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New Communion Seat Established Virginia is the new "seat of communion" for Anglicans. Bishops of the Anglican Church International Communion (ACIC) meeting in Mexico City voted unanimously to recognize Virginia's place in history, asking Bishop Larry W. Johnson to take a major role in uniting Anglicans. The Anglican Church of Virginia is already providing leadership for the ACIC and has opened the International Secretary's office at Front Royal, Virginia (USA). Progress in Unifying Anglicans The Anglican Church of Virginia was formed in February 2001 with a two-fold purpose. First winning souls for Christ and secondly, uniting Anglicans in the United States and around the world. ACOVA, a missionary minded Church, is realizing success in achieving both goals. Beginning with Haitian Anglicans relations expanded to Dioceses of the Good Shepherd, Bishop Melvin Pickering; Georgia and India, Bishop Vincent Thakore; and Australia, Bishop Ernest Kelly. In February 2005 Bishop Victor Manuel Cruz Blanco of the Diocese of The Caribbean and New Granada and the Holy Catholic Church (WR) formalized communion relations. Most recently an accord with Anglican Church of India, Bishop Stephen Vattappara, has been signed. These bodies are in full communion having their own bishops and dioceses in their respective countries and States. Bishop Johnson will, among his duties, facilitate the relations of the various bishops of the ACIC. Seminary Goes International/Accreditation Council is Organized The Anglican Seminary of Virginia's educational program is being used by bishops in four countries. To strengthen education in the new communion the College of Bishops has established the Council for Accreditation of Anglican Schools and Colleges. The ACIC has two schools. There is one in Virginia and the second in Texas. St. George's School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas is the oldest institution of this type in the ACIC. It is administered by the Rt. Rev. Melvin Pickering of the Diocese of the Good Shepherd. Bishop Larry Johnson heads the Seminary in Virginia. Anglican Church International Communion Grows Beginning with four bishops, the ACIC now numbers twenty bishops from ten nations on six continents around the world. Agreements among traditional bishops of the ACIC and ACOVA have united over 825,000 Anglicans having more than 900 parishes and missions. ACIC was founded by Bishops +Lafond Lapointe (deceased), Haiti; +Vincent Thakore (deceased), Georgia; +Melvin Pickering, New Mexico and +Larry Johnson, Virginia. Bishops from each province are members of the College of Bishops. Today the College consists of bishops from twenty- one provinces. The most recent to join are the Most Rt. Rev. Michael Wright of the United Kingdom of the HCC(WR) of the Diocese of Europe and the Rt. Rev. Fabiano ferrês of the Apostolic Episcopal Church of Brazil. New Revival in Anglican Faith Announced In June of 2005 the bishops of the ACIC joined in signing a Manifesto designating Virginia the birth place of Anglicanism in the New World. This action directs that Virginia will be the "locus" of the renewal movement of the Anglican Faith. This year,2006, the program will be launched. This resolution is found by scrolling down. Bishops of India and Virginia Sign Accord In July 2005 the Anglican Church of India and the Anglican Church of Virgina signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" to work toward greater fellowship and unity. Arch Bishop of India, the Rt. Rev. Stephen Vattappara, and Bishop Larry Johnson met at Evensong in Front Royal, Virginia, (USA) to sign this historic accord. Father Stephen John accompanied Bishop Vattappara. This document appears below following the Manifesto. Bishops from United Kingdom and Brazil Join ACIC. Bishop Wright who recently joined the ACIC did a complete study of the ACIC's Declaration of Principles before petitioning to join the College of Bishops of the ACIC. His study was recently incorporated in the ACIC publication Questions and Answers. This publication may be found on our web site. The Secretary General's office will email the publication to bishops who express interest and want to have the publication Bishop Wright's study is indept and stirs the mind in these times of division and separation. His analysis points out that the ACIC is truly Anglican and unifies without domination. |
The ACIC and the New World Communion Anglican Church International Communion. Virginia led the way in founding ACIC in November of 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting in Atlanta the ACIC began with Bishops Larry W. Johnson, Virginia; Lafond Lapointe, Haiti, Melvin Pickering, New Mexico and Vincent Thakore, Atlanta. The purpose was to begin the uniting of continuing provinces in the United States and abroad. Since the founding the ACIC and the Virginia Communion have grown to number twenty-one provinces around the world. The Anglican Church of India is in communion with the ACOVA and Bishop Johnson represents their interest in the United State and likewise the ACI represent our interest in India. Provinces of the Anglican Church International Communion the Virginia Communion are: 1. Anglican Church of Virginia (USA) 2. Anglican Church of India* 3. Orthodox Anglican Church of Haiti 4. Anglican Diocese of the Good Shepherd (USA) 5. Orthodox Anglican Church of the South (USA) 6. Anglican Episcopal Church of India 7. The Free Church of Australia of the Anglican Church of Virginia 8. Mexican Independent Episcopal Church 9. American Anglican Convocation 10. Anglican Episcopal Church 11. Diocese of the Caribbean and New Granada and the Holy Catholic Church (WR) Caribbean and New Granada 12. Traditional Church of England and Australia 13. Anglican Diocese of South America 14. Anglican Diocese of Central America 15. Traditional Church of England and Australia 16. Missionary Diocese of the Cameroon of ACOVA 17. Anglican Church of Georgia (USA) 18. National Anglican Church of the Dominican Republic 19. Catholic Apostolic Anglican Church Missionary Diocese of the Latino/Hispanic in the USA 20. Holy Catholic Church-WR Diocese of Europe 21. The Apostolic Episcopal Church of Brazil Projected statistics are: more than 825, 000 members and 1,000 parishes, missions and churches. There are only 400 clergy serving this vast number of people. There are more than forty bishops in the Virginia and ACIC Communion. There are two accredited seminaries: the Anglican Seminary of Virginia, Front Royal, Virginia and S. George’s School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas. Most bishops are training clergy using the old method of “Reading for Orders.” Numbers of clergy are coming from maintain line denominations and converting to the Anglican Faith. The Anglican Seminary of Virginia is functioning in five countries around the world. These are: Colombia, Philippines, Australia, Haiti and the US. Rapid Growth is projected for the ACIC based on the formularies for joining and the strict and unwavering of our devotion to the traditional faith. |
