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The '''Anglican realignment''' is a movement among some [[Anglican]]s to align themselves under new or alternative oversight within or outside the [[Anglican Communion]].

Two of the major events that contributed to the movement were the 2002 decision of the [[Anglican Diocese of New Westminster|Diocese of New Westminster]] in Canada to authorise a rite of blessing for [[same-sex union]]s, and the nomination of two openly gay priests in 2003 to become bishops. [[Jeffrey John]], an openly gay priest with a long-time partner, was appointed to be the next [[Bishop of Reading]] in the [[Church of England]] and the [[General Convention]] of the Episcopal Church ratified the election of [[Gene Robinson]], an openly gay non-celibate{{NoteTag|The issue is less sexual orientation than sexual practice. Many conservative Anglicans disapprove of his being openly sexually active more than his sexual attractions as such.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/gays.among.candidates.for.episcopal.bishops/23916.htm | title=Gays among candidates for Episcopal bishops| date=3 August 2009}}</ref>}} man,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7166964.stm |website=BBC |title= US Church 'unfairly criticised' |date=1 January 2008 |last=Landau |first=Christopher |quote=He [Robinson] is alone in being the only gay partnered bishop who's open about that status. |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> as [[Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire|Bishop of New Hampshire]]. Jeffrey John ultimately declined the appointment due to pressure.<ref name=":0" />

The current realignment movement differs from previous ones in that some Anglicans are seeking to establish different [[ecclesiology|ecclesiastical]] arrangements within the Anglican Communion rather than separating themselves from it; and other Anglicans that had previously separated are being gathered into the new realignment structures along with those who were never Anglican/Episcopalian before. Some Anglican [[Ecclesiastical province|provinces]], particularly in [[Church of Nigeria|Nigeria]], [[Anglican Church of Kenya|Kenya]], [[Church of the Province of West Africa|West Africa]], and [[Anglican Church of South America|South America]], are seeking to accommodate them.<ref name="zoll-081108">{{cite news |url=https://www.fosters.com/article/20081109/NEWS0201/811089950 |title=3rd Episcopal diocese splits from national church |last=Zoll |first=Rachel |agency=Associated Press |website=Fosters |date=November 9, 2008 |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref> A number of parishes that are part of the realignment have severed ties with the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada and associated themselves with bishops from these other national Anglican provinces.

The conventions of four dioceses of the Episcopal Church voted in 2007 and 2008 to leave that church and to join the Anglican Church of South America. Twelve other jurisdictions, serving an estimated 100,000  persons at that time, formed on December 3–4, 2008 a [[Confessing Anglican]] body, the [[Anglican Church in North America]] (ACNA). The ACNA is seeking official recognition as a province within the Anglican Communion.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-12-03-episcopal-split_N.htm | work=USA Today | title=Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church | date=December 4, 2008 | access-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> The Church of Nigeria declared itself in communion with the new church in March 2009 and the [[Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans]] (GAFCON) has recognized it as well.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=12&d=308&p_t=main.php?k_j=17&c_c=1&c_y=2009 |title = Resolution of the standing committee regarding the anglican church in north america |website=Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion |access-date=February 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120214083747/http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=12&d=308&p_t=main.php%3Fk_j%3D17&c_c=1&c_y=2009 |archive-date=February 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=12&d=314&p_t=main.php?k_j=17&c_c=1&c_y=2009 |title=Communiqué from the GAFCON/FCA Primates' Council |date=April 16, 2009 |website=Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion |access-date=February 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120214083751/http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=12&d=314&p_t=main.php%3Fk_j%3D17&c_c=1&c_y=2009 |archive-date=February 14, 2012 }}</ref> In June 2009, the [[Church of Uganda|Anglican Church of Uganda]] also declared itself in full communion with the ACNA, and the [[Episcopal Church of Sudan|Anglican Church of Sudan]] followed suit in December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.acnaassembly.org/index2.php/acna/page/109 |title=Church of Uganda Declares itself in Full Communion with Anglican Church in North America |author=Church of Uganda |publisher=Anglican Church in North America |access-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090628104434/http://www.acnaassembly.org/index2.php/acna/page/109 |archive-date=2009-06-28 }}</ref><ref name="sudan">{{cite web |url = http://www.anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/339 |title = Advent Letter from Archbishop Duncan |access-date=2011-12-16 }}</ref>

In October 2025, GAFCON Chairman [[Laurent Mbanda]]. the Primate of Rwanda, announced that the GAFCON communion would officially be renamed Global Anglican Communion and its members will select a new ''[[primus inter pares]]'' instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury while also asserting that GAFCON was not leaving the Anglican Communion.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=The Future Has Arrived |url=https://gafcon.org/communique-updates/the-future-has-arrived/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=GAFCON: Global Anglicans |language=en-AU}}</ref> The announcement was not signed by any other Primates. The election will take place at the next GAFCON, due to take place between the third and sixth of March 2026, in [[Abuja]], Nigeria, hosted by the [[Church of Nigeria]]. It is described as a mini-conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events |url=https://gafcon.org/events/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=GAFCON: Global Anglicans |language=en-AU}}</ref> Mbanda said that in the wake of the appointment of [[Sarah Mullally]] as the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], and the resulting controversy it poses amongst evangelical Anglicans, that "This may be the most significant gathering of faithful Anglicans since 2008."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canterbury Appointment Abandons Anglicans |url=https://gafcon.org/communique-updates/canterbury-appointment-abandons-anglicans/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=GAFCON: Global Anglicans |language=en-AU}}</ref> 

As of 2025, GAFCON claims to represent upwards of 85% of the world's practicing Anglicans.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Bumgardner |first=David |date=2025-10-17 |title=A house divided: The Anglican communion's great reset |url=https://baptistnews.com/article/a-house-divided-the-anglican-communions-great-reset/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Baptist News Global |language=en-US}}</ref> Peer-reviewed research from 2015 and 2016, published in the ''[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]'' by [[Cambridge University Press]], indicates that GAFCON represents closer to 45% of practicing Anglicans and just over 54% of all Anglicans.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Muñoz |first=Daniel |date=May 2016 |title=North to South: A Reappraisal of Anglican Communion Membership Figures |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-anglican-studies/article/abs/north-to-south-a-reappraisal-of-anglican-communion-membership-figures/2DE9B1D5B85A164090A393735AACA1FB |journal=Journal of Anglican Studies |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=71–95 |doi=10.1017/S1740355315000212 |issn=1740-3553}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gledhill |first=Ruth |date=2015-11-12 |title=Anglican membership figures could be out by millions |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/news/anglican-membership-figures-could-be-out-by-millions |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=www.christiantoday.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Overview==
The movement that involves secession from local dioceses or provinces and yet seeks to remain within the Anglican Communion has been criticised by opponents who claim that, under historic Anglican polity, such a move is not possible. The concept of alternative episcopal oversight first arose a generation ago with the debate over the [[ordination of women]]. At that time, the movement manifested itself as an effort to accommodate conservative parishes and
dioceses that did not want to accept the authority of women consecrated as bishops or bishops who ordained women, by providing pastoral oversight from a bishop who shared their conservative theology.  The most thoroughly developed example of this involved the appointment of [[provincial episcopal visitor]]s in the [[Church of England]], beginning in 1994, who attend to the pastoral needs of parishes and clergy who do not recognise that [[Anglican ministry|holy orders]] can or should be conferred on women.  The movement continues today primarily because of a very similar controversy regarding gay and lesbian members of the church, particularly the church's role in same-sex marriage and the ordination of homosexual clergy.

Under canon law a diocese and a province have geographical boundaries and no other diocese or province can exercise jurisdiction within those boundaries. If the Anglican realignment movement succeeds, some dioceses will be defined by a common theological perspective: thus, a geographically distinct area may have multiple Anglican dioceses recognized by the Anglican Communion.

== History ==
Since 1785, there have been disputes within the Episcopal Church that have led to departures of clergy and congregations. An early and notable example is [[King's Chapel]], a historic church in Boston that was Anglican when founded in 1686. A century later, in 1785, a clergyman with Unitarian ideas took his congregation and formed an independent Unitarian church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kings-chapel.org/history.html |title=A Brief History Of King's Chapel |work=King's Chapel |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019093217/http://www.kings-chapel.org/history.html |archive-date=19 October 2014 }}</ref> To this day, King's Chapel believes itself to be both a Unitarian church and an extramural Anglican church as it uniquely uses the ''Book of Common Prayer According to the Use in King's Chapel'' in its worship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kings-chapel.org/worship.html|title=Our Tradition of Worship|work=King's Chapel|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20051124170849/http://www.kings-chapel.org/worship.html|archive-date=2005-11-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Canada, the first rupture with the incipient national church came in 1871, with the departure of the [[Dean (religion)|dean]] of the [[Diocese of British Columbia]], [[Edward Cridge]], and many of the congregation of [[Christ Church Cathedral (Victoria, British Columbia)|Christ Church Cathedral]] over the issue of [[ritualism]]. Cridge and his followers founded a church under the auspices of the US-based [[Reformed Episcopal Church]] and continued to use the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]''.

