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20 April 2015 A.D. PANTHEOS: Anglicans Form Breakaway Church—So This is News?

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20 April 2015 A.D. PANTHEOS: Anglicans Form Breakaway Church—So This is News? Longenecker, Dwight. “Anglicans Form Breakaway Church—So This is News?” Pantheos. 17 Apr 2015. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/4/anglicans-form-breakaway-church-so-this-is-news.html . Accessed 19 Apr 2015. Anglicans Form Breakaway Church – So This is News?   The Daily Telegraph reports here  about the new Anglican breakaway church. Developing out of a worldwide Evangelical Traditionalist movement called GAFCON (Global Anglican Future Conference) the new alliance brings together Evangelical Anglicans from America and Africa mostly–who are upset at the Anglican decision to ordain women bishops, espouse the gay agenda and allow their buildings to be used for Islamic prayer. The Anglican Church, like all Protestant churches, is no stranger to schism. Go here to read about the multiplicity of Anglican breakaway churches. Some break away because the Anglican Church is...