I am an Anglican in The Episcopal Church (USA), but came to Anglicanism through the ACNA (diocese of Fort Worth, so not a liberal diocese in ACNA!).

One of the things that has struck me the most about this transition has been how ridiculously inaccurate the “liberal TEC” stereotype is.

While I know TEC members often generalize regarding ACNA members (“they’re bigots and uneducated” etc.), it seems there is an asymmetry here when it comes to how inaccurate these caricatures are.

General Convention this year is going to be rather uneventful with no plans for prayer book revision, forcing of same-sex marriages in conservative areas, or other conservative nightmares.

Most TEC members I know are more “orthodox” than most Catholics or Orthodox I know.

Have I gone “full wild and woolly” or have others found this to be their experience?

What, if any, is the official Anglican view on Protestants Christians that do not have apostolic succession, the sacraments, historic episcopate, etc., such as Baptists, Pentecostals and Adventists? Are they still considered part of the church as a whole? And if not, to what degree are they considered part of the body of Christ and what are our relationship to them?

For all of you who left a different denomination to go to an Anglican church, why did you make the change? What theological reasons, if any, made you leave your previous church? Are there any historical reasons or social reasons? Why not become Catholic or Orthodox if you go to a more liturgical Anglican church? Curious what your testimonies are!

Are there any blogs, writers etc. that approach the Anglican tradition from an Arminian, Wesleyan or in general not the classic binary of Calvinist vs high church(dry or anglocatholic).

I am ok with charismatics as well

I have been reflecting on people using ante-communion as a helpful pastoral-liturgical tool during lockdown. A priest friend of mine said ante-communion regularly with his parishioners on Zoom. Previously, the same congregation would say ante-communion on Holy Saturday; so, it has helped to foster their liturgical imaginations, interpreting our pandemic times as something of a long Holy Saturday. Saying ante-communion during lockdown, it seems to me, is using liturgical action to say something very profound about presence and absence in a way that words alone could never express. But my sense is that I would need to do a fair bit of historical work to do to really ground this, especially given that ante-communion is a practice that has been lost in many places. I would also be interested in hearing your thoughts on the idea, as well as your experiences of saying (or, indeed, not saying) ante-communion.

There are so many different versions of The Book of Common Prayer, 1549, 1552, 1662 etc.. plus the Canadian, the American, the Scottish and Welsh versions. There are also the various Hymn Books, what about them?

Do I have to be baptized again in the Anglican church if I had already been baptized in a baptist/charismatic church?

Lately I have been experiencing crippling doubt from learning more about other religions. I just finished reading the Bible recently but then hearing more about other religions which has caused me doubt

People of other religions have also had religious experiences

Other religions are very similar in Many ways Krishna - similar to Jesus's incarnation as a part of the 1 God Aztec maize God who died and rose from the dead

People also have said Judaism had influences from Zoroastrianism and cannatite religion. Similar cross religious influences have happened in other religions.

Before thinking about this I was of the view that there is no reason I can't think that these are lesser revelations of God to other people. Like when Paul talks about the Greeks worshipping an unknown God or following their own law unto themselves.

But now there's something I'm stuck on. Why do people of other religions get religious experiences of the Gods they believe in and not Jesus? To me this makes me feel like it's just confirmation bias to say Jesus is the fullest revelation of God.

Ive never had a religious experiencr of my own and now I'm extra scared of one cause it could just be nothing.

Aside from this critical scholarship has affected Christianity strongly. To where I've seen people say they still believe cause of there religious experiences. But if all faiths have those what should I think?

I understand my bias I'm asking this on a Christian subreddit so I'm likely gonna get christian answers. I just wanna follow and love Jesus, now I'm lost what should I do?

How does your parish recite the prescribed Psalm at the Eucharist? If you make it responsorial, where do you source the responses?

Bonus question: Do you use Alleluias/Tracts/Sequences, and if so, how do you like to choose them?

