ACNA's Minns in UK to preach

Bishop Martyn Minns, missionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America in the Anglican Church in North America, will be preaching at St Mary's Church, Portreath, near Penzance in the Diocese of Truro after the 0945 morning service on Sunday June 20th. Bishop Minns was formerly rector of Truro Church, Fairfax, Virginia, outside Washington DC which was named after Truro Parish (now the Diocese of Truro) in Cornwall.
Source: Anglican Mainstream

If Minns is licensed as a priest in any province of the Anglican Communion it would be in the Church of Nigeria. And there is no if about that; it's formal.

Granting Minns permission to preach at St. Mary's -- if that permission has been granted -- again calls into question whether the Archbishop of Canterbury is as interested in the integrity of provincial borders as he is in gay and lesbian bishops. To put a finer point on it -- gay and lesbian bishops who are openly honest about their sexual orientation.

And, on the silly side, if wearing a mitre is an episcopal function, does Minns have permission to wear one? Is Minns recognized as a bishop by the Church of England, and Jefferts Schori not?

Every moment brings a treasure
Of its own episcopate pleasure;
Though the moments quickly die,
Greet them gaily as they fly,
Greet them gaily as they fly.
With apologies for butchering lyrics from the Gilbert & Sullivan opera The Pirates of Penzance.

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Posted by John B. Chilton on June 18, 2010 9:12 AM | |
Comments (6)

So does he have to be licensed to do this?

Doug Spurlin

Posted by Doug [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 18, 2010 9:18 AM

"again calls into question whether the Archbishop of Canterbury is as interested in the integrity of provincial borders as he is in gay and lesbian bishops."

It does no such thing; it should be obvious by this point that OF COURSE the Archbishop isn't interested in the integrity of provincial borders. And, I think, for good reason (from his POV): he is among the foremost voices for changing the Anglican Communion from what it has always been into a worldwide Anglican Church. I'm sure that he sees anything that worries away at the individual provinces as making the changeover just that much easier down the road.

Posted by Bill Dilworth [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 18, 2010 9:41 AM

Near Penzance? Pirates anyone?

Posted by Susan Hedges [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 18, 2010 9:44 AM

Point taken, Bill. Rest assured my writing tongue was firmly in my cheek.

Posted by John B. Chilton [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 18, 2010 9:47 AM

It is interesting to note that Mr Minns will preach AFTER the morning service.

Looking at the website, the parish is a 'team ministry' of a group of parishes under one rector. This is quite common in rural bits of England. The slant here is that it also appears very evangelical. And there is a huge staff of other clergy.

Posted by Joseph Voelker [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 18, 2010 10:25 AM

Good point, Joseph.

Posted by John B. Chilton [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 18, 2010 10:37 AM

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