Prof. Hunter may be right about the Anglican Church in Britain today. But there is a problem if his readers confuse what is going on in Britain \u201d\u201d or Canada or the United States, for that matter \u201d\u201d with the reality of worldwide Anglicanism.<\/p>\n
First, Anglicanism is not dying; it is growing at a stupendous rate in Africa, where more than half the world\u2019s 80 million Anglicans live. Philip Jenkins, the distinguished professor of history and religion at Pennsylvania State University, has estimated that by 2050 there will be 150 million Anglicans in the world, \u201cof whom only a tiny minority will be White Europeans.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Second, while it is true some Anglicans are defecting to the Catholic Church there are also conservative Anglicans who are leaving their national Churches \u201d\u201d such as the group in Canada that separated itself from the Anglican Church of Canada \u201d\u201d but remain aligned with the global Church and seek oversight from orthodox African Anglican bishops. This group has little interest in becoming Catholic. If anything, they want to be more Protestant and put the Bible at the center of their lives….<\/p>\n