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The Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) or The Anglican Mission (AM) is a self-governing church inheriting its doctrine and form of worship from the Episcopal Church in the United States (TEC) and Anglican Church of Canada with members and churchmen on a socially conservative mark on the liberal–fundamentalist spectrum of interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. Among its affiliates is the Anglican Church in North America since their inception on June 2009, initially as a full member, changing its status to ministry partner in 2010. In 2012, the AM sought to clarify the clear intent of its founding by officially recognizing themselves as a "Society of Mission and Apostolic Works." The AM sought oversight from other Anglican Communion provinces in a desire to expand its mission partnerships. The AM is currently in communion with many Anglican dioceses and provinces, primarily in the Global South.〔(Anglican Mission in the Americas Leadership, AMiA website )〕 It has its view an authentic, unreformed mission including belief in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church while rejecting in its view a modern papal-led hierarchy, apocryphal sacraments and post-apostolic, papal canonical law and equally the adoption of inconsistently modern doctrines in the post-16th century sects of Protestant Christianity. The Anglican Mission was officially established in July 2000 in Amsterdam, Netherlands under the primatial oversight of the primates of Rwanda and South East Asia. TAM has been led since late 2013 by Bishop Philip Jones who succeeded Bishop Chuck Murphy after 14 years.〔(The Anglican Mission: Current Leaders ). Accessed March 13, 2010.〕〔(Bishop Philip Jones to be Next Apostolic Vicar, March 2013 )〕 The Mission Center for the AM is in Dallas, TX. AMiA, or AM, was formed in response to increased theological liberalism in the Episcopal Church in the United States (TEC) and the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the North American branches of the Anglican Communion. ==History== The origin of the Anglican Mission was the First Promise Movement.〔(The Anglican Mission: Highlights of the First 10 Years ). Accessed 16 March 2010.〕 In 1997, 30 priests, led by Chuck Murphy, released a document called ''The First Promise'' which "declared the authority of the Episcopal Church to be 'fundamentally impaired' because they no longer upheld the 'truth of the gospel'".〔("The Anglican Mission: It Began with a Promise..." ) Accessed March 16, 2010〕 Concerned about the crisis in faith and leadership that fostered continued controversy in the Anglican Communion, Archbishops Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda and Moses Tay of South East Asia believed the time had come for Missionary Bishops to safeguard the faith in North America and consecrated Chuck Murphy and John Rodgers as bishops at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on January 29, 2000. The Anglican Mission was officially established later that year in July in Amsterdam, Netherlands under the Primatial Oversight of the Primates of Rwanda and South East Asia. St. Andrews Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, became the first in North America to come under the oversight of the Global South provinces.〔("St. Andrew's - Our Story" ). Accessed March 16, 2010.〕 In January 2005, the Anglican Coalition in Canada came under the AMiA's oversight. The following year the Mission was restructured as the Anglican Mission in the Americas. This new structure included within it the AMiA, ACiC, and the ACiA. The Anglican Mission was a founding member of the Common Cause Partnership and of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). The Anglican Mission's relationship with the Anglican Church in North America was defined by protocol between the AM, the Province of Rwanda, and the ACNA.〔(Protocol Governing the Relationship between The Anglican Mission in the Americas and the Anglican Church in North America ). Accessed March 13, 2010.〕 On May 18, 2010, however, it was announced that the AM would seek "ministry partner" status with the ACNA and remain in full mission partner status with the Province of Rwanda.〔(The Anglican Mission’s Relationship with the Anglican Church in North America ), May 18, 2010. Accessed May 21, 2010.〕 The Anglican Mission remained under the oversight of the Church of the Province of Rwanda, a member church of the Anglican Communion, and as a ministry partner of the ACNA through 2011. On December 5, 2011 Bishop Murphy and most of the bishops of the AM announced to the Province of Rwanda that the Anglican Mission would shortly be seeking ministry partnerships that extended beyond the Province of Rwanda. Following this announcement, the Rwandan church decided to form a separate group in the USA that remained in affiliation with the Province of Rwanda through a new jurisdiction known as PEARUSA. Up to that point, all clergy from the AM had been ordained under the supervision of the Archbishop of Rwanda, the Archbishop of South East Asia, and other participating Anglican Primates and Rwandan bishops. Clergy in the AM were and are indigenous - they receive their ordination from primates and bishops in full communion with the Anglican Church but are from the area in which mission work is to take place and are under the authority of the Apostolic Vicar of the Anglican Mission. Many of the original bishops and priests of the AM were drawn from North America and were often former TEC or ACC priests. The AMiA planted 268 churches during his first eleven years of existence, according to Bishop Chuck Murphy final address on 27 February 2013, but lost two thirds of them to other jurisdictions after their severe of relations with the Anglican Church of Rwanda, in December 2011. The number of remaining churches, according to him, was around 69. He expressed his belief that the AMiA should continue his work as a missionary society in North America.〔(GREENSBORO, NC: AMIA Leader Notes Losses, Sees Hope in Formation of New Society, VirtueOnline, 27 February 2013 )〕 The number of AMiA churches currently given is 44, in 18 American states and 3 Canadian provinces.〔(Anglican Mission in the Americas List of Churches, AMiA Website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anglican Mission in the Americas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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