How the Anglican Network in Canada was born, told by those who were there.

In 2002, representatives from fourteen parishes in the Diocese of New Westminster in British Columbia rose from their seats and walked out of synod, sparking a Canada-wide movement that would reshape Anglicanism throughout North America and the global Anglican Communion.

The Anglican Network in Canada: Protest, Providence, and Promise in Global Anglican Realignment places the struggle and sacrifice of those early years in wider context. Long before the walkout, renewal movements such as Essentials sought to recover the vibrancy of historic biblical faith. When these efforts failed to halt the establishment of revisionist teaching and practice within the Anglican Church of Canada, many congregations could not remain within the ACC, at great personal and institutional cost. The growing and increasingly influential Anglican church in the Global South sustained the departing congregations with their solidarity and episcopal protection in a time of deep trial, and made possible the establishment of the Anglican Network in Canada.

With winsome memoirs and inside history from key players, including an address from Dr. J. I. Packer appearing in print for the first time, The Anglican Network in Canada is essential reading for Anglicans, church historians, and anyone interested in the future of orthodox Christianity.

 

Reviews

“A splendid record of how and why the Anglican realignment in Canada–and in global Anglicanism–took place…this timely book tells the story that needs to be told and re-told for generations to come.” – Archbishop Bob Duncan, Anglican Church in North America

 

“We need this book. It is a firsthand account of what happens when a church is faced with the huge challenge of faithfulness in a secularised world.” – Archbishop Peter Jensen, Anglican Church of Australia

 

“…indispensable to a proper understanding of the origins of the Anglican Network in Canada…”

– Hans Boersma, Nashotah House Theological Seminary

 

“A look behind the scenes at the costly, persevering work that brought forth ANiC to be a vibrant, mission-focused expression of faithful Anglicanism.” – Bishop John Guernsey, Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic

 

“This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the process of Anglican realignment in Canada…” – Don Lewis, Regent College

Chapters by:

  • David Avren

  • Dr. George Egerton

  • Bishop Ron Ferris

  • Rev. Robin Guinness

  • Bishop Don Harvey

  • Dr. Edith M. Humphrey

  • Joyce Lee

  • Bishop Stephen Leung

  • Becky Pruitt MacKenney

  • Bishop Charlie Masters

  • Rev. Dr. J. I. Packer

  • Canon David Short

  • Canon George Sinclair

  • Canon Alastair Sterne

  • Bishop Trevor Walters