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Logo of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America.
The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) is an Anglican body in the United States primarily comprising Anglican and Episcopal 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. It has joined with several other organizations in the formation of the Anglican Church in North America. It is headquartered at Church of the Epiphany in Herndon, Virginia.
Contents
Leadership
Part of a series on the
Anglican realignment
Provinces Anglican Church in North America · Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America
Associations American Anglican Council · Anglican Coalition in Canada · Anglican Communion Network · Anglican Mission in the Americas · Convocation of Anglicans in North America · Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas · Anglican Network in Canada
Events Global Anglican Future Conference · Departures from the Episcopal Church
Related churches Anglican Province of America · Episcopal Missionary Church · Reformed Episcopal Church
People Peter Akinola · Robert Duncan · Drexel Gomez · Gene Robinson · Gregory Venables · Rowan Williams
Issues Anglicanism · Windsor Report · Ordination of women · Homosexuality and Anglicanism
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, retired from his post as the Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, became the Suffragan Bishop for CANA.[1]
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] ” CANA Today
CANA reports that it has grown since being founded in 2005.
- 70 congregations
- 150 clergy
- 21 States and the District of Columbia
- numerous church plants in development
- ethnically and racially diverse
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 affiliated laity and clergy, who are already pastorally satisfied with the current Anglican realignment movement.[3]
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
External links
Categories:- Dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America
- Anglican dioceses in North America
- Christianity in the United States
- Anglican realignment
- Religious organizations established in 2005
- Anglican organizations established in the 21st century
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