting
The three existing directors - Tony Copple, Rev George Sinclair, Jane Manary - were re-elected. Two new directors were elected: Rev David Crawley and Rev Jennifer Wickham. The members voted to change our name from the Anglican Gathering of Ottawa to Anglican Essentials Ottawa, and the definition of members changes to members of Anglican Essentials Canada living in the diocese of Ottawa who apply to be members.
21 October 2006
At the Ottawa Synod (where the state of world Anglicanism was not discussed) Bishop Peter Coffin announced his retirement, effective at the end of the summer, 2007.
18 October 2006
The Panel of Reference and New Westminster Diocese: analysis by the Anglican Communion Institute (UK)
Click here
August 2006
Life after Deposition, by Rev. Phil Ashey, South Riding Church (Anglican) Virginia, USA
A powerful testimony. Essential reading.
Click here
2 July 2006
Response from Nigeria - (unapproving)
Click here
30 June 2006
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27 June 2006
A Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury following General Convention 2006
'Challenge and Hope' for the Anglican Communion.
Click here Audio, spoken by the ABC (recommended).
26 June 2006
TEK poised to become a rival Anglican Communion? - David Virtue and Auburn Traycik
Click here
21 June 2006
Episcopal Church General Convention votes to “walk apart” from Global Anglican
Communion by Clear Rejection of Windsor Report Recommendations
Click here and here
6 June 2006
New Laws Will Force UK Churches to Bless Gay Unions
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28 May 2006
Re: Gays are the oppressed, not Anglican clergy
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27 May 2006
Re: Conservative Anglicans livid over lesbian priest in Ottawa - 27 May
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Text only
22 May
Heads in the sand
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20 May 2006
Torn asunder. Same-sex ceasefire ends for Anglican Church.
Ottawa at centre of possible international schism. Conservative Anglicans livid over lesbian priest in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen
Click here Text only
8 May
ECUSA narrowly avoids a larger showdown at General Convention - California elects heterosexual bishop
Click here
28 April
Archbishop Hutchison to retire before Lambeth 2008
Click here or here
21 April
EKKLESIA leader Bill Atwood blasts ECUSA Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold over sexuality statement
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19 April
Lay Episcopalians for the Anglican Communion - LEAC - targets "heretical" US bishops, 19 April
March 9, 2006 - Archbishop of Canterbury will not reopen sexuality debate at Lambeth 2008
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March 6, 2006 - Bishop Coffin breaks pledge; Archdeacon Stedman resigns
Click here
February 17, 2006 - For pictures and an audio sermon from Bishop Don Harvey's visit to Ottawa Feb, 2006,
Click here
February, 2006
Ottawa parish withholds apportionment for the second year running. Crosstalk, Feb 2006
February 13 2006 - Further Thoughts To Our Open Letter
Dear All,
- The emails by Dean Shane Parker and others have moved our thinking. This
is a brief response by some of the Open Letter writers. We desire to truly
understand the significance of the Episcopal action and are grateful for the
insights of others.
- We would like to apologize for any harm caused by our use of the
word "open" in regard to the relationship in question. We intended to say
that the priest had been open and above board with the Diocese as regard to
her marital status.
- We did not say that conversations were over. We said that the question in
the Diocese of Ottawa is no longer, "Can we bless same sex unions?" The
Episcopal action has ended that conversation. There are potentially many new
questions. From our point of view, the new question is, "Can we, as a
Diocese return to traditional scriptural teaching in all areas of human
sexuality?"
- We think that Dean Parker's clarification makes the significance of what
has occurred greater rather than lesser. In an Episcopal Synodical system of
church governance such as we have, the Bishop has great power. He also has
special powers and obligations with regard to questions of doctrine and
Christian teaching. If Synod had made the decision there is the chance of
the Bishop intervening. Given that it is the Bishop who has acted, it is not
clear how the Synod can now act.
- Let us explain why we think the 'granting of permission' to a same sex
married priest is of great significance to our Diocese and the Communion.
For the issue at hand, there is no valid distinction between
being 'licensed' and being 'granted permission'. In fact, the
letter 'granting permission' normally states this. In both of these cases
a priest is welcomed to function as a priest in good standing in the Diocese.
