[ccmay]

Any news about whether any of the smaller Continuing Anglican organizations who already broke away are going to come back into communion with this new group?

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[PAR35]

Any news about whether any of the smaller Continuing Anglican organizations who already broke away are going to come back into communion with this new group?

It's my understanding that none of the Continuing groups are on board at this point. Sionnsar would likely be able to give a more definitive answer.

[sionnsar]

Any news about whether any of the smaller Continuing Anglican organizations who already broke away are going to come back into communion with this new group?

Not very likely. As my (Continuing Anglican) bishop put it, returning to the worldwide Anglican Communion just puts you back in communion with those same heretical folks (or something like that). What's the purpose?

Instead, we're seeing a slow reunification of the CA churches.

[AnalogReigns]

Any news about whether any of the smaller Continuing Anglican organizations who already broke away are going to come back into communion with this new group?

It is my understanding that, due to the kind of laisezz faire (allowing churches to decide for themselves) attitude toward womens' ordination to the priesthood within this coalition, Continuing Anglican churches are not a part of this. Bishop Duncan did announce that the new Anglican Province of North America will not allow women bishops however.

The various groups making up this new Anglican Province of North America are members of a group called the The Common Cause Partners, who are:

* American Anglican Council
* Anglican Coalition in Canada
* Anglican Communion Network
* Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA)
* Anglican Network in Canada
* Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA)
* Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas
* Forward in Faith, North America
* The Reformed Episcopal Church

It's especially striking that the Reformed Episcopal Church is a part of this, as they broke away from the Episcopal Church over 120 years ago.

Evangelical Episcopalians have traditionally been open to female ministers (I think it's fair to say they had bigger fish to fry with gay bishops and all), whereas continuing Anglicans, based on Tradition, strongly oppose womens' ordination.

I'm an evangelical, however, I also (for primarily biblical reasons, with Tradition being 2ndary) oppose womens' ordination. I would like to see the new organization see the light on this issue--and in my opinion they will, eventually--but for now, none of the component organizations will be asked to change their policies (some do ordain women, others don't).

I've found that oddly enough, younger evangelicals tend to be more conservative on the womens' ordination issue than the baby-boomer and up age range of evangelicals. Maybe the Gen-X and younger have grown-up with the results of hyper-feminism and just don't like it....