Fueled by disputes over many issues ”” including ordaining a gay bishop ”” conservatives who have left the national Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada approved a constitution Monday creating a new Anglican Church in North America.
After nearly unanimous adoption of the constitution, some 800 Anglicans ”” representing 700 dioceses and other groups with some 100,000 parishioners in the U.S. and Canada ”” stood and sang PraiseGod From Whom All Blessings Flow, in celebrating the new organization.
New canons and bylaws will be voted on Wednesday at the convention, being held at St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford.