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Audio Visual Resources from Winter Conference
Winter Conference 2006 in Birmingham was a tremendous time of worship, encouragement and learning. Teachers and leaders from across the globe met together in spiritual synergy. Experience that again, or for the first time, through audio and video resources on CD and DVD.
Visit the website of Rhino Technologies to order materials.

 

 
Global Liturgies
As part of the Global South family of churches, the Anglican Mission in The Americas's congregations often use liturgies for worship other than those found in the West. These are rich resources for churches that desire to make connection with the language and fervor of the Global South, and with what God is doing in this vital and growing part of His church. Below are just a couple of examples:

Kenyan Liturgy

South East Asia Eucharistic Prayer

 

 
First Encounters
The MESA Community has produced the first in a series of three new resources for discipleship. First Encounters is a creative and engaging journey for those new to the Christian faith. It's a guide to help the reader encounter God through reading, reflecting and responding. More importantly, it's a powerful encouragement to live out the new life in Christ.

For more information contact the MESA Community at 512-480-9080

 

 
Ancient Future Faith
Dr. Bob Webber, worship guru, is known to many as the one who raised awareness of historic worship in the evangelical church. The author of "Evangelics on the Canterbury Trail" almost a generation ago, he continues to challenge churches to reach for their roots in order to reach for the future. This book is the foundation for a series to be released over the coming few years. Dr. Robert Webber is a plenary speaker a the 2004 Winter Conference of the Anglican Mission. Check out Ancient Future Faith at: www.ancientfutureworship.com .

 

 
The Next Christendom
This major work by Penn State Professor Philip Jenkins tells the story of the Global South church, and the tremendous acceleration of Christianity in those parts of the globe. Since its release it has received significant national attention, sparking stories in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, National Public Radio and more. The Anglican Mission receives a brief treatment in the book, and Philip Jenkins was a keynote speaker at the 2003 Winter Conference. Read reviews and purchase the book at: www.amazon.com .

 

 
The Anglican Re-Alignment
Across the globe a major re-alignment is unfolding in the Anglican Communion. The Global South, representing areas of Africa, Asia and South America are rapidly expanding, while regions in the West are in decline.
What in the world is happening, and what implications does this have for mission?



 
Territory or Faith?
As the Anglican Communion undergoes a major re-alignment, much has been asserted about regional independence and autonomy. But are geographic boundaries the real answer, and have they really been the sole factor in the development of the Communion? Read more about the important role that faith and affinity play.

Click here to download and read a summary of a larger report.

 

 
Church Planting Web Resource
Saint Andrews Church in Little Rock has launched a web-based resource for those interested in church planting, particularly in the Anglican Mission. Begun as a church plant a number of years ago, Saint Andrews has grown to become a major resource congregation in the Mission. The resource includes valuable information on topics such as lay initiated church plants, worship in small church settings, and it also includes the Saint Andrews story.

View the Church Planting Resource Center Site.

 

 

Calendars with a Cause

Support the Kigali Anglican Theological College with a beautiful 2008 liturgical calendar.

Like all liturgical calendars, this one includes all major liturgical dates and colors. But beyond that, each month features a different diocese of the Anglican Church of Rwanda with images, descriptions, and current prayer requests. And even better, 100% of all profits will go to purchase books and supplies or to provide scholarships for students to attend the college.

Cost per calendar (including shipping):

  • $25 per single calendar
  • $22 for 3-10 calendars in a single order
  • $20 for 10 or more in a single order

Send in your order, with the appropriate check or cash only, to:

Liturgical Calendar

c/o All Saints Church

P.O. Box 2154

Chapel Hill, NC 27515

Be sure to include your name, home church or organization, address, phone number and email address.

We will begin distributing calendars on or before December 10. Calendars will also be available at the Anglican Mission Winter Conference in Dallas, January 23-26.

Contact Will Ray at willray@allsaints-chd.org for more details.

 

 

AN ANGLICAN PRAYER BOOK

Many of you who attended Winter Conference in 2007 and 2008 had the opportunity to hear Dr. Peter Toon introduce An Anglican Prayer Book. Copies are now available for order (see information below). We encourage you to use this valuable resource!

AN ANGLICAN PRAYER BOOK (Contemporary English Services based on those in The Book of Common Prayer and The Ordinal, in their English 1662, American 1928 and Canadian 1962 editions) published for The Anglican Mission in the Americas by The Preservation Press of the Prayer Book Society is available beginning February 1, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-879793-13-2 and 1-879793-13-X. It has 240 pages offered in quality hardback.

Individual copies are $15.00 including shipping and handling; multiple copies for congregations are $10.00 each, including shipping and handling:

The Prayer Book Society of the U.S.A.

P.O. Box 35220 Philadelphia, PA. 19128-0220

1-800-PBS-1928

Checks should be made payable to: “The Prayer Book Society.”

Very soon after February 1, 2008, individual copies only will be available at www.anglicanmarketplace.com for purchase with a credit card in a secure system.

Contents: Preface; The Christian Year; Morning and Evening Prayer; The Litany; The Athanasian Creed; Compline; Holy Communion; The Collects and Eucharistic Lectionary; Baptism; The Catechism; Confirmation; Marriage; Visitation of the Sick; Burial of the Dead; Interment or Scattering of Ashes; Family Prayer; Daily Lectionary; The Ordinal: The Making of Deacons; The Ordination of Priests; The Consecration of a Bishop; and The Articles of Religion.

Background Information

The aim of this prayer book is to make available in contemporary language the doctrine, devotion and structure of classic Anglican Common Prayer, as these are provided in the historic editions of The Book of Common Prayer. It is designed for use primarily with the English Standard Version of the Bible, but other conservative translations will work also. It is intended in the first place for the congregations in the networks of The Anglican Mission of the Americas; but; it is fully expected that it will also be used within other parts of contemporary Anglicanism.

The aim is not to replace the standard, traditional editions of The Book of Common Prayer authorized in England, U.S.A. and Canada, but to build a bridge towards them by presenting their basic theology, spirituality and reformed catholic ethos in a form of language that a majority feel is now the only real option—a form of contemporary English.

It is a regrettable fact that most of the forms of service designed for use since the late 1960s in western Anglicanism have sought to set aside the pattern and doctrine within the historic Book of Common Prayer, and replace them with a shape and theology that is a mixture of ancient structure and modern doctrine. Even where some of the historic content has been preserved, as in Rite One services of the 1979 Prayer Book of The Episcopal Church, it is made to fit into the “shape” of the modern Rite Two.

Therefore, there is a real need in contemporary Anglicanism for the availability of classic Common Prayer in a way that is acceptable and usable by those who currently use Rite Two, or the Canadian 1985 Book, or the like. There is an open space developing for use of traditional services in contemporary English, where the doctrine and devotion of the historic Anglican Way are present, known and received.

~Dr. Peter Toon

 

AMiA RESOURCES
Windsor Report
Primates Communiqué 2/19/07

 

 

ANGLICAN COMMUNION RESOURCES
A Study on Womens Ordination
30 Day Prayer Guide

 

 

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