For the most part, extramural Anglican churches are linked by the common use of forms of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' in worship. Like the example of King's Chapel, some use unique or historical versions. Over the years, various parallel Anglican denominations have broken with Anglican Communion churches over many, sometimes transient, issues.

Initial developments for the Anglican realignment started through the progressive tendencies of the Lambeth Conference. Beginning with the [[Lambeth Conference]]s, international Anglicanism has wrestled with matters of doctrine, polity, and liturgy in order to achieve consensus, or at least tolerance, between diverse viewpoints. Throughout the twentieth century, this led to Lambeth resolutions allowing for [[contraception]] and [[divorce]], denouncing [[capital punishment]], and recognising the autonomy of provinces in the [[ordination of women]] to the [[deacon|diaconate]] and [[priest]]hood.  Despite the determination of the 1897 conference that communion provinces were autonomous and that no other province had jurisdiction within another, some provinces have sought to associate with others. Although Lambeth had not indicated support for the ordination of women to the priesthood at the time, some provinces began ordaining women to this order before Lambeth reconsidered the matter in 1978, just as some provinces have begun consecrating women [[bishop]]s although there is likewise no international consensus.

The [[ordination of women]] priests in the United States in 1976 led to the founding of the [[Continuing Anglican Movement]] in 1977. Its [[Affirmation of St. Louis]] declared the ordination of women (by the Episcopal Church in the US and the Anglican Church of Canada) to be a matter of schism and to have caused a break with [[apostolic succession]]. The "Anglican Continuum", therefore, saw itself as perpetuating (i.e. continuing) the line of valid ordination considered essential to Anglicanism. In 1992, the [[Episcopal Missionary Church]] was established after its leaders first attempted to reform ECUSA from within. It is usually considered to have joined the [[Continuing Anglican Movement]]. Unlike the Anglican realignment movement, the churches of the Anglican Continuum do not seek to be accepted into the Anglican Communion.

Further developments within Anglicanism led the province of Rwanda, along with the province of Southeast Asia, to form the Anglican Mission in America (now called the [[Anglican Mission in the Americas]]) as a mission jurisdiction.

=== Timeline ===

==== 2000 ====
*Bishops [[Emmanuel Kolini]] and [[Moses Tay]] discreetly consecrated two clergy as bishops at [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore]] outside of the authority of the Episcopal Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://anglicansonline.org/archive/news/articles/2000/000214a.html|title="Event coverage: the Singapore/ECUSA consecrations"}}</ref> These newly consecrated bishops would be the first to reclaim the name of Anglican. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Philip |title=How American Anglicans Went Mainstream |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2020/01/how-anglicans-went-mainstream/}}</ref>

==== 2002 ====
* At its diocesan [[synod]] in May, the [[Anglican Diocese of New Westminster]] of the Anglican Church of Canada voted for the third time to permit the blessing of same-sex unions. After having withheld consent to the motion on two previous occasions, Bishop [[Michael Ingham (bishop)|Michael Ingham]] agreed to it, as it met the benchmark of garnering more than 60% majority of votes by delegates. In response, nine parishes (including [[St. John's Shaughnessy]], the largest Anglican church in Canada) withdrew from diocesan life, and the priests of two of the parishes led members of their congregations into churches affiliated with the [[Church of the Province of Rwanda]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.samesexblessing.info/Overview/Chronology/tabid/72/Default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518011901/http://www.samesexblessing.info/Overview/Chronology/tabid/72/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Information on SameSex Blessings in the Diocese of New Westminster : Overview : Chronology (DNN 3.1.0)<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=May 18, 2007}}</ref> Two additional parishes returned to diocesan involvement after their dissenting rectors left. Five remain outside the ambit of the diocese.

==== 2003 ====
* [[Jeffrey John]], an openly gay priest living with his long-time partner, was appointed to be the next [[Bishop of Reading]]. He withdrew his nomination under pressure after being asked to do so by the Archbishop of Canterbury.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/international/europe/man-appointed-first-openly-gay-anglican-bishop-declines.html|title=Man Appointed First Openly Gay Anglican Bishop Declines Post|last=Hoge|first=Warren|date=2003-07-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-04-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Gene Robinson]] — a divorced priest openly living in a committed gay relationship — was consecrated as bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire]] in the Episcopal Church of the United States. This event precipitated actions by dissenting Episcopal bishops and priests at the diocesan and parish level to disassociate themselves from the Episcopal Church and align themselves with other primates of the Anglican Communion, including the primates of Nigeria, Rwanda, and Bolivia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3171934.stm|title=Conservatives warn of Church split|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 October 2014|date=2003-10-09}}</ref> The [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] has not recognized such realignments as legitimate.
* A communique issued from a called meeting of the primates of the Anglican Communion on October 15–16 stated "that bishops must respect the autonomy and territorial integrity of dioceses and provinces other than their own", while also calling on Anglican provinces "to make adequate provision for episcopal oversight of dissenting minorities within their own area of pastoral care in consultation with the Archbishop of Canterbury on behalf of the Primates."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2003/10/a-statement-by-the-primates-of-the-anglican-communion-meeting-in-lambeth-palace.aspx|title=A Statement by the Primates of the Anglican Communion meeting in Lambeth Palace|publisher=Anglicannews.org|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>

==== 2004 ====
* On January 11, the Rev. [[Foley Beach]] of [[Monroe, Georgia]], resigned from his parish church and departed the Episcopal Church to start a new congregation, [[Holy Cross Cathedral (Loganville, Georgia)|Holy Cross Anglican Church]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcanglican.org/|title=Holy Cross Anglican Church: Loganville, GA|publisher=Hcanglican.org|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> under Bishop Frank Lyons of the Province of the Southern Cone and the Diocese of Bolivia.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041004-702145-1,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408100225/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041004-702145-1,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 8, 2005 | magazine=Time | title=The Tale of Two Churches | date=September 27, 2004 | access-date=April 25, 2010 | first=Marguerite | last=Michaels}}</ref> This began an exodus of clergy and congregations.{{Clarify|how many and add ref|date=October 2009}} 
* Two parishes in Washington state—[[St. Charles Anglican Cathedral|St. Charles Episcopal Church]] and [[St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Oak Harbor, Washington)|St. Stephen's Episcopal Church]]—left the [[Episcopal Diocese of Olympia]].<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/faithvalues/2003578841_stephens19m.html|title=A church torn in two|publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> The two churches affiliated with the Diocese of Recife under [[Robinson Cavalcanti]] prior to the creation of the ACNA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aacblog.classicalanglican.net/archives/2005_12.html|title= AAC Press Release December 06, 2005: "Recife Creates "North-American Archdeaconry" at its Synod"|publisher=Aacblog.classicalanglican.net|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
* "In 2004 the majority of [Church of England] bishops had voted for legalising civil partnerships when that legislation made its way through parliament."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2016/11/secretary-general-responds-to-gafcon-uk.aspx|title=Church of England News: Secretary General responds to GAFCON UK|work=Church of England News|access-date=2017-05-02|language=en}}</ref>

==== 2005 ====
* Clergy in the Church of England are permitted to register a civil partnership if they give assurances that their relationships are celibate. Jeffrey John, the dean of [[St Albans Cathedral|St. Alban's Cathedral]], became the most senior cleric to register a civil union with his same-sex partner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/5236132.stm|title=Gay cleric's 'wedding' to partner|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2017-04-05|date=August 2006}}</ref>
* Archbishop [[Peter Akinola]], the primate of the [[Church of Nigeria]], "has spoken out against the decision by the Church of England to open the way so positively for homosexual clergy in the UK."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/revd.akinolas.response.to.church.of.england.civil.partnerships.stance/3642.htm|title=Revd Akinola's Response to Church of England Civil Partnerships Stance |website=www.christiantoday.com|date=8 August 2005 |language=en|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>
* Archbishop Orombi of the [[Church of Uganda]] also criticised the Church of England stating that he agreed with Archbishop Akinola.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/africa.anglicans.criticise.church.of.england.over.new.direction.on.homosexuals/3913.htm|title=Africa Anglicans Criticise Church of England Over New Direction on Homosexuals |website=www.christiantoday.com|date=9 September 2005 |language=en|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

