Anglican Mission in England comes of age

Dec 3, 2017 by

by Julian Mann, Virtueonline:

The Anglican Mission in England, launched by the Archbishops of the Global Anglican Future Conference in 2011 to support biblically orthodox Anglican ministry outside the Church of England, is now coming of age.

With the upcoming ordination of nine men on Thursday (December 7th) in East London by Andy Lines, consecrated in June by the Anglican Church in North America as missionary bishop to Europe, AMIE can no longer be accused of being an angry adolescent jumping up and down on the side-lines.

What was striking was the statemanslike nature of the statement by AMIE’s mission director Lee McNunn announcing the ordinations. This belied the juvenile headline by the allegedly evangelical but actually liberal-leaning website, Christian Today: ‘Rival Anglican church ordains new clergy in challenge to Justin Welby’ (current Archbishop of Canterbury).

Mr McNunn did not minimise the corrosive false teaching in the Church of England but made clear that AMiE is wanting to position itself positively for biblical truth rather than acting as a protest movement fired by what it does not believe in:

‘We know that many faithful Anglicans remain within the structures of the Church of England. However, some are finding their entry to ordination blocked by liberal clergy who do not believe orthodox Anglican teachings, like Jesus being the only way to be saved. Moreover, an increasing number of those exploring ordination now have no interest in joining what they see as a fundamentally compromised denomination. They are distressed by the number of senior clergy who are keen to bless what the Bible calls sin. Many are now talking to AMiE about a different way of being an Anglican in England.’

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