| The historic Manifesto and Resolution Declaring Virginia the New World See of the Traditional Anglican Faith. |
| Manifesto & Declaration of Revival Resolution for Revival and Restoration of the Anglican Faith Worldwide Whereas, continuing Anglican Churchmen worldwide desire greater union and communion, Whereas, the Anglican Faith is under attack by forces of evil resulting in the abandonment of the traditional faith of the primitive church and the Faith given to us by the ancient fathers of the church, Whereas, prayer for a new Great Awakening of the Christian Faith is essential for the cure of souls of God’s people worldwide, Whereas, the orthodox Anglican faith must be preserved as a gift to be passed to our children and generations to come, Whereas, there is an urgent necessity for this statement of manifest destiny and a seat of Communion, Whereas, the first permanent English Colony and Church in America was established at Jamestown Island in 1607, and whose establishment in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been continuous for four-hundred years, Whereas, the Jamestown Colony was a parish of the Bishop of London with an established Church and priest named the Rev. Robert Hunt, Whereas, our Anglican forefathers who came to America at Jamestown were communicants of the Church of England and practiced and planted their faith by the use of the Book of Common Prayer, Whereas, the first representative assembly to meet in America met in the Anglican Church at Jamestown for the purposes of self government, Whereas, Virginia is known as the New World birth place of democracy and religious freedoms, Therefore, be it Resolved and Acknowledged, that the undersigned are in Communion and agree that the Jamestown colonists, guided by the hand of God Almighty, did give birth to new world Anglicanism and churchmanship; providing hope for people worldwide desiring to breathe free and to attain self government and to escape from tyrannical forms of oppression; and likewise as a signatory to this manifesto do pledge to work for a Great Awakening of the Christian Faith. Be it further Resolved, that the Anglican Church of Virginia is and shall be recognized and designated as the locus of the renewal of worldwide Anglican Faith committed to the Truth as revealed in the Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, and the traditional Books of Common Prayer dated 1549, 1552, 1662, 1928 and valid translations of these aforesaid Books of Common Prayer and Holy Bible. In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. This Resolution is attested and witnessed by the affixing of the seals and signatures of followers of Jesus Christ and representatives of the Anglican Faith. Manifesto Original Signatures Signed June 24-26, 2005 Mexico Synod of the ACID The Rt. Rev. Melvin H Pickering, Anglican Diocese of the Good Shepherd (USA) The Rt. Rev. Dr. George W. Conner, Anglican Diocese of the Good Shepherd (USA) The Rt. Rev. Kenneth G. Walsh, Jr., Anglican Diocese of the Good Shepherd (USA) The Rt. Rev. Ruben Rodriguez M. Vicrnes, Anglican Church in America- TAC (Central America) The Rt. Rev. Jorge B. Martinez, Mexican Independent Episcopal Church (Mexico) The Rt. Rev. Luther Pierre-Tousaint, Orthodox Apostolic Anglican Church of Haiti (Caribbean) The Rt. Rev. Martin Sigillito, Esq., American Anglican Convocation (USA and England) The Rt. Rev. Chopin Cusachs, American Anglican Convocation (USA and England) The Rt. Rev. Dr. Larry W. Johnson, The Anglican Church of Virginia (USA) The Rt. Rev. Joseph Desir, The Orthodox Apostolic Anglican Church of Haiti (Haiti) The Rt. Rev. Ernest Kelly, The Australia Free Church of the Anglican Church of Virginia (Australia) The Rt. Rev. Vincent Thakore. The Diocese of the South and India (USA and India) The Rt. Rev. Lic Canot, The National Anglican Church of the Dominican Republic |
| Memorandum of Understanding Between ANGLICAN CHURCH OF VIRGINIA And ANGLICAN CHURCH OF INDIA For An Anglican Fellowship Definitions • ACI refers to all Churches, Dioceses, Priests and Bishops in Anglican Church of India. • ACOVA refers to all Churches, Dioceses, Priests and Bishops in Anglican Church of Virginia. In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen NOW, THEREFORE, the ACI and the ACOVA mutually agrees as follows: Agreement • ACI and ACOVA are ‘Continuing Anglican’ churches and follow the faith of ‘Traditional Anglicans’. • ACI and ACOVA mutually respect and recognize each other’s total independence as a Church. • ACI and ACOVA will work towards a fellowship between both churches based on Anglican faith. • ACI and ACOVA will work together for the betterment of Anglicans worldwide especially in India. • ACOVA can represent ACI in United States of America meanwhile ACI can represent ACOVA in India. • All contacts to ACI will be only through the undersigned ACI officials and all contacts to ACOVA will be only through the undersigned ACOVA officials. Terms and Termination The intent of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to formalize agreement to a set of principles rather than to serve as a business agreement or contract. ACI and ACOVA can terminate this MOU at any time with mutual consent. Otherwise, this MOU could be used as a guideline to maintain the fellowship between ACI and ACOVA and will be effective until another MOU is signed between the undersigned officials. Signed this second day of July in the year of our Lord Jesus Chris 2005. For Anglican Church of Virginia For Anglican Church of India Arch Bishop Dr. Larry Wilson Johnson Arch Bishop Dr. Stephen Vattappara Chancellor James Lewis Johnson, Esq. The Rev. Stephen J. Vattappara |
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