He had been a senior executive in the insurance business for many years before coming under the ministry of the evangelical charismatic preacher Terry Fullam in Connecticut where he received the fullness of the Holy Spirit and began his own ministry of evangelism.
All his family of children, grand children and great grand children are believers.
Read moreCiting Akinola's words to the bishops of the Anglican Communion Network they say that time is no longer on their side and this applies not only to the clergy and laity of the communion it applies equally to the Primates who adhere to the Anglican faith. "Time is running out for us and the millions of persons under our care," write the two bishops.
Read moreIn describing the new church's ecclesiology, The Rev. Dr. Robert Sanders said this: "We will be a church thoroughly grounded in the historic Anglican tradition with its commitment to balancing the Sacramental, Evangelical, and Charismatic streams in the Christian faith. We are applying to be a part of the world wide Anglican Communion through affiliation with the Anglican Mission in America which is a missionary extension of the Anglican Communion province of Rwanda.
Read moreNew Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson reflecting on the recent General Convention wrote saying that the most exciting action taken by the Convention was the election of the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori as the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Read moreAt the time of the crisis in the Episcopal Church over faith and morals, her parish left the Episcopal Church, coming under the orthodox Anglican Province of Uganda, resulting in her leaving the U.S. and beginning her journey to this evangelical African province in 2004.
Read moreWe are seeing a reverse migration of Africans, Asian and Latin American archbishops and bishops coming to the West with the Good News for us, and you can blame it on theologically revisionist bishops, clergy and lay moral relativists and pansexualists who are making it all possible.
Read moreBut Frank Griswold has said that Dr.
Read moreThe Rev. Joy Gartman, parish rector and her husband the Rev. Steve Gartman (non-stipendary) and Deacon Jim Mariner resigned in order to form the new congregation.
Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia will be their immediate ecclesiastical authority though there is talk of eventually moving to Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya.
Read moreThe recently consecrated orthodox Bishop of the Rio Grande, the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey N. Steenson is said to approve the plan.
Here are the details:
1. A decision to sever its relationship with The Episcopal church must be made by at least two-thirds of the qualified voters of the congregation...and certified by the bishop.
Read moreHere is the list of those present:
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