The North American Anglican

Good news from Canterbury... well, it was news to me, I must admit. There is a new theological journal that is theologically conservative, orthodox, and Anglican. It is called The North American Anglican. Here is the link to their website:

www.39articles.com

Here is a section from the website:

The Anglican Church was not founded upon Canterbury. The Anglican Church was founded upon the Scriptures, the ancient Creeds, the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, and the historic Book of Common Prayer (BCP). And at a time when the Episcopal church has become apostate, and portions of the worldwide Anglican communion have fractured, millions of faithful Anglicans have expressed a desire to return to the orthodox doctrines contained in these classic formulations of biblical Christianity.

The North American Anglican journal is a quarterly publication and our goal for each issue is to publish a range of articles that are theological, historical, & practical, all of which support the 39 Articles and historic BCP. Of course, tactful discussion is permitted on non-central issues where Christians may honestly differ. We do desire ecumenical dialogue, but not at the expense of core doctrines of the “faith once received”.

We are thankful to have a talented board of contributing authors and editors from across several denominations, including the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC), the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA), The Anglican Coalition in Canada (ACiC), the Anglican Province in America (APA), the Diocese of the Holy Cross (DHC), the Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC), the United Episcopal Church in North America (UECNA), the Charismatic Episcopal Church (CEC), the Orthodox Anglican Church (OAC), churches affiliated with the Southern Cone, and several other conservative denominations as well.

This is very exciting to me because, for a long time, the Anglican church has been of great interest to me. The problem is that the dominant incarnation of the Anglican church in America has always been The Episcopal Church, which has the reputation of being perhaps the most liberal of the mainline denominations in America. I have been aware of the fact that there are conservative denominations that exist, but they are often few and far between. This new journal is reassuring that there is a movement of the Spirit of God among the Anglican church in North America. There are still those in the Anglican tradition who do not question the inspiration and authority of Scripture, the exclusivity of Jesus Christ as the way of salvation, and that still hold to a solidly Biblical view of marriage and sexual ethics. Thanks be to God for his faithfulness to preserve a remnant for himself.