Anglican Church in America Gets
New Leader
Bishop of Northeast to Lead
Continuing Anglican Denomination
by David Virtue
Estes Park, Colorado-13 October 2007. The
Right Reverend George D. Langberg, Bishop of the Diocese of the
Northeast, Anglican Church in America, has been elected to be
the next President of the House of Bishops of the largest
traditional Anglican Church body in the United States.
He will succeed Archbishop and former Primate Louis W. Falk who
announced his intention to retire at the end of 2006 as
President of the House of Bishops, an office to which he was
elected at the ACA's 2005 General Synod.
Since 2001, Bishop Langberg has presided over the Diocese which
covers the six New England States and New York, and he will now
preside over the entire national church, working toward greater
unity among orthodox Anglicans and a closer relationship with
Rome.
 The House of Bishops and Executive
Council of The Anglican Church in America, meeting last week at
the St. Malo Retreat Center near Estes Park, Colorado, also
elected Bishop David Moyer, Suffragan for the Armed Forces, to
be the next Vice-President.
The church body also voted unanimously to apply for admission to
the recently-formed Federation of Anglican Churches in the
Americas (FACA). The Federation's existing member churches are
the Anglican Province of America, the Reformed Episcopal Church,
and the Anglican Mission in America.
After the vote, it was noted that the decision came at the end
of a 4-month period during which the Bishops had asked ACA
members to set aside one day a week as a day of prayer and
lasting for the greater unity of the Church.
The Anglican Church of America is part of the worldwide
Traditional Anglican Communion and has members in North and
South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia/New Zealand.
The Church has continued its historic practice and worship based
on the orthodox theology of the historic Church of England in
obedience to scripture and the three orthodox creeds of
Christendom. The worship of the Church follows the Book of
Common Prayer of 1662 and 1928, and in some parishes, the
Anglican and/or American Missal. The essentials of faith and practice of the
Church have not altered significantly since the mid-1500's and
today remain as the basis of Church teaching and practice.
Webmaster's Note: This article was extracted from the
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The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, PA which quoted an
article from Mr. Virtue's website
http://www.virtueonline.org.
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