AMIA Leader Repeats Earlier Denial of Damaged Relationship with the Anglican Church of Rwanda

Bishop Terrell Glenn announces resignation from Anglican Mission in the Americas

Rumors that there has been a rift between the Anglican Mission in the Americas and the Anglican Province of Rwanda are false with Bishop and Chairman Chuck Murphy telling VOL that there is "no rift, no tear" and that the relationship is "solid" and "cherished. Both parties are working through their future shape together.

In an extended phone conversation with VOL, Murphy acknowledged that the Rwandan Province and the Anglican Mission are in ongoing discussions about the best way forward and about the possibility of formally establishing a missionary society (like the Church Missionary Society), but that this would not change our connection with Rwanda, the Sister-to-Sister program or our support of the Province.

"I will be meeting with Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje, Primate of the Province of Rwanda, in Washington DC, next week to continue discussion of the design of such a missionary society. I have invited the Rev. Canon Kevin Donlon (our Canon for Ecclesiastical Affairs) to join us in this these discussions.

The bishop said that he had invited Canon lawyer and AMIA priest Fr. Kevin Donlon to put together constitution and statutes for the new society.

The Anglican Mission leader reported that at a regularly scheduled Council of Bishops meeting this week, Bishop Terrell Glenn resigned as a missionary bishop overseeing the Apostles Mission Network (parishes ranging geographically from the northeast to the Carolinas).

"I honestly do not know what his future plans are," Murphy told VOL. "He told our Council of Bishops that he and his wife Teresa are in a discernment process.

VOL spoke with Glenn and he confirmed that story. "What transpired is that I resigned from the Anglican Mission after much prayer and agonizing deliberation. After several months of trying to work through a personal matter between Bishop Murphy and myself, I believe that I have been led by the Lord to resign from the TheAM. This was a decision that was not made precipitously nor is it a reaction to any impending developments in the mission. I told Bishop Murphy and my brother bishops that we do not have plans for our next steps and we (my wife and I) have entered a season of discernment to hear from the Lord what the next step is for both of us." To read more, click here.

Bishop Terrell Glenn has been with the Anglican Mission since the early days. I heard an address that gave at the 2002 Winter Conference when he was the pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Raleigh NC, a new church that he planted in 2000. If Bishop Glenn has chosen to resign, it is a major development. Chairman Chuck Murphy is trying to conceal or explain away serious problems affecting the Anglican Mission. He and Canon Donlon, through their machinations, foisted Roman Catholic structures and doctrine upon the Anglican Mission and the Anglican Church of Rwanda. They are not seeking the best interests of the Anglican Mission but their own. The time has come for them to step down.