Anglican Mission in England

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Anglican Mission in England
Location
CountryEngland
Ecclesiastical province Anglican Network in Europe
Statistics
Parishes29 (2024)
Information
DenominationAnglican
Rite Anglican
Current leadership
Bishop Andy Lines (Convocation)
Tim Davies (Assistant), Lee McMunn (Assistant)
Website
Official website

The Anglican Mission in England (AMiE) is an Anglican convocation affiliated to the Anglican Network in Europe that seeks to establish Anglican churches in England outside the Church of England. It was created with the support of the Global Anglican Future Conference, and is part of the Anglican realignment. [1]

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Leadership

AMiE has three bishops, Andy Lines, Tim Davies and Lee McMunn. Andy Lines is the Convocation Bishop: he was consecrated on 30 June 2017 as the Missionary Bishop to Europe of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), a province outside the Anglican Communion, but recognized by GAFCON and the Global South provinces. [2] Lines' role is to provide oversight to Anglican churches in Europe that exist outside of current Anglican structures, which includes AMiE. [3] [2] [4]

History

AMiE was formed with the support of GAFCON (The Global Anglican Future Conference). [5] [6] GAFCON gave their full support at their second meeting in Nairobi, in October 2013. Initially its congregations were church plants that had been ejected from the Church of England for various reasons. More recently, evangelical Anglican churches have begun to plant churches under the AMiE banner. [7]

The movement has received the support of the Archbishop of Nigeria, Nicholas Okoh. [8] [9]

In 2016 AMiE set out its vision to plant 25 churches by 2025 and 250 churches by 2050. [8]

Bishop Lines ordained the first nine men as deacons and priests on 7 December 2017, at East London Tabernacle, a Baptist church in east London. [10] Previously, clergymen associated with AMiE had come from the Church of England, or been ordained by Anglican bishops overseas. Eight men were ordained as deacons and one as a priest, all working for AMiE churches. [1] For example, Robert Tearle, 24, was to serve as deacon at Trinity Church Scarborough, a 2017 church plant. [11]

On 14 December 2020, AMIE became a proto-diocese (convocation) affiliated to the newly created Anglican Network in Europe; [12] the network's other convocation is the Anglican Convocation in Europe, which has six churches in Scotland, Portugal, Cornwall and Surrey. [13]

Theological position

AMiE takes a conservative stance on human sexuality, opposing same-sex marriage and women's ordination. Members of the executive of AMiE are required to hold complementarian views. AMiE leaders have made accusations that there is false teaching in Church of England leadership. [8] Bishop Lee McMunn has stated that, while many "faithful Anglicans" remain within the Church of England, others find their route to ordination "blocked by liberal clergy who do not believe orthodox Anglican teachings".

AMiE's stated intent is not to threaten Anglicans within current structures, but to provide support for those already outside the structures. [1]

Churches

AMiE currently has 25 churches under the leadership of Bishop Lines. [14] [15] This is an increase from 6 churches in September 2016. [8]

NameLocationWebClergyFoundedNotes
Anchor Church Lymington & Pennington Lymington, Hampshire Christopher Henderson (ordained CoE 2016)2019Church plant from Christ Church, Westbourne, Bournemouth.
Becontree Church Becontree, Greater London Rob Newman2014Church plant from St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham
Christ Church Central Sheffield, South Yorkshire Tim Davies (ordained CoE 1993)
Chris Houghton (ordained AMiE 2017)		2005Church plant from Christ Church, Fulwood
Christ Church Newland Newland, Kingston upon Hull Scott McKay2020Formed by the vicar and most members of St John's Church, Newland, Hull, leaving the Church of England. [16]
Christ Church RiversideRiverside, Kingston upon Hull Peter Birnie2020Previously a church plant from St John's Church, Newland, Hull; left the Church of England at the same time as its parent church.
Christ Church Salisbury Salisbury, Wiltshire Mark Payne2014
Christ Church South Cambs Sawston, Cambridgeshire Tim Chapman (ordained CoE 2002)2006Church plant from All Saints, Little Shelford (originally under a Bishop's Mission Order, but licence withdrawn in 2013)
Christ Church Stockport Stockport, Greater Manchester Matt Thompson (ordained AMiE 2017)
Jon Cawsey (ordained AMiE 2017)		2018
Christ Church Walkley Walkley, Sheffield Pete Jackson (ordained AMiE 2017)
Kenny Larsen (ordained AMiE 2017)		2012Church plant from Christ Church, Fulwood and Christ Church Central
Christ Church Wyre Forest Kidderminster, Worcestershire Leo Davison (ordained CESA)2002Began when minister Charles Raven was ejected from St John's Church, Kidderminster by the Bishop of Worcester [17]
Cornerstone Church Colchester Colchester, Essex John Parker (ordained CoE)2020Vicar John Parker left the Church of England in 2019 to start a new church. [18] Listed by AMiE as a plant rather than a full church.
Cornerstone Church Grays Grays, Essex Mike Walton (ordained CoE)2020Formed by the vicar and some members of St Mary's and Emmanuel, Chadwell St Mary. [19]
Grace Church Newton Hall Newton Hall, Durham Mark Rainbow (ordained Anglican 2017)2017Church plant from Christ Church Durham, a non-aligned Anglican church. Joined AMiE 2021 [20]
Grace Church Sydenham Sydenham, Greater London Tim Iles (ordained CoE 2011)2015Church plant from Grace Church Dulwich, itself a plant from St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate. Joined AMiE 2018 [21]
Holy Trinity Gateshead Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Vacant (position to be taken by Chris Houghton in April 2022)c. 2005Church plant from Jesmond Parish Church. Joined AMiE 2021.
Hope Church Goldthorpe Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire 2021
Redeemer Church Thanet Ramsgate, Kent Peter Harvey (ordained CoE 2018)2021
St James' Church, Ryde Ryde, Isle of Wight James Leggett (ordained CoE 1993)
James Pontin		1827Previously a proprietary chapel; left the Church of England in 2020.
St Joseph's, Benwell Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Ken Matthews
Trinity Church Bristol Bristol Carl Bicknell (ordained CoE 2010)2018
Trinity Church Lancaster Lancaster, Lancashire Martin Soole (ordained AMiE 2017)2015
Trinity Church Scarborough Scarborough, North Yorkshire Lee McMunn (ordained CoE 2005)
James Oakley		2017 [22] Church plant from St John's Church, Newland, Hull

AMiE is also aiming to plant a new church in Ramsgate in 2021. [23]

Former AMiE churches

The following churches disaffiliated from AMiE in 2020–21.

NameLocationWebClergyFoundedNotes
Anchor Anglican Church, Fowey Fowey, Cornwall Philip de Grey-Warter2019 [24] Formed when the vicar of Fowey Parish Church left the CoE. Now part of the Anglican Convocation in Europe (see above).
Cornerstone Church Crewe Crewe, Cheshire Matt Guest (ordained CoE 2015)2019Church plant from Christ Church, Wharton.
Grace Church Bude Bude, Cornwall Alistair Harper (ordained AMiE 2017)2019May be defunct.
King's Church Guildford Guildford, Surrey Richard Leadbeater (ordained CoE 2010)2014Now part of FIEC. [25]

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