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BIRMINGHAM, AL: (1/14/2006)--A group of orthodox Canadian Anglicans who had become disenchanted with the theological direction of their national church, and fled, have now found a permanent home in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Leaders of the Anglican Coalition in Canada (formerly Anglican Communion in Canada) told VirtueOnline that a new day has dawned and that a new orthodox Anglican expression of the faith is now "open for business" across Canada, to provide an alternative to what they say is the apostasy and false teaching within the Anglican Church of Canada. The Rev. Ed Hird, Communications Director for the ACiC and...

CANADIAN ANGLICANS LAUNCH NEW ORGANIZATIONS FOR PERSECUTED FAITHFUL by David W. Virtue in Ottawa OTTAWA, ON-(8/31/2004)--Leaders of 700 orthodox Canadian Anglicans meeting under the banner of ESSENTIALS, announced yesterday the formation of two new organizations - a Federation and a Network - to allow beleaguered Anglicans a safe place from revisionist diocesan bishops. The formation of these organizations arose as a result of recent actions of the General Synod in its passing of an amendment declaring the integrity and sanctity of committed, adult, same-sex relationships. The Federation will act as an umbrella for all orthodox Canadian Anglicans, bishops, clergy and...

Breakaway Anglicans won't vacate churches Bishop trying to evict two parishes that left church over blessings of same-sex unions By Douglas Todd, Sun Religion Reporter VANCOUVER: Two B.C. priests at breakaway Anglican parishes are defying their former bishop's request to vacate their church properties, which are together worth more than $1.2 million. The two Vancouver-area conservative priests – who recently left the Anglican Church of Canada because they vehemently oppose same-sex blessings – say their congregations have no intention of saying goodbye to the buildings in which they have worshipped for years. “We own the premises and we’re carrying on...

Priests to fight 'eviction notices' By Ethan Baron, Staff Reporter, Vancouver Province Newspaper Two Anglican priests have vowed to fight "eviction" from their West Coast churches, as the battle over same-sex unions heats up. Rev. Barclay Mayo and Rev. Ed Hird notified Bishop Michael Ingham in March that they were severing their ties to the New Westminster Diocese and the Anglican Church of Canada. Now, Ingham has sent the priests letters they call ‘eviction notices’. “I would invite you to seek out alternative worship space for those whom you lead,” Ingham said in his letters dated June 23. “He’s invoking...

Press Release: The Anglican Communion in Canada. Anglican Bishop Attempts to Evict Orthodox Congregations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2004 The Anglican parish congregations of Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, Pender Harbour (formerly St. Andrew’s) and St. Simon’s, Deep Cove received notices threatening eviction from the Rt. Rev. Michael Ingham, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster. Bishop Ingham told the leadership of these churches that, unless they “reconsider the actions” taken, they are “to seek alternate worship space for those whom you lead.” A third congregation, Richmond Emmanuel Church, (formerly Emmanuel Church, Richmond) received a “Notice of Closure”...

The orthodox Anglican organization previously known as The Anglican Communion in New Westminster has now expanded in scope to encompass support to all orthodox Anglicans in Canada who may be looking for an alternative to the increasingly apostate Anglican Church of Canada. If you click on the above weblink it will take you to the new home page of the Anglican Communion in Canada. Contrary to the lies being promulgated by some of the ACC, the ACIC is very much part of the Anglican Communion. It is currently in Communion with, and supported by the following: The Most Rev. Datuk...

Four Priests Resign Bishop Michael Ingham has accepted the resignation of four clergy who no longer consider themselves members of the Anglican Church of Canada. The priests involved are the Rev. Barclay Mayo, former rector of St. Andrew's, Pender Harbour, the Rev. Silas Ng, former rector of the Church of Emmanuel, Richmond, the Rev. Ed Hird, former rector of St. Simon's, North Vancouver, and the Rev. Paul Carter, a priest on leave from the diocese. "While a parting of the ways is always sad, I am glad that they have finally clarified the situation and made it clear they are...

Anglicans at Crossroads, BC Christian News, Peter Chattaway, May 2004 Vol 24 #5 With a historic national vote on the blessing of same-sex unions only weeks away, the divisions within the Anglican Church of Canada deepened last month as the clergy at four Vancouver-area congregations resigned from the church but said that they do not intend to leave their parishes. Rev. Paul Carter, whose Immanuel Westside congregation has never officially belonged to the Anglican church, said he and the other clergy - representing St. Simon's in North Vancouver, St. Andrew's in Pender Harbour and Church of Emmanuel in Richmond -...