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 Purpose
The Anglican Mission exists to glorify God and to serve, grow and multiply local churches that love Jesus Christ. We are focused on reaching the world He died to save by building an alliance committed to gathering, planting and serving dynamic churches in the Anglican tradition.
Call
The Anglican Mission's goal is reaching the 130 million un-churched in the U.S. and some 20 million in Canada with the transforming reality of Jesus Christ.
Mission
The Anglican Mission is committed to fulfilling (GC) 2 Christ's Great Commandments and Great Commission
"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself'" (Matthew 22:37-38).
"Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age'" (Matthew 28:18-20).
Anglican Mission 's Ministry.
- Praying
- Making disciples who make disciples
- Applying the truth of Scripture to our daily lives
- Seeking and sharing the transforming love of Jesus Christ
- Planting new congregations
- Strengthening churches to impact culture
- Empowering and equipping clergy and lay ministers
- Fueling passion for service
- Building community through relationships
- Remaining accountable
Our Worship is Ancient.Future
Our approach to worship is rooted in historic traditions of the earliest Christian Church but often is colored with contemporary and fresh expressions that engage the senses, connecting with people's hearts and minds. This unique blend of the ancient and future provides a means of capturing the imagination of a society immersed in images of the media and Internet. Our churches offer a wide variety and diversity in worship expressions while upholding the Biblical and historic essentials of Christian faith.
Power of Sacraments
We celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper (Holy Eucharist) as commanded by Jesus.
The Historic Episcopate
We uphold the historic order of Bishops in the administration of the church's life and mission.
Anglican Mission's Story
The Beginning.
For generations, the United States and other nations in the 'west' sent missionaries, armed with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to the far reaches of the globe. In the 20 th century, many churches in the west abandoned the truth of Scripture and essential beliefs of Christian teaching, resulting in a crisis of faith and leadership. The U.S. is now home to the largest population of un-churched and spiritually disconnected English-speaking people in the world who are searching for true meaning and significance.
While churches in America are rapidly declining in membership, Christianity is experiencing a dynamic renewal and expansion in many other parts of the world, including Africa, Asia and South America , known collectively as the Global South. Professor Philip Jenkins of Penn State ( The Next Christendom ) and others have noted this phenomenal shift "southward." As Newsweek magazine proclaimed in a major article in 2001, "Countries that were once considered Christian homelands have become the mission territories of the new millennium." In a groundbreaking response to the western crisis, some leaders of the Anglican Church in Africa and Asia acted to provide seeds of hope for the dire situation in the U.S. , by establishing the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) .
In 2000, Archbishops Emmanuel Kolini ( Province of Rwanda ) and Moses Tay ( Province of South East Asia ) consecrated the Rev. Chuck Murphy and the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers as missionary bishops to the U.S. At a gathering in Amsterdam on July 28 of the same year, the Anglican Mission in America was formalized as a missionary outreach charged with fulfilling the Great Commission through church planting. Four additional bishops were consecrated in Denver in 2001 by Archbishop Kolini and Archbishop Yong Ping Chung (Archbishop Tay's successor who served as archbishop until his retirement in February 2006).
The Anglican Mission is directly connected to its Province and operates under the authority of the Archbishop. Our bishops are full members of the Rwandan House of Bishops responsible for overseeing Rwanda 's missionary outreach to North America .
The Anglican Mission provides a way for congregations and clergy to remain connected to the one holy catholic and apostolic Church through the leadership in Rwanda while being free of the crises of faith, leadership and mission in the Anglican Church.
Enlarging the tent.
From its beginning, the Anglican Mission has grown steadily, breaking into new territories through initiating church plants as well as receiving existing congregations. The Anglican Mission has extended its focus to provide oversight not only for churches in the continental U.S. , but also for congregations in Puerto Rico and Canada . Dozens of new works are in progress in the U.S. and Canada , demonstrating that God is "providing the increase."
In 2007, the Anglican Mission expanded its structure at the request of Archbishop Kolini by creating the Anglican Mission in the Americas . This umbrella organization includes the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA), the Anglican Coalition of Canada (ACiC) and the Anglican Coalition in America (ACiA). This structure embraces two countries (the U.S. and Canada ) as well as two positions on the ordination of women. Both the ACiC and the ACiA ordain women to the priesthood, as does the Province of Rwanda , while the AMiA maintains its policy of ordaining women only to the diaconate. The Anglican Mission in the Americas provides a way to maintain the integrity, and honor the consciences, of those with differing positions and policies on women's ordination.
Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda
Statement on the Creation of the AMiA
The Most Rev'd. Emmanuel M. Kolini
The Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) serves as a missionary outreach of the Province of Rwanda , under the authority of the Provincial Synod, The House of Bishops, and the Archbishop of the Province, as stipulated by the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Rwanda.
The Anglican Mission was established in response to what a group of orthodox clergy and leaders from the United States described in 1999 as a severe "crisis of faith and leadership" within the Anglican Church, USA . Following a series of meetings with concerned Primates in Singapore and Kampala during 1999, and in response to a carefully documented petition for intervention presented by these orthodox leaders from the U.S., the AMiA was created in July of 2000 following passage of a formal resolution in the Rwandan House of Bishops in January of that year calling for the consecration of missionary bishops to be sent to the United States, and to serve in a mission field within that country that presently comprises an estimated 130 million unchurched people.
The Anglican Mission exists to glorify God by sharing and spreading the good news of Jesus Christ in the U.S.A., and by building an alliance of leaders and congregations committed to fulfilling our Lord's Great Commission by gathering, planting, and serving dynamic churches in the Anglican tradition within that country. As endorsed by both the House of Bishops and the Provincial Synod, this missionary outreach presently enjoys an appropriate level of autonomy due to differences in geographical and cultural setting as provided for by the Constitution of the Province of Rwanda . |
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