==== 2006 ====
* On November 4, [[Katharine Jefferts Schori]], previously [[Episcopal Diocese of Nevada|Bishop of Nevada]], was invested at the [[Washington National Cathedral]] as the new Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5094988.stm|title=Profile: Katharine Jefferts Schori|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 October 2014|date=2006-06-19}}</ref> She was the only national leader of a church in the Anglican Communion who is a woman.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6117558.stm|title=Woman bishop takes over Church|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=11 October 2014|date=2006-11-04}}</ref> The Seattle Times reported in Virginia, "Parishioners there weren't upset only by Bishop Peter James Lee's vote in 2003 to accept an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire; many of the members still object to female priests and the new female bishop who leads the U.S. church."<ref name=vir>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003578838_episcopal19m.html |title="It is wrenching to realize how fragile" church family is |publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524081737/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003578838_episcopal19m.html |archive-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref> Her election is a point of division within some provinces of the Anglican Communion, which does not universally accept the [[ordination of women]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5093256.stm|title=Female chief makes Church history|publisher=News.bbc..co.uk|access-date=11 October 2014|date=2006-06-18}}</ref>

:In the Anglican realignment movement, the [[Anglican Mission in America]], which has women priests, has decided that women will in the future, be ordained deacons but not priests or bishops. The two women priests in AMiA will continue to serve.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anglicanmissioninamerica.org/amia/index.cfm?ID=F2FA6A18-3EBF-4219-B4D9A58C150FF363 |title=Anglican Mission in American Announces Policy on Women's Ordination |date=October 31, 2003 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |website=Anglican Mission in America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011020301/http://anglicanmissioninamerica.org/amia/index.cfm?ID=F2FA6A18-3EBF-4219-B4D9A58C150FF363 |archive-date=October 11, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=142 |title=Changes In AMiA's Structure Raise Concerns About Ordination Policy |publisher=Challengeonline.org |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017040757/http://www.challengeonline.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=142 |archive-date=17 October 2014 }}</ref> The [[Anglican Communion Network]], which includes parishes with women clergy and those that are opposed to women's ordination, has made it a policy to respect both positions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acn-us.org/documents/structural-charter.html|title=The Anglican Communion Networks Article VIII: Ordination|work=Moving: Tips, Tricks, And How To|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> [[Convocation of Anglicans in North America|CANA]] is studying whether women newly aspiring to ordination should be approved."...CANA policies regarding the ordination of new female aspirants will be developed from a biblical and pastoral perspective."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://canaconvocation.org/about/faq.php#Q3 |title=Frequently Asked Questions |website=CANA Convocation |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105083242/http://www.canaconvocation.org/about/faq.php |archive-date=January 5, 2007}}</ref> The [[American Anglican Council]] issued a statement, on the election of Bishop Schori which in part said "Jefferts Schori's election will obviously present problems for those who do not recognize the ordination of women priests".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americananglican.org/site/c.ikLUK3MJIpG/b.564003/apps/s/content.asp?ct=2664421|title=A Statement from the American Anglican Council on the Election of the Episcopal Church's 26th Presiding Bishop|date=June 18, 2006 |website=American Anglican Council |access-date=February 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181949/http://www.americananglican.org/site/c.ikLUK3MJIpG/b.564003/apps/s/content.asp?ct=2664421|archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> The [[Anglican Communion Network|AAC's]] "Statement of Faith: A Place to Stand: A Call to Mission" explicitly says under "Ministry in the Anglican Communion" that in regards to "practices contrary to biblical, classical Anglican doctrine and moral standards, we must not and will not support them."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americananglican.org/atf/cf/%7B0124EFED-8D9A-4067-9C7C-969A768F1648%7D/PlacetoStandRevised10-26-05.pdf |title=A Place to Stand...A Call to Mission |access-date=March 24, 2021 |orig-date=August 7, 1996 |date=October 18, 2005 |website=American Anglican Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709211005/http://www.americananglican.org/atf/cf/%7B0124EFED-8D9A-4067-9C7C-969A768F1648%7D/PlacetoStandRevised10-26-05.pdf |archive-date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>
* On December 12, a small group of evangelical leaders within the [[Church of England]] met with the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and presented "[[Windsor Report|A Covenant for the Church of England]]"—a controversial document requesting alternate church structures to lend support and, possibly, oversight to evangelical parishes presently under theologically liberal bishops. The prominent evangelical bishop [[Tom Wright (theologian)|Tom Wright]], [[Bishop of Durham]], repudiated the document in a ''Church Times'' article.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/news/2006/20061214wright.cfm?doc=171|title=A Confused 'Covenant': Initial comments on 'A Covenant for the Church of England', issued by Paul Perkin and Chris Sugden and others|last=Wright|first=Tom|date=14 December 2006 |website=Fulcrum |access-date=February 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425073945/http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/news/2006/20061214wright.cfm?doc=171|archive-date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>
* Also on December 12, the [[Anglican Church of Tanzania]] issued a declaration breaking its ties with the Episcopal Church stating, "the Anglican Church of Tanzania shall not knowingly accept financial and material aid from dioceses, parishes, bishops, priests, individuals and institutions in the Episcopal Church (USA) that condone homosexual practice or bless same-sex unions."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglican.or.tz/Documents/PDF%20Document/STATEMENT%20OF%20HOUSE%20OF%20BISHOPS%20TANZANIA.pdf |title=A Statement of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Tanzania Concerning the Current Situation in the Episcopal Church (USA) in the Light of their June 2006 General Convention |publisher=The Anglican Church of Tanzania |date=December 7, 2006 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929042520/http://www.anglican.or.tz/Documents/PDF%20Document/STATEMENT%20OF%20HOUSE%20OF%20BISHOPS%20TANZANIA.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>
* On December 16 the two parishes which originally left the [[Episcopal Diocese of Olympia]] reached an agreement with the [[Episcopal Diocese of Olympia]] to share the church buildings between the diocese and themselves.<ref name=oly/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecww.org/inthenews/Episcopal-Anglican%20Covenant.pdf |title=Covenant for Maintaining the Ongoing Ministries at St. Stephen's Anglican, St. Stephen Episcopal and St. Charles Anglican Churches (Congregations) |date=July 6, 2006 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010030137/http://www.ecww.org/inthenews/Episcopal-Anglican%20Covenant.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2007}}</ref>
* On December 17, two parishes in Virginia—[[Truro Church (Fairfax, Virginia)|Truro Church]] and [[The Falls Church]] — voted unilaterally to sever ties to the Episcopal Church and placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the [[Church of Nigeria]] as part of its mission, the [[Convocation of Anglicans in North America]] (CANA). Nine additional Virginia parishes followed their lead within weeks by voting to leave the Episcopal Church and joining CANA;<ref name="vir1">{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003578838_episcopal19m.html|title="It is wrenching to realize how fragile" church family is|last=Mundy|first=Alicia|date=February 19, 2007|website=The Seattle Times|access-date=February 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524081737/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003578838_episcopal19m.html|archive-date=May 24, 2011}}</ref> another former Episcopal parish in Virginia, Church of the Messiah in [[Chesapeake, Virginia|Chesapeake]], had voted to join CANA in October 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofthemessiah.org/Chronology.htm |title=Chronology of Communication between Church of the Messiah and Bishop Buchanan |publisher=Church of the Messiah (Chesapeake, Virginia) |access-date=March 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602100216/http://www.churchofthemessiah.org/Chronology.htm |archive-date=June 2, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Episcopal Diocese of Virginia|Diocese of Virginia]] took steps to maintain its claim on the church buildings and land of the two parishes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefallschurch.org/clientimages/29455/realignment/statements/021207_tecsuestheeleven.pdf |title=Episcopal Church Goes to Court in Virginia to Retain Parishes' Property Complaint Asks for Compliance with Canons, Accounting of Property |date=February 12, 2007 |website=The Falls Church |last=Schjonberg |first=Mary Frances |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928075242/http://www.thefallschurch.org/clientimages/29455/realignment/statements/021207_tecsuestheeleven.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref>

