A valuable perspective on the problems ACNA is facing

Posted on October 27, 2025 
Filed under ACNA, for your prayers

Anglican Theologian Martin Davie commends and re-posts an article by The Very Revd Bryan Hollon, Dean and President of Trinity Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania –

“What does a faithful church look like?

For those of us in the Anglican tradition, it means children and adult converts are being baptized and confirmed, faithful lay Christians are centered increasingly on Jesus Christ through Word and Sacrament – grounded in the biblically saturated liturgies of the Book of Common Prayer. It entails an appreciation for the apostolic faith guarded and transmitted over centuries and received through the English Reformation. It means leaders we can trust – bishops, priests, and deacons who serve under the authority of Scripture and take holiness seriously, bound by the doctrine set forth in the Thirty-Nine Articles and the canons of the Church. We expect to see all of this, but most importantly, we expect to meet Jesus in the breaking of bread, in the reading of Scripture, and in the prayers and fellowship of the faithful (Acts 2:42).

What, then, should we think when the church has to discipline its own leaders?

For many in the Anglican Church in North America, these aren’t theoretical questions. …”

– Read it here. ACNA (the Anglican Church in North America) is facing several serious challenges and it would be good to pray for all involved.