Thursday, November 22, 2007

More live from Burlington

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[Anglican Essentials Canada] 22 Nov 2007--This afternoon I understand that some legal implications will be discussed. For obvious reasons, I’m not planning on blogging anything sensitive. Anything else I’ll update here as the afternoon goes on.

Note on numbers:

There are 52 million in the Anglican communion. Official number 77 million (lots of nominal CoE in that). Provinces that have sent greetings today total 12.5 million. CAPA totals 32 million.

Church planting Not so much here about creating a lifeboat than it is about creating a fishing boat. Church planting should be a normal part as what we are about.

St Johns Richmond, planted from St Johns Shawnessey - took 30-40 key people from St Johns Shawnessy. Involved in a collaborative ministry with Baptist church. Earthly gathering reflects what is happening spiritually. God is due the glory (amen!) All church-plant is simply a congregation at the beginning stages, they are a church. Studying Acts 14....

The Anglican Network in Canada is currently holding its national conference in Burlington, Ontario, to outline details of the new episcopal option now available to biblically faithful Canadian Anglicans who are in ‘serious theological dispute’ with the Anglican Church of Canada and want to be recognized as ‘fully Anglican’ and in the mainstream of global Anglicanism (Courtesy of Religious Intelligence).

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