==== 2007 ====
* On June 25, 2007, the Court of Appeals of the State of California overturned a lower court ruling and affirmed ''that where a hierarchical church — such as the Episcopal Church — has determined that the real and personal property of subordinate bodies must be used and maintained for the benefit of the larger church, the courts in California must respect and enforce that determination.''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/G036096.PDF |title=Episcopal Church Cases G036096, G036408 and G036868 |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714054540/http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/G036096.PDF |archive-date=July 14, 2007}}</ref> The case involved three parishes that left The Episcopal Church in August 2004 — now named [[St. James Anglican Church (Newport Beach)|St. James Anglican Church]], [[Newport Beach, California|Newport Beach]]; [[All Saints Anglican Cathedral (Long Beach)|All Saints' Anglican Church]], [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]; and St. David's Anglican Church, [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]]—and joined the [[Church of Uganda]]. Each parish maintained that it was entitled to keep parish property and not turn it over to The Episcopal Church and its respective dioceses. The [[Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles]], citing church canons which place all parish property in trust for The Episcopal Church and Diocese of Los Angeles, asserted that it was entitled to retain the property. The ruling of the Court of Appeals was a ''decisive decision'' for The Episcopal Church in California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_87321_ENG_HTM.htm |title=Appeals Court Favors Episcopal Church, Diocese in Los Angeles Property Cases |date=June 26, 2007 |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110101041/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_87321_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=January 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://episcopalnews.com/ViewDailyArticle.php?key=3882|title=Los Angeles Diocese prevails again in parish property dispute – and – Landmark court decision upholds diocese's claim to parish property|publisher=Episcopalnews.com|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015012859/http://episcopalnews.com/ViewDailyArticle.php?key=3882|archive-date=15 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* On August 30, 2007, the Archbishop of Kenya, Benjamin Nzimbi, with several other archbishops from Africa, South America, the West Indies and the Indian Ocean region, consecrated two conservative American priests of the Episcopal Church as bishops. The new bishops pledged allegiance to Archbishop Nzimbi and intend to lead 30 American congregations out of the Episcopal Church.<ref>Reuters, "Kenya Consecrates Conservative U.S. Clerics as Bishops" August 30, 2007</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Paulson | first = Michael | title = Consecration in Kenya widens a religious rift: 2 US priests now Anglican bishops | publisher = The [[Boston Globe]] |date=2007-08-31 | url = https://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/31/consecration_in_kenya_widens_a_religious_rift/ | access-date = 2007-08-31 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070902075336/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/31/consecration_in_kenya_widens_a_religious_rift/| archive-date= 2 September 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*  In November, [[Gregory James Venables|Gregory Venables]], Primate of the [[Anglican Province of the Southern Cone]] in [[South America]], offered to place Canadian parishes under his jurisdiction. Two retired Canadian bishops relinquished their licences in the [[Anglican Church of Canada]], becoming bishops of the Southern Cone in anticipation of what they hoped will either be the creation of a parallel province of the Anglican Communion in Canada, or the successor province to it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.anglicanjournal.com/south-american-province-opens-arms-to-dissenting-canadian-parishes-7567/ |title=South American Province Opens Arms to Dissenting Canadian Parishes |last=Desantis |first=Solange |date=November 22, 2007 |website=Anglican Journal |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
* On December 8, 2007, the convention of the [[Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin]] voted to leave ECUSA and join the Province of the Southern Cone as the [[Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin]]. The split created two dioceses, both claiming to be the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin. The one associated with the Southern Cone had more members and control of diocesan property.

==== 2008 ====
* March 29, 2008, those in the Diocese of San Joaquin who remained in the Episcopal Church hold a reorganizing convention.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_96094_ENG_HTM.htm |title=San Jaquin Episcopalian Anchor Reorganization in Themes of Resurrection, Hope |last=Schjonberg |first=Mary Frances |date=March 29, 2008 |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614065203/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_96094_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref>
* On April 24, 2008, the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin filed a suit to recover the diocesan property from Bishop Schofield and those affiliated with the Province of the Southern Cone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_96679_ENG_HTM.htm |title=San Joaquin Diocese, Episcopal Church File Suit to Regain Property |last=McCaughan |first=Pat |date=April 25, 2008 |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614065222/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_96679_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref>
* On September 18, 2008 the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church voted to depose Bishop [[Robert Duncan (bishop)|Robert Duncan]] of Pittsburgh for abandonment of the communion of the church. The sentence was officially declared by Presiding Bishop Schori on September 20, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_100894_ENG_HTM.htm |title=House of Bishops Votes to Depose Pittsburgh Bishop for 'Abandoning Communion' |last=McCaughan |first=Pat |date=September 18, 2008 |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614065245/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_100894_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref>
* On October 4, 2008, the convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted to leave the Episcopal Church and join the Province of the Southern Cone. Those who did not leave the Episcopal Church immediately reorganized the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh and were recognized by the Episcopal Church immediately. This effectively split the diocese leaving two bodies. The group leaving the Episcopal Church had about two-thirds of the parishes and slightly over half of the membership.
* On November 8, 2008, the synod of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Quincy]] voted to leave the Episcopal Church and join the Province of the Southern Cone. A small group of parishes led by the cathedral remained in the Episcopal Church and began planning for reorganization. The same day in Pittsburgh a special convention called by those who had left the Episcopal Church elected Robert Duncan as their bishop.
* On November 15, 2008, the convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth voted to leave the Episcopal Church and align with the Southern Cone. Those who wished to remain in the Episcopal Church immediately organized and began planning for a special convention. This resulted in two organizations in Fort Worth both claiming to be the Episcopal diocese. Litigation over the name and property resulted.
* On December 4, 2008, leaders from the dioceses of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Quincy, Illinois; Fort Worth, Texas; and San Joaquin, California; along with leadership from groups that left the Episcopal Church earlier (some as long ago as 1873) unveiled the draft constitution and canons of the new Anglican Church in North America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/04/episcopal.split|title=Conservatives form new Anglican church|publisher=Cnn.com|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04episcopal.html | work=The New York Times | title=Episcopal Split as Conservatives Form New Group | first=Laurie | last=Goodstein | date=December 4, 2008 | access-date=April 25, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090410053141/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04episcopal.html| archive-date=April 10, 2009| url-status= live}}</ref>
* The [[Anglican Church in North America]] was established at a convention on December 3–4, 2008.

==== 2009 ====
* On January 5, 2009 the California Supreme Court issued an opinion that the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles was the owner of the church properties of those parishes in its diocese that had left the Episcopal Church. The decision was widely seen as providing a precedent covering all such property suits in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_104046_ENG_HTM.htm |title=California Supreme Court Rules Disputed Property Belongs to General Church |last=McCaughan |first=Pat |date=January 5, 2009 |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614065256/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_104046_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2012 }}</ref>
* The Anglican Province of Nigeria declared itself in communion with the Anglican Church in North America in March 2009.
*The [[Episcopal Church in North Texas|continuing diocese]] of the Episcopal Church files suit to recover church property from the [[Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth]] that is part of ACNA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://episcopaldiocesefortworth.org/holystewardshipfiles/release%2004.14.09.htm|title=Diocese files response to motion to dismiss suit to recover property and assets of the Episcopal Church|work=Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326175536/http://episcopaldiocesefortworth.org/holystewardshipfiles/release%2004.14.09.htm|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* On April 16, 2009, the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans recognized the Anglican Church in North America
* In May 2009 the Anglican Consultative Council met in Kingston, Jamaica with the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada in full participation. ACNA was not added as a member or recognized in any way.
* On June 23, 2009, the Church of the Province of Uganda declared itself in communion with the Anglican Church in North America.
*On July 23, 2009 the Superior Court of Fresno ruled that the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin was Jerry Lamb, the person recognized by the Episcopal Church and that he should have control of diocesan property.
*In October 2009, the Court of Common Pleas issued an opinion granting all diocesan property to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh (i.e. the group that remained in the Episcopal Church). On January 29, 2010, an implementation order directed the ACNA diocese headed by Archbishop Duncan to turn over all diocesan property to the Episcopal group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10034/1032951-455.stm|title=Judge issues order detailing assets of Episcopal, Anglican dioceses|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
*On October 28, 2009 the [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney|Diocese of Sydney]], [[Anglican Church of Australia|Australia]], welcomed the Anglican Church in North America and declared its desire to be in full communion with it.

