27 September 2015 A.D. Goodbye PEAR-USA
27 September 2015 A.D. Goodbye PEAR-USA Jordan, Robin. “Goodbye PEAR-USA.” Anglican Ink. 25 Sept 2015. http://anglicansablaze.blogspot.com/2015/09/goodbye-pear-usa.html . Accessed 27 Sept 2015. l By Robin G. Jordan While the Anglican Church in America’s publicist is spinning this development as “a bold move for Anglican unity ,” I personally would like to know the backstory behind the decision of the Anglican Church of Rwanda’s provincial synod to disencumber itself of PEAR-USA. PEAR-USA will no longer operate as an extraterritorial missionary district of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. It will be reorganized as Rwanda Ministry Partners, a ministry association within the Anglican Church in North America. I became well-acquainted with the Byzantine nature of Rwandan ecclesiastical politics several years ago while investigating the backstory to what was then the new canons of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. When PEAR-USA was first organized, it was clear from its new charter...