Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) & GAFCON
Orthodox Anglican realignment separating from The Episcopal Church, partnered with the Global South
The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) was formed in 2009 under Archbishop Robert Duncan, uniting orthodox Anglicans who disaffiliated from The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Anglican Church of Canada over theological liberalism and the redefinition of marriage, recognized and partnered with the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON).
Historical Context & Significance
Rooted in the GAFCON *Jerusalem Declaration* (2008), this orthodox Anglican realignment disaffiliated from The Episcopal Church to preserve biblical authority, encompassing Anglo-Catholic, Evangelical, and Charismatic traditions adhering to the Thirty-Nine Articles and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, growing to over 1,000 congregations across North America.
Genealogical Lineage & Splits
Anglican Communion / Church of England
Anglicanism originated in the English Reformation when King Henry VIII declared royal supremacy over the Church of England in 1534. Shaped by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's *Book of Common Prayer* and the *Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion*, Anglicanism views itself as a *Via Media* (Middle Way) between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, combining Catholic liturgy and apostolic order with Reformed soteriology and biblical primacy.
Separated in 2008 ADTheological & Hermeneutical Coordinates
Primary Scripture Proof-Texts
Key biblical passages central to this tradition's exegesis and historical debates.
Connected Theological Perspectives & Debates
Universal confession that the Holy Spirit is fully God, co-eternal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son, sent economically into the world by both the Father and the Son.
Unanimous agreement across all Christian communions on the 27 books of the New Testament as divinely inspired canonical scripture.
Universal confession that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and was raised for our justification according to the Scriptures.