==== 2010 ====
* On February 10, 2010, the Church of England general synod changed a resolution that would have put the synod clearly on record as requesting full communion with ACNA so that it instead simply recognized the desire of ACNA to remain within the "Anglican Family", recognized the problems that this created and asked the archbishops to make a further report in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/blog_post.asp?id=89124 |title=The Anglican Church in North America Debate at General Synod |date=October 2, 2010 |website=Church Times Blog |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214075904/http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/blog_post.asp?id=89124 |archive-date=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
* In a particularly controversial<ref name="npr">{{cite news |last1=Hagerty |first1=Barbara Bradley |title=A Church Divided: Ruling Ends Va.'s Episcopal Battle |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/04/10/150351713/a-church-divided-ruling-ends-va-s-episcopal-battle |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=NPR |date=April 10, 2012}}</ref><ref name="world">{{cite news |last1=Dean |first1=Jamie |title=Tidings of discomfort and joy |url=https://wng.org/articles/tidings-of-discomfort-and-joy-1617307634 |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=WORLD |date=December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="wsj">{{cite news |last1=Hemingway |first1=Mollie |title=Twenty-First Century Excommunication |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203476804576614932308302042 |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=October 7, 2011}}</ref> case in the Episcopal Church's property disposition strategy, the [[Episcopal Diocese of Central New York]] sells the building of the former Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton, New York, to the [[Islamic Awareness Center]] for far less than its appraised value and one-third of the value offered by the departing Anglican congregation.<ref name="virtue-sale">{{cite news |last1=Mueller |first1=Mary Ann |title=BINGHAMTON, NY: Episcopal Diocese Sells Historic Church to Muslims |url=https://virtueonline.org/binghamton-ny-episcopal-diocese-sells-historic-church-muslims |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=Virtue Online |date=April 1, 2010}}</ref>
* On April 12, 2010, Archbishop Ian Ernest of the Province of the Indian Ocean chair of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa, said he felt "constrained by my conscience … to forthwith suspend all communication both verbal and sacramental" with the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada "until such time as they reverse their theological innovations."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://episcopalchurch.org/81808_121456_ENG_HTM.htm | work=Episcopal Life | title=Indian Ocean: Primate suspends 'all communication' with Episcopal Church, Anglican Church of Canada | date=April 13, 2010 | access-date=April 25, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429110650/http://episcopalchurch.org/81808_121456_ENG_HTM.htm | archive-date=29 April 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* On April 23, 2010, representatives from 20 Anglican provinces, meeting in Singapore, called on the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada to "Show genuine repentance" for actions that "show they continue in their defiance as they set themselves on a course that contradicts the plain teaching of the Holy Scriptures on matters so fundamental that they affect the very salvation of those involved."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://anglicanchurch.net/a-statement-from-the-global-south-primates-regarding-the-anglican-church-in-north-america/ |website=Anglican Church in North America |title=A Statement from the Global South Primates Regarding the Anglican Church in North America |date=December 13, 2017 |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>

==== 2011 ====
*In January 2011 the primates of the provinces of the Anglican Communion met with Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori in attendance. Several primates refused to attend. At the meeting no action was taken to recognize ACNA and Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori was elected to the standing committee of the primates.
*February 2, the Commonwealth Court of Appeals in Pennsylvania upheld the decision to return all diocesan property to those who remained in the Episcopal Church. The same day one of the largest ACNA parishes signed a settlement with the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh allowing it to purchase its building and agreeing that it would disaffiliate from the ACNA diocese for a minimum of five years or during the term that they were still making payments to the Episcopal Diocese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11034/1122607-455.stm|title=Episcopal diocese wins a legal round|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
*On February 8, 2011, the District Court in Tarrant County, Texas, issued a partial summary judgment declaring those who stayed in the Episcopal Church the rightful owners of all diocesan property of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. The order was stayed pending further arguments and appeals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.episcopaldiocesefortworth.org/holystewardshipfiles/new%20pleadings%20-%20040111.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728232458/http://www.episcopaldiocesefortworth.org/holystewardshipfiles/new%20pleadings%20-%20040111.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2012|title=Local Episcopal Parties File New Pleadings and Supplemental Motion for Partial Summary Judgment|work=Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>

==== 2012 ====
*On February 27, the bishop of the [[Anglican Diocese of Gippsland|Diocese of Gippsland]] defended the appointment of openly gay priest in a same-sex partnership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/02/27/3440628.htm|title=Bishop defends gay priest appointment|date=2012-02-27|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref> This was after Gippsland was criticised by the Anglican Church League, an organization pushing for realignment and primarily based in the conservative [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney|Diocese of Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/anglican-spat-over-gay-priest/72518|title=Anglican spat over gay priest – Star Observer|website=www.starobserver.com.au|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-03|date=2012-02-23}}</ref>
*October 17, the [[Anglican Diocese of South Carolina|Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina]] announced that it was disaffiliating itself from the national Episcopal Church, two days after Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori informed Bishop Mark Lawrence that his ministry was restricted as a result of a verdict by the Disciplinary Board of Bishops.  In September, the board had found Lawrence guilty of abandoning the Episcopal Church "by an open renunciation of the Discipline of the Church".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/sc-diocese-defecting-from-the-episcopal-church/2012/10/18/c57b14e6-196c-11e2-ad4a-e5a958b60a1e_story.html |last=Burke |first=Daniel |title=SC diocese defecting from Episcopal Church |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://publicaffairs.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/r/8F009ECB0BAEBFBF/F04B5C1992F8E15D9E794568BD214575 |title=Disciplinary Board for Bishops certifies that South Carolina Bishop has abandoned the Church |website=The Episcopal Church |date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>

==== 2013 ====
* The Church of England "agreed that gay clergy in civil partnerships can become bishops so long as they remain sexually abstinent" releasing a statement that "The House [of Bishops] has confirmed that clergy in civil partnerships, and living in accordance with the teaching of the Church on human sexuality, can be considered as candidates for the episcopate."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/4-january/news/uk/bishops-lift-ban-on-consecration-of-civil-partner-clerics|title=Bishops lift ban on consecration of civil-partner clerics|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk|access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref> This was met with oppositions by traditionalists associated with the [[Global Anglican Future Conference]] (GAFCON). 
* The Church of Nigeria released a statement against the Church of England's action to allow clergy in civil unions to be bishops; "The decision to permit homosexual clergy in civil partnerships to now be considered for the episcopacy is one step removed from the moral precipice that we have already witnessed in The Episcopal Church (USA) and the Anglican Church of Canada."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americananglican.org/current-news/the-church-of-nigeria-responds-to-the-church-of-england-bishops-and-civil-partnerships/|title=The Church of Nigeria Responds to the Church of England Bishops and Civil Partnerships|website=americananglican.org|date=9 January 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref>
* The Church of Uganda criticised England with then Archbishop Ntagali saying "It is very discouraging to hear that the Church of England, which once brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Uganda, has taken such a significant step away from that very gospel that brought life, light, and hope to us."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1312365/ntagali-attacks-church-england-gay-bishops|title=Ntagali attacks Church of England over gay bishops|work=www.newvision.co.ug|access-date=2017-04-03|archive-date=2017-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621084816/http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1312365/ntagali-attacks-church-england-gay-bishops|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== 2014 ====
* The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a ruling from Virginia that the real estate and some other assets of [[The Falls Church]] legally belong to the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, ending a challenge by overwhelming majority<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tfcanglican.org/history | title=Our History | access-date=2016-01-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118205202/http://www.tfcanglican.org/history | archive-date=2016-01-18 | url-status=dead }}</ref> of that congregation who had wanted to retain the property when they decided to leave the Episcopal Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religionnews.com/2014/03/10/supreme-court-lets-ruling-stand-leaves-falls-church-building-episcopal-church/|title=US Supreme Court lets the Episcopal Church keep Falls Church property|work=Religion News Service|access-date=11 October 2014|date=2014-03-10}}</ref>
* Responding to a government consultation on same-sex civil partnerships, the Church of England asked for the government to continue offering civil unions. "The Church of England recognises that same-sex relationships often embody fidelity and mutuality. Civil partnerships enable these Christian virtues to be recognised socially and legally in a proper framework."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/church-of-england-says-civil-partnerships-should-not-be-abolished-following-gay-marriage-legalisation/36731.htm|title=Church of England says civil partnerships should not be abolished following gay marriage legalisation|website=www.christiantoday.com|date=11 April 2014 |language=en|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>
*[[Christian Concern]], a conservative UK-based organisation, responded by criticising the Church of England's response on civil partnerships. "Since the legislation was passed, civil partnerships have always been understood to recognise a sexual relationship for homosexual couples. Yet, according to God's pattern all sexual activity outside marriage between a man and a woman is wrong and does not bring blessing. It is tragic that the Church of England is supporting such an arrangement."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianconcern.com/our-concerns/sexual-orientation/church-of-england-in-formal-support-for-civil-partnerships|title=Church of England in formal support for civil partnerships|website=Christian Concern|language=en|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>