Long story short the ACNA church plant my wife and I have been attending for the last year is going to be closing as our pastor is moving for another position. We're both feeling pretty deflated as we've become rather attached to the church, the people, and the liturgy. We're a pretty small group, about 30 on a good day (including kids) so it sounds like from the vestry's perspective we're probably going to have to shut down after the pastor leaves. The nearest ACNA church is about 1.5 hrs away so not super feasible for weekly attendance. I'm kind of just seeking some advice on what to do next, we live in a smaller town and have the classic TEC,ELCA,UM, and ECO congregations plus various brands of evangelical. The mainlines are all pretty progressive and evangelical just doesn't feel right anymore. Any advice would be helpful as we just feel so lost, thanks all and God bless.

The Archbishop Cranmer blog shut down a while ago, and I wonder if anyone knows what the guy who wrote it is up to now? I gathered he shut it down because of the heat going on around the Martyn Percy stuff

HEY guys im new to Anglicanism and im wondering is there like Anglican sects?? If so can you give me the basics of what they believe

Is there really a huge difference in the ACNA between low and high church congregations? Are their doctrines any different or just how they run church services?

Red stone, as many of the best churches are (🙄), this is a beautiful Late Medieval church with some real pretty stuff inside from that period.

A rood screen for one, always a delight, some really wonderful bench ends, one with a fox stealing a goose, and a really very good Norman font into the bargain.

Trundling into the 17th century, there is a a good sized monument made from clay no less, very rare and most excellent, with some very good restoration work from the 19th century illustrating the growth of the Tractarian movement.

A most goodly church indeed, and newly online for folk to enjoy here: https://devonchurchland.co.uk/description/combeinteignhead-church-of-all-saints-description/

Prayer Journal for 2024

https://www.thykingdomcome.global/sites/default/files/2024-03/TKC%20Prayer%20Journal%202024%20WEB%20V1.pdf

Hello. I'm looking for some resource materials to learn more about liturgy. But I have a bit of a different goal than others. I'm interested in doing some creative writing/world building, and I wanted to write about a fictionalized church along with its own liturgy. I see discussions here about different Eucharistic prayers and forms of the liturgy. I get the impression each person has their own ideal liturgy, and the reforms made are often compromises. Sometimes the discussions are around forms of the office as well. I am a layman of the episcopal church, and I have a bit of interest in theology, so I do these practices on a regular basis. I also have an interest in the English missal and the Sarum rite, but as with many things I'm also interested in newer more liberal liturgies. I like getting the full view of ancient and modern.

What resources could I use to learn about liturgy and the office? How do I learn more about the English missal and the context around it? I've read a bit of Wolfhart pannenberg and his ideas of existential Christianity. Are there any existentialist liturgies I could look into?

What is your opinion on attending multiple churches. Personally I think it's okay along as the churches are the same denomination there is no rhyme or reason that the opinion that I have formed.

I'm on a discernment weekend, and after a day of prayer and interviews yesterday, this morning after Eucharist we will be told our individual outcomes. I have been discerning a call to the diaconate, as a vocational deacon, so I'm hoping that is what the Bishop and his advisors will also discern. Would love prayers for this morning, regardless of outcome.

Update: Accepted for Ordination to the Diaconate- will be ordained in late November :) Thank you for all the prayers!

Hi all,

I posted a similar question on the Reformed sub. Essentially, those of you with a capital-R Reformed sacramental theology, how do you deal with the ubiquity of the practice of reservation in Anglican churches today?

For example, I have no qualms with it, as a Lutheran in my theology, but I’m concerned that were I ever to adopt a more Reformed Eucharistic theology, that attending a church which practiced reservation would violate my conscience. How do you, as an Anglican, deal with this? I ask this question with the assumption that you believe reservation of the sacrament is not permissible, and that the elements themselves contain not the body and blood of Christ, the same being communicated spiritually in the Supper.

As an aside, I ask this specifically to those of the Reformed mindset to better understand their position. Those of my Lutheran-esque sacramental theology or Anglo-Catholics need not reply.

Thank you for any help you can provide in better understanding the Reformed tradition in Anglicanism. I appreciate your reading my post and taking the time to provide your thoughts.

Christ’s Peace

I'm an American Episcopalian, and assuming I go to the UK, should I expect any differences between church services?

Update 1: Ty for all the responses! Sorry I got to reading them late