Convocation of Anglicans in North America
The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) is an Anglican body in the United States comprised primarily of churches that have disaffiliated from the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). CANA was initially a missionary initiative of the Anglican Church of Nigeria for Nigerians living in the United States. It has joined with several other church bodies in the formation of the Anglican Church in North America. It is headquartered at Church of the Epiphany in Herndon, Virginia.
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[edit] Leadership
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Anglican Church in North America · Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America · Church of the Province of Rwanda |
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American Anglican Council · Anglican Coalition in Canada · Anglican Communion Network · Anglican Network in Canada · Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas · Forward in Faith |
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Global Anglican Future Conference · Departures from the Episcopal Church |
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Anglican Mission in the Americas · Anglican Province of America · Convocation of Anglicans in North America · Episcopal Missionary Church · Reformed Episcopal Church · Catholic(Anglican Use · Ordinariates) |
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Peter Akinola · Robert Duncan · Drexel Gomez · Gene Robinson · Gregory Venables · Rowan Williams |
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Anglicanism · Windsor Report · Ordination of women · Homosexuality and Anglicanism |
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In June 2006, the Reverend Martyn Minns, then the rector of Truro Church in Fairfax, Virginia, was elected by the Anglican Church of Nigeria as the Missionary Bishop for CANA. Minns was consecrated in Abuja, Nigeria in August 2006 and installed as Missionary Bishop in May 2007.
In March 2007, the Right Reverend David J. Bena, having retired from his post as the Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, became the Suffragan Bishop for CANA.[1]
[edit] Core values
| “ | CANA is Christ-centered and outwardly focused, mission driven with an emphasis on evangelism and discipleship, church planting, and a passion for reaching and serving the least, the last and the lost.[2] | ” |
[edit] Present
CANA reports that it has grown since its founding in 2005. It reports the following:
- 70 congregations
- 150 clergy
- has a presence in 21 states and the District of Columbia
- is ethnically and racially diverse
[edit] Ecumenical relations
In October 2009, CANA's leadership reacted to the Catholic Church's proposed creation of personal ordinariates for disaffected traditionalist Anglicans by saying that this provision would probably not have a great impact on the majority of its largely Low Church laity and clergy, who are satisfied with the Anglican realignment movement.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "CANA's Momentum Continues: Bishop David Bena Joins CANA". CANA Convocation. http://www.canaconvocation.org/news/archives/20070308.php. Retrieved March 12, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ CANA Convocation - FAQ Question 4
- ^ Vatican move recognizes reality of Anglican divide