==== 2016 ====
* In June, the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]'s general synod voted for a change in canon law to allow same-sex marriages; the proposal required a second reading in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-36498967|title=Scottish Episcopal Church takes gay marriage step|date=2016-06-10|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2017-05-02|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* In July, the Anglican Church of Canada voted to change their marriage canon to allow for same-sex marriages; the proposal required a second reading in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/anglicans-to-allow-same-sex-marriage-after-vote-recount-1.3676140|title=Anglicans to allow same-sex marriage after vote recount|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-05-02|language=en}}</ref>
* On September 3, 2016 Bishop [[Nicholas Chamberlain]], a suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln, revealed that he is gay, celibate, and in a long-term same-sex relationship with his partner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37257005|title=CofE Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain reveals he is in gay relationship|date=2016-09-03|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2017-04-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> Archbishop Justin Welby defended the appointment saying that "He lives within the Bishops' guidelines and his sexuality is completely irrelevant to his office."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/02/bishop-of-grantham-becomes-first-church-of-england-bishop-to-com/|title=Bishop of Grantham becomes first Church of England bishop to come out publicly as gay|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-04-03|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Global Anglican Future Conference|GAFCON]] and other branches of the Anglican realignment movement referred to the appointment of Bishop Chamberlain as a "major error".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37267148|title=Gay bishop: Appointment of Nicholas Chamberlain 'major error' says Gafcon|date=2016-09-03|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2017-04-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> GAFCON also claimed that the Church of England had violated the Lambeth 1.10 resolution arguing against its permission for clergy to enter into a civil partnership. GAFCON said that "Clergy are permitted to enter into same-sex civil partnerships as long as they are willing to give their assurance to their bishop that they are not sexually active. This practice is allowed in the Church of England, but is a violation of Lambeth I.10 which does not recognise this distinction."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gafconuk.org/news/church-england-and-lambeth-i10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202223308/http://www.gafconuk.org/news/church-england-and-lambeth-i10|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2016|title=The Church of England and Lambeth I:10|website=www.gafconuk.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>
* The Church of England responded to GAFCON and "pointed out clergy were allowed to enter civil partnerships and could offer prayers of support for same-sex couples."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/church.of.england.issues.fierce.rebuke.to.conservative.body.gafcon/101771.htm|title=Church Of England Issues Fierce Rebuke To Conservative Body GAFCON |website=www.christiantoday.com|date=23 November 2016 |language=en|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

==== 2017 ====
* In February 2017, the House of Clergy in the Church of England voted against a motion to 'take note' of a report that "maintained that marriage in church should only be between a man and a woman" and, because the motion required approval by all houses, the motion was not passed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38982013|title=Church of England votes against same-sex marriage report|date=2017-02-15|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2017-05-02|language=en-GB}}</ref> The Archbishops of Canterbury and York called for "radical new Christian inclusion" following the debate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/archbishops.call.for.radical.new.christian.inclusion.after.synod.blocks.sexuality.report/104775.htm|title=Archbishops Call For 'Radical New Christian Inclusion' After Synod Blocks Sexuality Report |website=www.christiantoday.com|date=16 February 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref>
* In April 2017, GAFCON announced that it planned to "appoint a 'missionary bishop' for conservative Christians in Europe, bypassing Anglican Churches in England and Scotland."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/challenge.to.cofe.as.gafcon.anglicans.appoint.missionary.bishop/108147.htm|title=Challenge to CofE as GAFCON Anglicans appoint 'missionary bishop' |website=www.christiantoday.com|date=30 April 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref> "The Archbishops of Canterbury and York subsequently called for a 'radical new Christian inclusion' in what was seen as an indication that the Church's position might be liberalised."<ref name=":1" />
* In July, the Church of England's General Synod "backed a motion calling for a ban on the practice of Conversion Therapy aimed at altering sexual orientation."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2017/07/general-synod-backs-ban-on-conversion-therapy.aspx|title=Church of England News: General Synod backs ban on conversion therapy|work=Church of England News|access-date=2017-07-23|language=en}}</ref>  The General Synod also voted "in favour of a motion that calls on bishops to consider creating new services to celebrate a transgender person's transition."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/church-backs-transgender-services-sk2jfrj6n|title=Church of England Synod backs transgender services|first=Kaya |last=Burgess|access-date=2017-07-23|language=en|work=The Times}}</ref> 
* The Archbishop of the Church of Nigeria, a member of GAFCON, "slammed the General Synod of the Church of England for 'false teaching' and is warning that it is in 'grave spiritual danger'."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.church.of.england.is.in.grave.spiritual.danger.warns.archbishop/110692.htm|title=The Church of England is in 'grave spiritual danger', warns Archbishop |website=www.christiantoday.com|date=13 July 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>
* In the [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Anglican Church in New Zealand]], the Bishop of [[Anglican Diocese of Waiapu|Waiapu]] installed an openly gay priest, who is married to his partner, as the Dean of [[Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Napier|Waiapu Cathedral]]; the conservative Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans opposed the installation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gafcon.org/news/remaining-faithful-to-the-gospel-in-new-zealand-a-response-to-motion-29|title=Remaining faithful to the gospel in New Zealand – A response to Motion 29 |website=www.gafcon.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref>
* In October, the Church of England's [[Diocese of Hereford]] "voted to support services and prayers to bless same-sex unions."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/landmark-vote-piles-pressure-on-anglicans-over-same-sex-marriage-jwrzs6qbs|title=Landmark vote piles pressure on Anglicans over same-sex marriage|first=Kaya |last=Burgess|date=2017-10-20|work=The Times|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

==== 2018 ====
* In order to mark a person's gender transition, the [[House of Bishops (Church of England)|House of Bishops]] "are inviting clergy to use the existing rite ''Affirmation of Baptismal Faith''."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/services-mark-gender-transition-house-bishops-response|title=Services to mark gender transition – House of Bishops response |website=www.churchofengland.org|date=23 January 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref> Later, the Church of England announced that guidance to celebrate and mark a trans person's gender transition would be included in formal liturgy through ''Common Worship''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46516299|title=Church service to mark gender transition|date=2018-12-11|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2019-01-07|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/church-offers-blessing-to-transgender-people-qfzznztx7|title=Church offers blessing to transgender people|first=Kaya |last=Burgess|date=2018-12-11|newspaper=The Times|access-date=2019-01-07|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
* The [[Anglican Diocese of Christchurch|Diocese of Christchurch]] in the [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Anglican Church in New Zealand]] voted to support a proposal to bless same-sex unions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12005953|title=Anglican Church's Christchurch branch votes for acceptance of same-sex marriages|date=2018-03-03|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2018-03-06|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> In May 2018, the General Synod voted in favour of allowing the blessing of same-sex unions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/05/anglican-church-in-new-zealand-opens-the-door-to-blessing-same-sex-relationships.aspx|title=Anglican Church in New Zealand opens the door to blessing same-sex relationships|website=www.anglicannews.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref>
*The Bishops of the [[Church in Wales]] declared that it is unjust to not provide "formal provision" for same-sex couples.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gay-marriage-welsh-churches-welsh-15139880|title=Gay marriage in Welsh churches? Welsh bishops say it is 'unjust' not to|last=Williamson|first=David|date=2018-09-12|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> The Governing Body of the church then voted in favour of exploring "formal provision for same-sex couples" in marriages or civil partnerships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/09/welsh-bishops-to-explore-formal-provision-for-same-sex-couples.aspx|title=Welsh bishops to explore "formal provision" for same-sex couples|website=www.anglicannews.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref>

==== 2019 ====
* Archbishop [[Nicholas Okoh]], the head of the Church of Nigeria, criticised the Church of England's affirmation of trans people as "false teaching" and stated that the English Church was no longer a focus of unity for the Anglican Communion due to being "too theologically liberal" in his opinion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/gafcon-chair-slams-cofe-transgender-guidance-as-false-teaching/131391.htm|title=GAFCON chair slams CofE transgender guidance as 'false teaching'|website=www.christiantoday.com|date=4 January 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref>
*The Archbishop of Canterbury, [[Justin Welby]], announced that he had invited openly married and partnered gay bishops to the [[Lambeth Conference]] for the first time, but that their spouses and partners would not be invited.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/married-gay-bishops-told-dont-bring-your-spouse-to-anglican-conference-fhhgfbm3s|title=Married gay bishops told: don't bring your spouse to Anglican conference|first=Nicholas |last=Hellen|date=2019-02-16|work=The Times|access-date=2019-02-17|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/02/17/anglicans-ban-same-sex-spouses-lambeth-conference/|title=Anglicans bar same-sex spouses from Lambeth Conference · PinkNews|website=www.pinknews.co.uk|date=17 February 2019 |access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> The decision to allow gay bishops but not their spouses or partners affected bishops who are in same-sex [[Same-sex marriage|marriages]] or [[Civil union|partnerships]] in the [[Anglican Church of Canada]], [[Church of England]], and [[Episcopal Church (United States)|the Episcopal Church]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toronto.anglican.ca/2018/12/28/bishop-robertson-married-at-cathedral/|title=Bishop Robertson married at cathedral |date=2018-12-28|website=The Diocese of Toronto|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>
*The Anglican Church of Canada did not amend its marriage canon but did approve a resolution allowing each provincial synod and diocese to choose to perform same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/july/anglican-church-in-canada-same-sex-marriage-vote.html|title=Canadian Anglicans to Continue Same-Sex Ceremonies, Even After Failed Vote|last=Shellnutt|first=Kate|date=19 July 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouver-area-bishop-approves-same-sex-marriages-despite-national-vote|title=Vancouver-area bishop approves same-sex marriages, despite national vote |first=Douglas |last=Todd |newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=2019-07-30|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
*The [[Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta|Diocese of Wangaratta]] in the [[Anglican Church of Australia]] approved of blessing rites for same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/6359464/love-vote-gay-couple-to-be-the-first-blessed-by-church-after-marriage/|title=Love vote: Gay couple to be the first blessed by church after marriage|last=Morgan|first=Shana|date=2019-08-31|website=The Border Mail|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>