- By this recent action the Bishop has declared that a same sex
marriage is equivalent to heterosexual marriage. He has
declared that a priest in a same sex marriage can be a priest in good
standing in the Diocese of Ottawa. The Bishop in his pastoral letter to the
Diocese underscores this point by warmly commending the priest in question
to us.
- So it is now the case that a priest in the Diocese of Ottawa must be
faithful in heterosexual marriage, or faithful in same sex marriage, or
sexually abstinent in singleness. This is the de facto policy. It was
created by the person in the Diocese with special powers as regard to
Christian teaching and the calling of clergy.
- If a priest in this Diocese was to now perform a perfectly legal same sex
marriage, on what possible basis can they be disciplined? On what possible
basis can the Bishop, or any Diocesan official, say that a priest in this
Diocese cannot officiate at a same sex marriage? There is now no basis for
such policies.
- This is why we say that the question before the Diocese is no
longer, "Can we bless same sex unions?" This question has been answered in
the Diocese of Ottawa. We are now in the day of a whole new range of
questions.
- We, along with the majority of the Anglican Communion, are bearing
witness that the historic biblical Christian teaching is for faithfulness in
heterosexual marriage or sexual abstinence in singleness. We are also
bearing witness that we believe that this is true and continues to be
relevant. We believe, with great sadness, that the new practice in the
Diocese is wrong.
- Please pray for us, as we continue to pray for the Bishop and this
Diocese.
Under the Mercy
George Sinclair
Dave Crawley
Pat Coulombe
Desiree Stedman
Roger Briggs
Archie Hunter
February 9 2006 -
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DIOCESE OF OTTAWA
It is with sadness that we write this open letter. We are distressed that our Diocese has taken actions that deepen the crisis in the Anglican Communion. We regret that we must publicly disagree with our Bishop.
In December, The Bishop of Ottawa, with the knowledge of others in diocesan leadership, granted permission to a priest in an open same-gendered relationship to officiate in this diocese. This action is in breach of the General Synod process in place in this country and puts our relationship with the world-wide Anglican Communion in jeopardy.
Lambeth Conference, 1998, reaffirmed historic, Biblical teaching on what it means to be a sexual being and a Christian, which is faithfulness in heterosexual marriage and abstinence in singleness. The Windsor Report of 2004 warned that moves in any direction that contradicted this reaffirmation would be seen as a choice on the part of the Anglican Church of Canada to "walk apart" from the rest of the world-wide Anglican Communion. The Primates' Communiqué of February 2005 requested that the Anglican Church of Canada repent of its actions and re-establish the bonds of affection seriously broken by the moves to affirm same-gendered relationships as holy and equivalent to marriage. The St. Michael's Report states that this matter is an issue of doctrine and must be decided by General Synod. As well, this Diocese has a history of making decisions by due synodical process and consensus. The recent actions, however, have bypassed Synod and jumped even further into this controversy by legitimizing same-gendered relationships as holy and as an appropriate lifestyle for ordained persons. The discussions on doctrine, world-wide communion and historic, biblical teaching have been closed by this clear action to affirm the orders of this priest.
Arguing that this is not a change of policy but rather nothing more than the extension of hospitality is a word game. Our Diocese is under no canonical obligation to license or grant permission to a priest who moves here from another Diocese, so the action taken is not due to canonical compulsion or requirement. There is no valid distinction between being 'licensed' and 'granting permission' by the Bishop. Either way there is a breach in the understanding of what constitutes "good standing" for a priest and jeopardizes our place in the Communion.
Without further debate or discussion this action of the Diocese of Ottawa has set us on the course to fully embracing a new policy with regards to same-gendered blessings and issues surrounding Holy Orders. De facto, there is no Biblical constraint to faithfulness in heterosexual marriage or sexual abstinence in singleness; same-gendered unions are acceptable.
Dialogue, debate and study have been answered by this action. The question before the Diocese is no longer, "Can we bless same-sex unions?" The question now is, "Can we, as a Diocese, return to traditional Scriptural teaching in all areas of human sexuality?" This action causes a crisis of conscience for all Anglicans who desire to be faithful to Christ and His Word and to those who wish to remain within the world-wide Anglican Communion.
