AMIE has been established as a society within the Church of England dedicated to the conversion of England and biblical church planting. There is a steering committee and a panel of bishops. The bishops aim to provide effective oversight in collaboration with senior clergy.Thinking Anglicans brings us the news. It seems the group was once called the St Augustine Society. The acronym of the new name spells out to the French word for a feminine friend. Smart move.
The AMIE has been encouraged in this development by the Primates’ Council of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON) who said in a communiqué from Nairobi in May 2011: “We remain convinced that from within the Provinces which we represent there are creative ways by which we can support those who have been alienated so that they can remain within the Anglican family.”
The group is dedicated to the conversion of England. Hmmm. One wonders if another intention is at play (or at work) here - the conversion of the Church of England.
UPDATE: From Lay Anglicana in the comments...
With 'Amies' like that, who needs enemies?Yes, indeed!
This is more and more like Alice in Wonderland...
Well, Mimi, it just HAD to happen --
ReplyDeletenow Africa is sending missionaries to the north, sigh!! they are determined to wiggle into our space...
nij
Please wait a bit for my comment, I have been laughing so hard, so long, that my ribs hurt if I type!
ReplyDeleteFWIW
jimB
Yes, certainly the AMiA (Anglican Mission in America) here was to be a missionary movement to convert heathen TEC folks to the True and Orthodox Anglican Religion (TM). Same deal.
ReplyDeleteCome now, folks, no one could have predicted....
ReplyDeleteSugden is secretary of the organization. Its roots - and, you can bet your bottom $, its finances - are no more African than the roots of the interventionist groups in the USA.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well, now there's a nest in Rowan's own back yard.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that Rowan is very happy about it, Jeffri.
ReplyDeleteI am sure the initials' resemblance to AMiA is coincidental!
ReplyDelete:::turns from keyboard and collapses in laughter again.:::
FWIW
jimB
Lapin, I'd wager there's a huge overlap in the sources of $$ of the "biblical churches" over here and the "biblical Churches" over there.
ReplyDeleteI have the sense that England is viewed as the prize. After all, the See of Canterbury is there.
Jim, the similarity of the initials is purely coincidental.
Bringing Anglicanism to England. Seems a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle.
ReplyDeleteWV=tragion (tragedy + religion?)
As I have said for some time, one cannot have an Anglican Communion with out England and now they have England. Will the "new" Communion without the Archbishop of Canterbury be far behind?
ReplyDeleteUeber-G, no one said these folks are rational. Unfortunately, they leave their mark.
ReplyDeleteFred, I guess we'll wait and see. The ABC may find a way to accommodate these people.
+Cantuar cannot seem to accommodate us but I am sure he can accommodate this new "amie." And isn't it also a euphemism for mistress?
ReplyDeleteOk, I slept (pain killers do help) and I think I have gained some control over my laughter. I am sure you are correct, the initials are coincidental. ::breaks into uncontrollable laughter again::
ReplyDeleteWhere was I? Oh yes I recall. Those of us who really wanted to be Dr. Williams's friends and supporters once numbered several million between AC Canada and TEC. He has squandered that good will with his strategy of using accommodation of the evangelicals to drive away progressives and allow his formation of "the Anglican Church." Now his chickens are coming home to roost between the "ordinariate" and this development.
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jimB
And isn't it also a euphemism for mistress?
ReplyDeletePaul the Naughty striketh again!
O Jim, thinkest thou the ABC hath yet grasp-ed that which he hath wrought?
With 'Amies' like that, who needs enemies?
ReplyDeleteThis is more and more like Alice in Wonderland...
With 'Amies' like that, who needs enemies?
ReplyDeletePriceless, Lay Anglicana. Thanks for my first LOL of the day.
Yes, Alice, the Bizarro world, an alternate universe, certainly.