==== 2020 ====
* The Anglican Church of Australia's appellate tribunal, the church's highest court, ruled that a diocese may authorise the blessing of same-sex unions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wangaratta's same-sex wedding blessing "valid", Australia's highest Church court rules|url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2020/11/wangarattas-same-sex-wedding-blessing-valid-australias-highest-church-court-rules.aspx|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.anglicannews.org|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-12|title='A sign that God loves you and we welcome you': Anglican diocese allows blessings of same-sex marriages|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-12/same-sex-couples-anglican-church-blessings-wangaratta/12875676|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>
* GAFCON-Australia responded by announcing a split and realignment may be possible in the Australian church.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GAFCON-Australia statement on Appellate Tribunal decision|url=https://anglican.ink/2020/11/17/17533/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=anglican.ink}}</ref>
* The Church of England released its "Living in Love and Faith" document which is meant to facilitate conversations on human sexuality, and the church will discuss whether to bless or perform same-sex marriages in 2022 at General Synod.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Greenhalgh|first=Hugo|date=2020-11-09|title=Church of England leaders apologise for 'damage and hurt' to LGBT+ people|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-religion-lgbt-trfn-idUSKBN27P27K|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111002602/https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-religion-lgbt-trfn-idUSKBN27P27K|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 11, 2020|access-date=2020-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rouch|first=Abigail Frymann|title=Anglicans restart their most challenging conversation|newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/anglicans-restart-their-most-challenging-conversation-dh3dmthts|access-date=2020-11-17|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Church of England could rethink stance on LGBTQ+ issues by 2022|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/church-of-england-could-rethink-stance-on-lgbtq-issues-by-2022|access-date=2020-11-17|website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Kaya|last=Burgess|title=Church of England to rethink same-sex marriage|newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/church-of-england-to-rethink-sex-sexuality-marriage-and-gender-sb0hdt7xt|access-date=2020-11-17|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

==== 2022 ====
* GAFCON established a diocese in Australia in reaction to the blessing of same-sex unions with former Sydney Archbishop, [[Glenn Davies]], serving as the first diocesan bishop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gafcon forms new diocese in Australia — and is welcomed by the Archbishop of Sydney |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/19-august/news/world/gafcon-forms-new-diocese-in-australia-and-is-welcomed-by-the-archbishop-of-sydney |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}}</ref>
* The [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney|Diocese of Sydney]] voted to declare "a breach of fellowship" within the wider Anglican Church of Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney diocese declares 'breach of fellowship' with Australian Church |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/30-september/news/world/sydney-diocese-declares-breach-of-fellowship-with-australian-church |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[Canterbury Cathedral]] announced the appointment of [[David Monteith]], who is openly gay and in a civil partnership, as the next [[Dean (Christianity)|Cathedral Dean]]; he had the support of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=House |first1=Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral |last2=Canterbury |first2=11 The Precincts |date=2022-10-10 |title=New Dean of Canterbury Announced |url=https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/news/2022/10/10/new-dean-of-canterbury-announced/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Canterbury Cathedral |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011192839/https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/news/2022/10/10/new-dean-of-canterbury-announced/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Partnered gay priest appointed dean of Canterbury Cathedral |url=https://anglican.ink/2022/10/11/partnered-gay-priest-appointed-dean-of-canterbury-cathedral/ |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=anglican.ink}}</ref>
* The [[Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches|Global South Fellowship of Anglicans Churches]], an association of mostly conservative or 'orthodox' churches, criticised the appointment in Canterbury and released a statement saying that the "Archbishop of Canterbury shuts the door [of Canterbury Cathedral]" to them as a result of the appointment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointment of Dean of Canterbury Cathedral "Archbishop of Canterbury Shuts the Door of the Cathedral to Orthodox Anglicans" |url=https://anglican.ink/2022/10/17/appointment-of-dean-of-canterbury-cathedral-archbishop-of-canterbury-shuts-the-door-of-the-cathedral-to-orthodox-anglicans/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=anglican.ink}}</ref>

==== 2023 ====
* In January, 2023, the Church of England's House of Bishops announced that they will authorise "prayers of thanksgiving, dedication, and for God's blessing for same-sex couples."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Draft prayers of thanksgiving, dedication and for God's blessing for same-sex couples published |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/draft-prayers-thanksgiving-dedication-and-gods-blessing-same-sex |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=The Church of England |date=20 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Church of England rejects same-sex marriage, says union is between "one man and one woman for life" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-of-england-continues-to-refuse-to-allow-same-sex-marriages/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=18 January 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The General Synod of the Church of England voted to accept the Bishops' proposal and voted to allow blessings for same-sex couples following a civil marriage or civil partnership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Church of England OKs blessings for same-sex couples, but it still won't marry them |website=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155695894/church-of-england-same-sex}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Church of England allows blessings for same-sex couples |url=https://apnews.com/article/anglicanism-england-london-lgbtq-people-marriage-382f4f61ed3f38cbf9df1c773164cb0f |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirka |first=Danica |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Church of England allows blessings for same-sex couples |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/church-england-allows-blessings-same-sex-couples-97009556 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>
* While criticising the decision, Archbishop Justin Badi, the Primate of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and leader of the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans, said that the organisation will not leave the Anglican Communion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-24 |title=Global South Releases Response to Same-Sex Blessings in Church of England |url=https://americananglican.org/global-south-releases-response-to-same-sex-blessings-in-church-of-england/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=American Anglican Council |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In response to the Church of England allowing the blessing of same-sex couples, the Anglican churches of Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya criticised the decision and the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans indicated that it may "formally dissociate" from the Church of England over the issue.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swerling |first=Gabriella |date=2023-02-17 |title=Anglicans could 'formally disassociate' from Church of England after same-sex blessings vote |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/17/anglicans-could-formally-disassociate-church-england-same-sex/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The Archbishop of Uganda reiterated that he did not plan to leave the Anglican Communion despite the criticism and impaired communion with other provinces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nzwili |first=Fredrick |date=2023-02-16 |title='We cannot walk with you unless you repent,' African archbishops tell Church of England |url=https://religionnews.com/2023/02/16/we-cannot-walk-with-you-unless-you-repent-african-archbishops-tell-church-of-england/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US}}</ref>
* On February 20, 2023, 10 archbishops from the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans announced that they were in a state of impaired communion with the Church of England and would no longer recognise the Archbishop of Canterbury as "first among equals" in the Anglican Communion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rocca |first=Francis X. |title=Conservative Anglican Leaders Call for Break With Church of England Over Same-Sex Blessings |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/conservative-anglican-leaders-call-for-break-with-church-of-england-over-same-sex-blessings-7215b707 |access-date=2023-02-21 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=20 February 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2023-02-20 |title=Anglicans reject Justin Welby as head of global church amid anger at same-sex blessings |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/20/anglicans-reject-justin-welby-as-head-of-global-church-amid-anger-at-same-sex-blessings |access-date=2023-02-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jon |date=2023-02-21 |title=Anglican leaders reject archbishop of Canterbury after same-sex marriage decision: 'False teaching' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/anglican-leaders-reject-archbishop-of-canterbury-after-same-sex-marriage-decision-false-teaching |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In March, 2023, the Synod of Bishops for the Anglican Church in Southern Africa agreed to develop prayers to be said with same-sex couples while deciding against blessings or marriage for same-sex couples.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulsen |first=David |date=2023-03-06 |title=Southern Africa bishops OK prayers for same-sex couples, won't offer blessings, marriage |url=https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2023/03/06/southern-africa-bishops-ok-prayers-for-same-sex-couples-wont-offer-blessings-marriage/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=Episcopal News Service |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishops in Southern Africa agree to prayers but not blessings for same-sex couples |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/10-march/news/world/bishops-in-southern-africa-agree-to-prayers-but-not-blessings-for-same-sex-couples |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}}</ref>
* In May, 2023, Archbishop Kaziimba and the Church of Uganda expressed support for [[Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023|Uganda's anti-homosexuality laws]] which increased penalties for homosexuality including life in prison and the use of the death penalty in some cases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church of Uganda 'grateful' as harsh new anti-homosexuality law is approved |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/2-june/news/world/church-of-uganda-grateful-as-harsh-new-anti-homosexuality-law-is-approved |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulsen |first=David |date=2023-05-31 |title=Anglican archbishop thanks Uganda's leaders for nation's harsh new anti-LGBTQ+ law |url=https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2023/05/31/anglican-archbishop-thanks-ugandas-leaders-for-nations-harsh-new-anti-lgbtq-law/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=Episcopal News Service |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In June, 2023, Archbishop Welby of Canterbury denounced the actions taken by the Church of Uganda and urged Archbishop Kaziimba to oppose the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2023-06-09 |title=Justin Welby criticises Ugandan church's backing for anti-gay law |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/09/justin-welby-criticises-ugandan-church-backing-for-anti-gay-law |access-date=2023-10-08 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-09 |title=Archbishop of Canterbury urges Anglican Church of Uganda to reject anti-homosexuality law |url=https://apnews.com/article/justin-welby-uganda-lgbtq-law-125d68a6d8cf79db053db52a2b6dfb62 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* In July, 2023, Archbishop Kaziimba continued the conflict over the laws by appealing to and offering support for the positions of Iranian President [[Ebrahim Raisi]] whose positions included the criminalisation of homosexuality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muslim fraternity hails Museveni on Iran leader's visit |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/NV_164903 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=New Vision |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=IRCU courts Iran to activate pending agreement |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/ircu-courts-iran-to-activate-pending-agreement/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=IRCU Courts Iran to activate pending agreement  |url=https://www.thekampalareport.com/latest/2023071428992/ircu-courts-iran-to-activate-pending-agreement.html |access-date=2023-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In November, 2023, the General Synod of the Church of England accepted the commended prayers of blessing for same-sex couples during regular church services, and also accepted an amendment to allow "standalone" blessings for same-sex couples on a trial basis while permanent adoption of "standalone" blessings will require further steps.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2023-11-15 |title=Church of England backs plans for trial blessings of same-sex weddings |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/15/church-of-england-backs-plans-for-blessings-of-same-sex-weddings |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-15 |title=Church of England backs services for gay couples |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67432854 |access-date=2023-11-20}}</ref>

