Ranges Community Church

Interesting Todd Hunter who used to head up the Vineyard Church in the USA is going to become a bishop. From his web site:

I have been nominated by the USA council of AMiA bishops, and then elected Bishop by the House of Bishops in Rwanda (PEAR).

Some of the positives he puts forward for anglicanism are:

I am not unhappy about this new direction in my life. The more I study Anglican history and theology, the more I love it and feel at home. I’m still pretty uncomfortable with all the vestments and some other stuff, but I’ll figure that out as I go along on this Spirit-ride. I am willing to be uncomfortable in my own skin for a while not just to obey the calling of God, but I see in Anglicanism a huge treasure chest that I, as a missionary to the secular West Coast, can update (a la Cranmer’s preface) for our use. Here are a few examples:

• Eucharist: a growing experience of participation in the life, character formation and mission of Christ. Stephen Neill, connecting Eucharist to mission, has said: “after communion, the church, in union with the Christ whom it has received, offers itself as a living sacrifice to God”.[1]
• Ancient rhythms: of calendar, lectionary and daily prayers: these are a wonderful source of authority and wisdom, not just knowledge; but as Cranmer passionately wanted, they are powerful when done in the language understandable to the people; I see a deep hunger in young seekers for something like a Benedictine Rule…
• Creed: this is a brilliant source of truth amidst postmodern epistemological angst; just come say it with us week after week and see what happens…
• Lectionary/ministry of the word: powerful to shape a worldview; a story to embody
• Prayer of confession and absolution: a source of a moral vision…an agent of healing, forgiveness and deliverance
• The Peace: a source of relational healing
• Ordained ministry: as service to God’s agenda in the world and the church
• Anglican comprehensiveness: as an antidote to the denominational divisiveness that is a complete turn-off to outsiders
• The Prayer Book: not in the back of pews but a tool shaping spiritual lives in the hands of followers of Jesus.