ACNA Seminaries

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  1. mark1

    mark1 Active Member

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    Does ACNA have any of its own seminaries? I presume they still get lots of folks from Nashotah and Trinity as we do in our diocese.
     
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    Well they have the RE seminaries. They allow seven or so seminaries as the "official" ones. They include all the RE schools, Trinity, Nashotah, Gordon-Comwell, and I think an Orthodox one.
     
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    I've heard, though nobody's confirmed, that there is an agreement in process between Gordon Conwell, Erskine, Trinity - Ambridge, and Nashotah House. "Agreement" is the term the person used, and I don't know what he meant by it. It may just be a reciprocal agreement to credit courses taken at those institutions.
     
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    My soon to be Priest studied at Nashotah House and was ordained to Deacon there
     
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    Although Nashotah is a TEC seminary. Trinity is loosely TEC as well.
     
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    There may be some kind of alliance developing between Asbury Theological Seminary and ACNA. The ACNA Archbishop held a series of meetings there a couple of weeks ago. However, I must say the traditional theological position of this school has not included Anglicanism, but conservative Methodism and the Wesleyan Holiness Tradition. Yet, Asbury's tradition may provide a balance to the reformed position of some of the other seminaries listed in this thread.

    ...Scottish Monk
     
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    Has more happened on this front? I can't see the ACNA growing much bigger without its own seminaries. Having moved back to the south, I've become painfully aware of how faint the ACNA's presence is outside of urban areas. The rub is that rural areas are probably the best zones for traditional, conservative Anglicanism to flourish.
     
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    ACNA is following PECUSA's growth pattern with heavy concentration in urban areas and the Southeast but nothing really in rural areas or the Midwest.
     
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    This all being the result of Anglicanism in this country giving up its calling to preach the Gospel and, rather, serve as a religious social club for American, upper middle class, white folks.
     
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    We need to redouble our efforts.