==== 2024 ====
* On April 25, 2024, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa published draft prayers to be said with couples in same-sex unions, asking members of the church to study the draft prayers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Makgoba |first=Thabo |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Archbishop urges Anglicans to study draft prayers for ministry to same-sex couples |url=https://anglicanchurchsa.org/archbishop-urges-anglicans-to-study-draft-prayers-for-ministry-to-same-sex-couples/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3lF4Yoc5c-mGL9bif5zS89ATlg8RYwPO-beLmjFKwYItiCDaDnpEFvreE_aem_AZWevl5mQlHf9anhsvtl57SyxGQ1HB2EwJ9VL6yn_TTFtjztCsahYAre0cOApod65OvISA4w6VHc4O8lC9EU1lK0 |website=Anglican Church of Southern Africa }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==== 2025 ====

* The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), sharing some overlapping membership with the [[Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans]], announced through its leader, [[Laurent Mbanda]], that it would officially be renamed Global Anglican Communion and its members will select a new ''[[primus inter pares]]'' instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury, while asserting that GAFCON was not leaving the Anglican Communion.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=The Future Has Arrived |url=https://gafcon.org/communique-updates/the-future-has-arrived/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=GAFCON: Global Anglicans |language=en-AU}}</ref> No other Primates signed the announcement. The election will take place at the next GAFCON, due to take place between the third and sixth of March 2026, in [[Abuja]], Nigeria, hosted by the [[Church of Nigeria]]. It is described as a mini-conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events |url=https://gafcon.org/events/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=GAFCON: Global Anglicans |language=en-AU}}</ref> Mbanda said that in the wake of the appointment of [[Sarah Mullally]] as the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], and the resulting controversy it poses amongst evangelical Anglicans, that "This may be the most significant gathering of faithful Anglicans since 2008."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canterbury Appointment Abandons Anglicans |url=https://gafcon.org/communique-updates/canterbury-appointment-abandons-anglicans/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=GAFCON: Global Anglicans |language=en-AU}}</ref> As of 2025, GAFCON claims to represent upwards of 85% of the world's practicing Anglicans.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Bumgardner |first=David |date=2025-10-17 |title=A house divided: The Anglican communion's great reset |url=https://baptistnews.com/article/a-house-divided-the-anglican-communions-great-reset/ |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=Baptist News Global |language=en-US}}</ref> Peer-reviewed research from 2015 and 2016, published in the ''[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]'' by [[Cambridge University Press]], indicates that GAFCON represents closer to 45% of practicing Anglicans and just over 54% of all Anglicans.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Muñoz |first=Daniel |date=May 2016 |title=North to South: A Reappraisal of Anglican Communion Membership Figures |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-anglican-studies/article/abs/north-to-south-a-reappraisal-of-anglican-communion-membership-figures/2DE9B1D5B85A164090A393735AACA1FB |journal=Journal of Anglican Studies |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=71–95 |doi=10.1017/S1740355315000212 |issn=1740-3553}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gledhill |first=Ruth |date=2015-11-12 |title=Anglican membership figures could be out by millions |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/news/anglican-membership-figures-could-be-out-by-millions |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=www.christiantoday.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Anglican realignment groups==
*[[American Anglican Council]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americananglican.org/site/c.ikLUK3MJIpG/b.551235/k.CBA8/Home.htm |title=Homepage |website=American Anglican Council |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017024943/http://www.americananglican.org/site/c.ikLUK3MJIpG/b.551235/k.CBA8/Home.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Anglican Communion Network]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acn-us.org|title=Anglican Communion Network|work=Moving: Tips, Tricks, And How To|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans]]
*[[Global Anglican Future Conference]]
*[[Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches]]

=== Dioceses ===
Four dioceses have declared independence from [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|TEC]] and claimed membership in the [[Anglican Province of the Southern Cone]]. None of these was listed by the Anglican Communion office as being part of the Province of the Southern Cone. They joined the [[Anglican Church in North America]] as founding dioceses in June 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/province.cfm?ID=S5|title=The Anglican Communion Official Website: – The Anglican Church of South America|publisher=Anglicancommunion.org|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin]]
*[[Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh]]
*[[Diocese of Quincy (ACNA)]]
*[[Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth]]
The [[Anglican Diocese of South Carolina|Diocese of South Carolina]] disassociated itself from the national Episcopal Church on October 17, 2012, and called a diocesan convention for November 17 to "iron out the necessary changes to our Canons and Constitution, and begin to discern the best way forward into a new Anglican future."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diosc.com/sys/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457:diocese-releases-statement-regarding-disaffiliation-from-the-episcopal-church&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=75 |last=Harmon |first=Kendall S. |title=Diocese Releases Statement Regarding Disassociation from the Episcopal Church |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023062211/http://www.diosc.com/sys/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457:diocese-releases-statement-regarding-disaffiliation-from-the-episcopal-church&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=75 |archive-date=October 23, 2012}} Diocese of South Carolina</ref>  On August 22, 2014, they were accepted into the [[Global South (Anglican)|Global South]] on an interim basis.  On March 10, 2017, the Diocese announced its intent to join the [[Anglican Church in North America]].

==Other unaffiliated Episcopal or Anglican organizations in North America==
There are a number of other Episcopal or Anglican churches in the United States and Canada. Those that play a role in the Anglican realignment debate are listed in the next section:

===Para-church organizations===
*[[Society of the Holy Cross]]

===Seminaries===
*[[Andrewes Hall]]
*Cummins Memorial Seminary
*[[Cranmer Theological House]]
*[[Reformed Episcopal Seminary]]
*[[Trinity School for Ministry]]
* St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College

== Organizations associated with other provinces ==
*[[Anglican Mission in the Americas]]—founded jointly by and affiliated with the Province of Rwanda and Province of South East Asia
*[[Anglican Coalition in Canada]]—the Canadian contingent of the Anglican Mission in the Americas
*[[Anglican Province of America]]—independent, non-Canterbury. Now affiliated (intercommunion) with Province of Nigeria through the [[Anglican Church in North America]].
*[[Continuing Evangelical Episcopal Communion]]
*[[Convocation of Anglicans in North America]]—founded as a missionary diocese of the Province of Nigeria.
*[[Reformed Episcopal Church]]—independent, non-Canterbury. Now affiliated (intercommunion) with the Province of Nigeria through the [[Anglican Church in North America]].

== See also ==
* [[Anglican Church in North America]]
* [[Continuing Anglican movement]]
* [[Continuing Evangelical Episcopal Communion]]
* [[Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas]]
* [[Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans]]
* [[Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches]]
* [[Personal ordinariate]] (''Anglicanorum coetibus'')

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048721X10000278 Constructing the boundaries of Anglican orthodoxy: an analysis of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON)] a discussion of Anglican realignment and the evolution of the transnational conservative (self-labelled "orthodox") Anglican movement

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