So we begin in worship and end in worship, and there is much doxology in every part of these days together. And we are here to learn and to be stretched and to be re-committed. That’s what our plenaries are all about.
We are here to grow in fellowship and trust, to deepen in love and respect for one another, and to receive healing and forgiveness, all the while acknowledging our differences in Christ.
We are also here to prove that a Christian Assembly ”“ at least one that wants to reach the cultures and the peoples of its increasingly lapsed and unconverted continent ”“ does not have to focus on resolutions and legislation, nor does it have to be overwhelmingly gray-headed. [More than 20% of the voting delegates of the Provincial Assembly are 25 years of age or younger!] Even in organizing this emerging Anglican Province ”“ a Province in the mainstream of both global Anglicanism and biblical Christianity ”“ we are here to illustrate that a system of ratifying or sending-back is an alternative to spending disproportionate amounts of time on things that are, in fact, not the “main thing.”
We are also here to show what God’s people have always known: just how much Godly business can be done in a tent (especially a tent) or a gym or a school or in simple accommodations.
We are here, above all, to proclaim to the world what our God has done among us, among us sinners”¦
Incredible and incredibly inspiring.
I had to wipe away a few tears of joy… there’s such hope here, and it is so wonderful to see the centrality of worship, mission, evangelism, the call to unity…
I had been struggling to know how to pray for ACNA and the assembly this week. This has given me MUCH food for prayer and will almost certainly shape any prayers I post at L&B this week.
I don’t think I ever knew the story of St. Alban before. Wow. It does seem very much a “God-thing” to have the ACNA assembly open on his feast day. I love God’s timing!
A good start.
The opening worship was most inspiring. The music and message were completely focused on the mission of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ – unapologetically and united.
The gates of Hell must have been quivering.
Fr Darin Lovelace+
St Davids Anglican Church
Durant, Iowa
[i]Escaping Egypt is sometimes easier than escaping Egypt’s patterns.[/i]
I hope this will will not soon be forgotten; some ingrained habits are less obvious than others.
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Is any of this being broadcast anywhere?
AO- All of it, at http://www.acnaassembly.org