This is not an attack on a person and no ill will is intended towards this particular couple or anyone else in same-gendered relationships. We are compelled by the Gospel to love. We repudiate any suggestion that we feel otherwise. However, in light of world-wide events and the actions taken by this Diocese we must speak out, in conscience, so that members of the Diocese of Ottawa know clearly what has transpired and what it means for us all.
May the Lord have mercy upon us and may each of us seek to live under His grace.
Roger Briggs
Pat Coulombe
David Crawley
Archie Hunter
Alex Lewanowicz
George Sinclair
Desiree Stedman
February 6 2006 - An Open Letter to our Diocese from the Executive Committee of the Anglican Gathering of Ottawa.
Anglican Bishop Gives His “Blessing” to Same-Sex "Marriage"
Bishop Peter Coffin of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa changed the course of the Anglican Church in Ottawa when he recently granted permission to an American priest in a same-sex "marriage" to function as a priest in this diocese. She is currently part of the pastoral team in a downtown church working in a non-stipendiary capacity. While Bishop Coffin insists he hasn't broken his promise to wait for the outcome of General Synod 2007 before moving forward with same-sex "marriages," in welcoming this priest to function in our diocese, he has in effect acted preemptively. Orthodox Anglicans feel betrayed by his recent actions and are dismayed by the fracture that will inevitably follow.
Priests are supposed to be held to a high moral standard. That standard has always been faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman or abstinence. If a bishop sanctions same-sex "marriage" in the priesthood, surely there can be no basis for refusing to marry any same-sex couple.
The current teaching of the Anglican Church is that homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture. The Anglican Church of Canada was suspended from the Anglican Consultative Council last summer for allowing same-sex blessings in the Diocese of New Westminster, B.C. A moratorium on same-sex blessings in this country was agreed upon by the House of Bishops last year but Bishop Peter is arguing that because this priest was ordained and married in the Diocese of Massachusetts, he has done nothing wrong. However, it is most unlikely that the majority in the worldwide Anglican Church will be satisfied by this line of reasoning.
The Anglican Gathering of Ottawa was incorporated in 2004 to provide guidance and support to parishes and individuals wanting to remain faithful to traditional, biblical Anglican doctrine and practice. Our mandate is to remain within the worldwide Anglican Communion even if that means parting ways with the Anglican Church of Canada. Although the issue of same-sex "marriage" is in the limelight now, the fundamental divide stems from different beliefs about the authority of Scripture. We strongly object to Bishop Coffin's actions and call upon him to rescind his permission to this priest to function in the Diocese of Ottawa.
February 2 2006 - Recent History of the present Anglican Crisis
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January, 2006
- Anglican decline in Canada worse than previously thought
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Oct 30, 2005 - Communiqué from The Third Anglican Global South to South Encounter in Egypt.
News, Views & Prayers re Global South Encounter in Egypt - Nov 15, 2005
Jul 26, 2005 - Conservative Anglicans Envision Western Hemisphere Alliance.
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Jun 22, 2005 - Nottingham ACC suspension upheld (The Anglican Planet).
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Jun 20, 2005 - Orthodox Canadian Anglicans Launch New
Organization to Show Support for Global Anglicanism (The Anglican Planet).
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May 2005 - Rev. David Short interviewed by Sue Careless (The Anglican Planet)
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Apr 27, 2005 - Canadian Bishops refuse to commit to withdrawal from Anglican Consultative Council
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The Canadian Anglican House of Bishops statement may be found here.
Mar 8, 2005 - Statement by the Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council
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Mar 8, 2005 - A statement by the Most Rev. Andrew S. Hutchison
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
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Mar 5, 2005 - Anglican divide becomes a chasm - Toronto Star article
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Feb 25, 2005 - Primates Meeting Reports
Action against ECUSA and ACC
Feb 11, 2005 - Anglican Gathering: Edith Humphrey spoke in Ottawa on Feb 11, 2005 on the immediate issues facing Anglicanism following the publication of the Windsor Report.
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Jan 13, 2005 - Lobby your MP on traditional marriage. You have until Jan 31, 2005 to make a difference.
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Dec 1, 2004 - Archbishop of Canterbury leads gay summit.
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Oct 19, 2004 - Anglican Essentials Canada, together with
the two organizations formed at The Way Forward Conference - The Anglican Network
in Canada and the Federation - have today issued a joint Press Release in response
to yesterday's "Wi
