Seeking to Unite Traditional Churchmen
Around the World
Atlanta November 17, 2001. Click here for an ACIC Diocese Declaration of Principles and Application!
Rt. Rev. Melvin H. Pickering, Bishop of the Diocese of the
Holy Good Shepherd.The Rt. Rev. Earnest Kelly, Bishop of
the Australian Church; The Rt. Rev. Larry W. Johnson,
Bishop of Virginia; The Rt. Rev. Vincent Thakore, Bishop
of the South. Photo taken at Marshall, Virginia.
Rev. Johnson, The late Rt. Rev. LaPointe. Bishop LaPointe
would live long after his visit to Atlanta and the founding of
the ACIC. His life was a testimony to how all bishops
should live and conduct their lives. His love of his Haitian
Church was wonderful.
Photos immediately above show bishops at the most recent College of Bishops meeting in Mexico City.
In an exciting, historic move, traditional bishops from four jurisdictions approved a Declaration of Principles November 17,
2001 in a founding meeting in Atlanta. The new communion is the first step toward bringing greater unity to the much
splintered continuing "churches" throughout the world. The guiding principles state "this is a traditional communion
dedicated to bring peace and unity to all Anglican worshipers," and adhere to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the 1962
Canadian Book of Common Prayer. Signatories to this historic document are: The Rt. Rev. Larry W. Johnson, Bishop of
Virginia; The Late Rt. Rev. Lafond LaPointe, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt. Rev. Luther Pierre-Toussaint, Bishop of Haiti; The Rt.
Rev. Vincent Thakore, Bishop of the South; and The Rt. Rev. Melvin H. Pickering, Bishop of the Diocese of the Holy
Sacrament. Other Bishops have since been invited and continue to join. Copies of the Declaration of Principles are available
through Bishop Johnson's office, cgci@shentel.net.
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The College of Bishops of the Anglican Church International Communion met for its 2005 annual meeting in
Mexico City hosted by Bishop Jorge Martinez. Summary of actions:
1. College of Bishops choose Jamestown for 2007 Meeting
The College of Bishops agreed to Jamestown as their meeting place for 2007 in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the
1st Holy Communion in Virginia.
2.Secretary General was elected to administer the work of the ACIC established by College of Bishops
Action was taken to establish an information center to provide persons seeking to form and/or bring parishes into the
Anglican Church International Communion. Bishop Larry W. Johnson assumed his office January 1, 2005. He has
established the International Secretariat to coordinate information and give traditional Anglicans a "home." The Secretariat is
in Front Royal, Virginia (USA).
3. College approved the following historic Resolution.
Manifesto
&
Declaration of Revival
Whereas, continuing Anglican Churchmen worldwide desire greater union and communion,
Whereas, the Anglican Faith is under attack by forces of evil resulting in the abandonment of the traditional faith of the
primitive church and the Faith given to us by the ancient fathers of the church,
Whereas, prayer for a new Great Awakening of the Christian Faith is essential for the cure of souls of God’s people
worldwide,
Whereas, the orthodox Anglican faith must be preserved as a gift to be passed to our children and generations to
come,
Whereas, there is an urgent necessity for this statement of manifest destiny and a seat of Communion,
Whereas, the first permanent English Colony and Church in America was established at Jamestown Island in 1607,
and whose establishment in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been continuous for four-hundred years,
Whereas, the Jamestown Colony was a parish of the Bishop of London with an established Church and priest named
the Rev. Robert Hunt,
Whereas, our Anglican forefathers who came to America at Jamestown were communicants of the Church of
England and practiced and planted their faith by the use of the Book of Common Prayer,
Whereas, the first representative assembly to meet in America met in the Anglican Church at Jamestown for the
purposes of self government,
Whereas, Virginia is known as the New World birth place of democracy and religious freedoms,
Therefore, be it Resolved and Acknowledged, that the undersigned are in Communion and agree that the
Jamestown colonists, guided by the hand of God Almighty, did give birth to new world Anglicanism and
churchmanship; providing hope for people worldwide desiring to breathe free and to attain self government and to
escape from tyrannical forms of oppression; and likewise as a signatory to this manifesto do pledge to work for a
Great Awakening of the Christian Faith.
Be it further Resolved, that the Anglican Church of Virginia is and shall be recognized and designated as the locus
of the renewal of worldwide Anglican Faith committed to the Truth as revealed in the Authorized Version of the Holy
Bible, and the traditional Books of Common Prayer dated 1549, 1552, 1662, 1928 and valid translations of these
aforesaid Books of Common Prayer and Holy Bible.
In the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.
College of Bishops sign Resolution in Mexico City.
- Anglican Church of Virginia
- Orthodox Apostolic Church of Haiti, of the Anglican Church of Virginia
- The Free Church of England in Australia, of the Anglican Church of Virginia
- Anglican Diocese of the Good Shepherd
- Orthodox Anglican Church of the South
- Anglican Episcopal Church of India
- Mexican Independent Episcopal Church
- American Anglican Convocation
- Anglican Episcopal Church
- Diocese of the Caribbean and New Granada and the Holy Catholic Church (WR)
- Traditional Church of England and Australia
- Anglican Diocese of Central America
- Independent Anglican Church of Pakistan
- The Anglican Church of India*
*The ACI is in communion with Anglican Church of Virginia
