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By Adrienne S. Gaines
The document was signed during ACNA's Inaugural Provincial Assembly, which drew some 800 participants to Bedford, Texas, this week. Pittsburg Bishop Robert Duncan, who on Wednesday will be installed as the group's first archbishop, said the formation of ACNA reflects a return to orthodox Christianity that is happening both within the 77 million-member Anglican Communion and beyond.
"Our God is up to something very big, both with us and with others," Duncan said Monday. "The Father truly is drawing His children together again in a surprising and sovereign move of the Holy Spirit. He is again re-forming His church."
On Tuesday, Saddleback pastor Rick Warren addressed the assembly, encouraging them to love one another but not the world's values, the Associated Press reported. Other non-Anglican participants include Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church, the Rev. Samuel Nafzger of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, and Bishop Kevin Vann of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. The assembly ends on Thursday.
The formation of ACNA, said to represent some 100,000 Anglicans in 700 parishes, is the latest response to liberal moves within the Episcopal Church that culminated with the ordination of an openly gay bishop in 2003. Since then, roughly 200 congregations have left what had been the only U.S. branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, ACNA leaders report.
Most of the defectors, including several charismatic parishes, have aligned with conservative dioceses in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America, where Anglicanism is experiencing the most growth.
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 For the 19th consecutive year, the Assemblies of God (AG) saw an increase in membership, with the Pentecostal denomination claiming some 2.8 million adherents in the U.S, according to its Annual Church Ministries Report.
The denomination is one of only two traditionally orthodox Christian groups that saw membership gains last year, according to the annual Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, which the National Council of Churches released in February. The other denommination was the Cleveland, Tenn.-based Church of God.
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 Several former critics of the late Witness Lee, a disciple of Chinese evangelist Watchman Nee, are now calling his followers orthodox Christians—a decision that has sparked controversy among evangelicals.
Nee, who had a major following in the charismatic community, died in a Chinese prison in 1972. After his death, Lee (pictured) became the most prominent teacher of the movement Nee founded. Lee died in 1997.
Numerous apologists have criticized Lee for his alleged embrace of modalism, a view of the Father, Son and Spirit as three modes of being, which they say denies the Trinity.
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By Harry R. Jackson
 For several years I (and others) have called the way in which immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are treated "the new slavery." If you believe that politics as usual can die, the president's statements about immigration at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference last week were very encouraging.
President Obama declared that he is committed to a "comprehensive immigration overhaul." The dilemma with this statement is that the word comprehensive often includes an amnesty provision for undocumented persons. The problem with blanket amnesty is that there is a wide variety of people within the huge immigrant community, ranging from criminals who scoff at our laws to dedicated family people. To date, a great number of pandering politicians want to avoid dealing with the complexity of the current situation by simply waving the magic wand of amnesty.
The president paid homage to all the right aspects of the problem. He said three important things:
1. U.S. borders must be strengthened to thwart illegal immigration.
2. Provisions must be made to deal with illegals.
3. Employers of undocumented workers are a huge part of the problem.
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