We know that we are called to the task of evangelism. Many of us, however, are somewhat conflicted about the task to which we are called. While we appreciate the warmth and fervor of some evangelicals, many of us don't want to be considered Bible-thumping fundamentalists akin to some televangelists of recent decades.

The Anglican Studies Program is led by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd Hunter, Bishop of the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. A popular author, speaker and adjunct professor, Hunter is also founder of The Telos Collective, a task force to equip Anglicans to engage culture with the gospel. Courses will be taught by a group of distinguished professors, including Bishop Hunter and the Rev. Dr. Jack Gabig of Trinity School for Ministry.

As the dust began to settle after so many of us left The Episcopal Church, the AAC looked ahead and saw the coming need for church revitalization in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA.) The concern was, and is, that even though we have roughly 1000 churches, if these churches don't figure out how to do the hard work of fulfilling the Great Commission in our day, many of our churches will close. That's just not acceptable to us.

Gibraltar, under the British Crown, was a haven for some of those who fled. One of those was a Catholic priest named Juan Bautista Cabrera (1837--1916). He arrived there in 1863. There in Gibraltar he attended Methodist, Presbyterian, and Anglican churches. While there, he translated much of Edward Browne's study of the Church of England's Articles of Religion. After the Spanish revolution of 1868 he and other reformers were assured of freedom of religion in Spain and so they returned.