Breakaway Anglican Priest could be the Future of Anglicanism in UK
by David Virtue, VOL:
The Rev. Lee McMunn looks, talks and moves like a man in a hurry.
He is watching England in the throes of complete spiritual meltdown. The Church of England offers little spiritual guidance or counter to the culture while it slowly capitulates on sexuality. The Church of England gives no gospel hope to a nation that has less than one million Christian worshippers in a country of 66 million.
McMunn, 43, born in Scotland, is the dynamic evangelical priest of Trinity Church, Scarborough in North Yorkshire. He started Trinity Church after he became disillusioned with the direction of the Church of England. He saw the theological direction the mother church was taking and switched his allegiance to the small but growing Anglican Mission in England with some 23 parishes. The upstart denomination has its own bishop in the person of Andy Lines. It can grow, unencumbered by a state church which McMunn sees as theologically moribund, increasingly unevangelical, unwilling to tell people that they are sinners in need of salvation. Church planting is his passion.
McMunn brought his message of hope and church growth to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word in Souderton, PA recently, under the leadership of the Rt. Rev Julian Dobbs.
“AMiE is a fellowship of faithful Anglican churches committed to gospel mission. We are passionate about planting, strengthening and partnering for the salvation of many and the glory of God. We run two conferences each year in order to refresh our minds, bodies and spirits as we seek to spread the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ,” McMunn told VOL in an interview.
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