Anglicans worldwide are taking steps to separate themselves from more liberal churches and finding new approaches that would allow them to live the biblically faithful lives that they want to.
In the latest move by conservatives in the 77-million-member Anglican Communion, an orthodox group in Ottawa, Canada, proposed the formation of a new branch of the Anglican Church of Canada.
The proposal has been made in an effort to create a church that is more "biblically faithful" than the current church.
The Anglican Network - an arm of the Anglican Essentials Ottawa (AEO), which describes itself as a safe haven for all those who profess traditional Anglican beliefs - called a meeting a week after a second diocese in the Anglican Church of Canada voted in favour of blessing same-sex "marriages."
Both the Montreal and Ottawa Dioceses approved resolutions earlier this month that would urge their respective bishops to allow clergy to bless same-sex unions.
"I'm very dissatisfied with the direction the Anglican Church of Canada is going," said Peter Scotchmer, who attended the Anglican Network meeting, according to The Ottawa Citizen. "I'm certainly not happy to see the liberal drift of the church. It's an erosion of what the church has always stood for."
Attendees of the meeting discussed the impact of the recent votes and what should be done to remain true to tradition.
