May 23, 2019
Pastoral letter to all Faithful in Christ
Mission to all People:
Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We give thanks to God for the Faith handed to us and the opportunity to serve in North America as missionaries. We are especially grateful for the ministry, and mission of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) – a mission of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).
The Anglican Diocese of the Trinity (ADOTT) is an integral part of Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). We are composed of believers united by a common faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are united by a commitment to be Christ-centered and all inclusive, serving a multicultural and multiracial community of faith. We promote Spirit-filled worship and liturgy founded upon the Word of God. We are fully connected and committed to historical formularies of the Anglican Communion through the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). Our mission statement since our creation as a diocese “is to build a Christ-centered, multicultural, multiracial, Bible-based church that believes in the apostolic teaching and is sensitive to human needs.” We continue to stay true to this commitment in North America.
ADOTT is a full-fledged ecclesiastical unit that operates as a missionary, evangelical and church planting mission/movement. We are a non-geographical cluster of churches and congregations in North America.
Following the formal signing of agreement between the Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and the Primate of Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) with respect to the status and future of CANA, let it be known to all people that ADOTT continues to reaffirm and retain convincingly her full provincial membership in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and ministry partnership in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). We remain eternally grateful to the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) that conceived this vision and birth it years ago in North America. The mission continues to flourish in the various locations of our churches even as there are designated areas for planting of new churches by God’s grace.
Our mission is open to people of all race, ethnicity, color, and nationalities. We believe we are called to serve people of God in North America at this time and we will continue to remain focus on this multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic ministry for all people without any distraction. Jesus died for all people and salvation is for all who accept the Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Let me conclude with this passage of the Scriptures:
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.” A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work (2 Tim 2: 19-20 BSB)
We welcome all people to stand with us in this unique calling and encourage you all to present yourselves as vessels unto honor fit for the master’s use in this world. We are saved by grace to serve and to preach and,teach the undiluted Word of God.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Sincerely in Christ:
The Rt. Rev Amos Fagbamiye MDiv, Mss, Fss
Diocesan Bishop
(Anglican Diocese of the Trinity
Church of Nigeria – Anglican Communion)
Anglican Cathedral Church of Resurrection
8350 Ditch Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46260
Where does it state that they are leaving ACNA? “…ADOTT continues to reaffirm and retain convincingly her full provincial membership in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and ministry partnership in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).”
The quote you cite states they are out of ACNA and will be solely under the Church of Nigeria. Their relationship with the ACNA is that of ministry partnership, not as a constituent diocese. The link is a shared membership in GAFCON. There are now two orthodox Anglican provinces in North America who are members of GAFCON — who happen to have overlapping geographical jurisdictions. Before there was one with some dioceses having dual membership. That dual membership was ended.
Thank you for the clarification, sir. I stand corrected.
Good riddance to the bad rubbish of the prosperity “gospel”.
“Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)” is the formal, legal name of what in common parlance is often called “Anglican Church of Nigeria”. It is not new, nor is it a code expression, but rather the one that has been in use since the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) became a province in its own right during the 20th Century.
I don’t want to make too much of a point of this, but removing or completely re-writing your post after it is replied to is poor form.
As to Nigeria and Welby- 2 things-
1) The House of Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) have made clear that they will not be attending Lambeth, unless the ABoC meets the requirements put forth in the original letter from Gafcon 2018 and subsequent recent letter from the Gafcon Primates Council- so Welby’s influence in the matter of oversight of CANA or or former CANA dioceses is, essentially, nil.
2) Even if Nigeria were attending Lambeth, it is unimaginable that Welby would invite “border crossing” CANA bishops who are tromping all over TEC and ACoC territory. Williams did not in 2008. If Welby did invite them, TEC would cut off the millions of dollars that Trinity Wall Street is putting into the conference.
Have you considered speaking with a mental health professional about working through some issues?
Neither Welby nor St. Paul has anything to do with it. That’s been the name of the church for decades.
Editing your comment in order to re-mis-present the entire point of your comment is simply poor manners and immoral.
Your original comment addressed the use of the name “Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)” and suggested a weirdly bizarre conspiracy theory behind the use of the name. When you were told correctly that your weird theory did not fit the facts, you changed your post to pretend that you were making a completely different point that might actually have matched reality (and still doesn’t).
I don’t intend to engage in conversation with you from here out, since you engage in conversation dishonestly and dishonorably.
Why not state precisely why you believe the words are or are not apropos, rather than posing it as a rhetorical question?
“recipient”- what an odd choice of words. What, pray tell, did we “receive” in your comment?
As I recall, one of the 4 bishops nominated as missionary bishops for the Diocese of the Trinity who was identified as a preacher of the “prosperity gospel”. I tried to find the story that named him such without success on the search bar (perhaps it was Anglican Unscripted?) That info was followed a few days later by a press release from Bishop Orji of CANA (West) that declared the prosperity gospel to be a heresy. I am wondering what has become of the 4 nominations. Have the bishops all been ordained and assigned to missionary areas? Or was that put on hold while Church of Nigeria, ACNA and the various CANA dioceses worked out the ecclesiology?
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I’ve read a lot about what has happened. I’d like to know more about WHY it happened.