About Our Denomination - AMIA

The twentieth century was when the Anglican churches outside of the West, especially in Africa, really started to grow. At the same time many Anglican churches in the West increasingly embraced liberal values and moved away from the authority of the historic, biblical faith. Africa is now home to the majority of Anglicans in the world and the church there is thriving: more Christians worship in Anglican churches in Rwanda than in the all the Anglican churches in the United States combined.

As a response to this decline in the US, the Rwandan and South-East Asian Anglican Archbishops agreed to send missionary bishops to the US and the Anglican Mission was born in 2000. The Anglican Mission’s aim is to plant Anglican churches in the US that seek to remain true to the historic, biblical faith. The Anglican Mission provides a way for congregations and clergy to be fully Anglican—connected to the worldwide Anglican Communion through the leadership in Rwanda—while, at the same time, being free of the crises of faith, leadership and mission in the Episcopal Church USA. There are now around 100 churches in the Anglican Mission and a number of new churches planned. New Covenant is part of a network of Anglican Mission churches in Central Florida that are launching new church plants. New Covenant is also continuing to build links with the church in Rwanda.

AMIA is united in the essentials of the Christian Faith—obedient to Jesus Christ as the unique Son of God who, through His sacrificial death and resurrection, provides the only way to the Father. However, it is diverse in the expression of the Faith, having evangelical, catholic and charismatic elements. A look at AMIA’s churches reveals that 60% of our congregations did not emerge from the Episcopal Church, but are church plants, planted with the goal of evangelizing people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is our vision and the thing that engages most of our resources.