Anglican rift sparks move for new church

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/261789

[The Toronto Star] 29 Sep 2007--Conservative Anglicans in Canada and the U.S. plan to break away from their increasingly liberal national churches within 15 months, setting up a parallel continental church along orthodox theological lines.

"This is necessary because of drift in the church in the West," Pittsburgh Bishop Bob Duncan said at the close of a four-day meeting of rebel bishops to discuss separation.
"This is a time of reformation. This is a moment in Christian history," said Duncan, who has been a leader in the effort.

If successful, it would be the first time the worldwide Anglican Communion has seen a church, known in Anglicanism as a province, established solely on the basis of shared theology. Currently, provinces are only set up along geographic lines.