The APA/REC signed a covenant of union with the Anglican Province of Nigeria last week. This is very exciting as it is the first concordat between a so-called "separated" Anglican body and a province of the "official" Anglican Communion (a HUGE province). Here is the link to the documents.
This is exciting to me, not because it gives some sort of "official seal of approval" to the APA/REC (and by extension, some of the other continuing bodies), but because it highlights positive and constructive changes in peoples' perception as to what Anglicanism really is. Anglicanism is no longer about being in some sort of official "club" with fancy buildings and paid choirs. That changed a long time ago. And don't get me wrong: I like fancy buildings and great choirs as much as the next guy. But that is not the core of the Christian faith. Sadly, those nice things often end up becoming idols for people.
At its heart, Anglicanism is about following Jesus Christ alone as Lord and Saviour, and bringing all of our thoughts, passions, and desires under His Lordship and rule. It is about proclaiming the unchanging "faith once delivered" to the saints, and about affirming the authority and inspiration of the sacred scriptures and the tradition which interprets them.
