After the agendas died down and several of us were sitting by the fire, one Canon turned to me and said, “These conversations give me hope.”

In a recent update, church planters (Robert Cunningham & April Murrie) share the church’s new website, logo, and plans for a September public launch.

How can we prioritize and engage the work of planting? A couple of weeks ago Church of the Resurrection hosted An Always Forward church planter intensive.

As a new Mission, we rely on a network of people beyond our core team who faithfully pray for us and give financially to support the work of this Mission. It is exciting to see what God does with the gifts people give!

You are invited to share good food and drink together, and spend some time talking about the new parish God would build up on the Southside.

All Souls Anglican Church is a new church plant forming in the city of Richmond, VA in partnership with Redeemer Anglican Church--the second plant born out of Redeemer since its inception in 2016.

On April 29, Don Kroah interviewed the Rev. Clancy Nixon, Rector of Church of the Holy Spirit in Leesburg, VA.

Church of the Ascension, Kearneysville, WV, is happily partnering with the Rev. Mike and Angie Koppola in planting Christ the Redeemer in Dillsburg, PA.

Church of the Good Shepherd will embody and uniquely express the gifts of the Anglican tradition in Charlottesville, VA.

The diocese has prioritized church planting as a core part of our mission. We have a number of church plants underway with more in the pipeline. I encourage you to get to know these works and consider supporting their work in prayer and perhaps financially.

“The call to mission is right at our doorstep” shares Justin Clemente in the most recent New Creation newsletter.

It has been an amazing year as God continues to form Corpus Christi Anglican Church. Read the Corpus Christi annual report to see all God has done and plans to do!

Christ has secured this for us in the cross, pronounced even our weakest efforts to give thanks to God as worthy by triumphing over death, and receives our thanksgiving and praise as he sits enthroned at the right hand of God. This is our confidence to approach the Father and give Him our thanks.

In the latest episode of Appalachian Anglican, a podcast presented by Church of the Ascension in Kearneysville, WV, listeners get to hear the story of a church planter in this Diocese. No two church planting stories are alike, and this one is an amazing tribute to God’s faithful provision.

The Decade of Discipleship, Evangelism and Missions is an ongoing activity of the Gafcon Movement. Recently in North Carolina, people from across ACNA gathered for training in Church Planting, so that as the gospel is proclaimed to the nations, churches can be planted and Christ glorified

With a deep desire to support the work of God's kingdom, Rev. Woodson and Fr. Morgan are excited to announce that we have hammered out the final details for sharing space that we have been prayerfully working on for the last several months. This will allow Corpus Christi Anglican Church to worship in the chapel at the Springfield United Methodist Church.

But what happens when life is disappointing and we experience loss and trials? Do we think that God is good and faithful even in the midst of that? Can we trust that God has a plan to redeem the awful stuff in our lives?

So, how should Christians respond to the rising popularity of the Platinum Rule? Obviously, I don’t think we want to say that Jesus’ words can be improved upon. How can we “honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks [us] for a reason for the hope that is in [us]?” (1 Peter 3:15)

My earliest memory is of Anglican liturgy. As a five-year-old, I was captivated by the way people closed their eyes with their hands lifted as they prayed “Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts,” how they raised their voices in agreement with lectionary readings, how their heads bowed in confession, and how they knelt humbly during the Lord’s Prayer.

It has been so encouraging to hear stories from people in the congregation about how God has worked in them through something they heard, or the experience of partaking of Christ in the Eucharist (even those who would not yet consider themselves Anglican!).