VANCOUVER: FIVE ANGLICAN PRIMATES OFFER TAEO TO ORTHODOX PARISHES ACROSS CANADA

Five Anglican Primates (senior Archbishops) from the global Anglican Communion have offered Temporary Adequate Episcopal Oversight (TAEO) to Anglican churches across Canada, citing an “emergency” triggered by clergy firings and parish closures.

Four of eleven congregations affiliated with the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) have accepted the Primates’ offer and formally notified Bishop Michael Ingham of their decision.

Contrary to media reports and diocesan website claims, these parishes have not joined the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA). Instead, they have formed the Anglican Communion in Canada (ACiC) under the oversight of the Primates of the Provinces of Congo, Rwanda, Central Africa, Kenya, and South East Asia—in consultation with the Archbishop of Canterbury and in alignment with the October 2003 Primates’ Statement.

ACiC is a fellowship of Anglican congregations and ministries committed to upholding the historic faith, Scripture, and the Anglican Communion’s teaching on human sexuality—a stance they say has been abandoned by the Diocese of New Westminster.

These actions, along with similar developments in The Episcopal Church (USA), have, according to ACiC, “torn the fabric of the Anglican Communion” and led to the suspension of ecumenical dialogue with major partner churches.

The four congregations are now under the temporary pastoral care of the Right Reverend Thomas Johnston, Missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Province of Rwanda. Though in broken communion with Bishop Ingham and the Diocese of New Westminster, ACiC affirms its commitment to remain in communion with “all faithful and orthodox Christians in the Anglican Church.”

This is not merely about clergy resignations, but about duly authorized parish decisions to realign under orthodox episcopal authority.

ACiC invites all faithful Anglican clergy and congregations in Canada to consider the Primates’ offer—a pathway to remain in fellowship with the global Anglican majority under godly, orthodox oversight with full jurisdiction.

For more information, contact:

The Rev. Paul Carter, Network Coordinator, ACiC

paulandlois@shaw.ca | 604-222-4486