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My Anglican Journey (Part 1)

Will Nielsen
July 20th, 2008
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Introduction

What follows is a piece that I needed to write for myself and those around us who love us and pray for us. If you are hunting for polemic, I pray you will be greatly disappointed here. Rather, this is a personal reflection about personal reasons that my family and I joined the Episcopal Church. It is an attempt to articulate these reasons which have led me away from pastoral ministry in the vibrant Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) to pursuing holy orders in The Episcopal Church (TEC) which is at the best in dire tumult.

Our confirmation in the Episcopal Church on June 1, 2008 was the culmination of a complicated process that started while we were serving in Russia from 1998-2002, flowed through Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) and was tutored by John Calvin and other pre-modern scholastic reformers. This is a short documentary of self-realization and pilgrimage. It is one with which you will likely find all sorts of inconsistencies and yet it is my journey, together with my wife and daughter. I hope you will also find a sincere pursuit of the Lord Jesus who lives and reigns with the Father and Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

2 Responses to “My Anglican Journey (Part 1)”

Hi Will, I’ll look forward to reading this. Dr. L. at church this morning told us about GAF-Con; I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on that, too.

Left by Rachel V. on July 20th, 2008

Hey Rachel. I am learning a ton about this journey just by writing about it. So I’m looking forward to writing more for you. As far as GAFCON goes I think it’s a mixed bag. While the church desperately needs clarification ok the boundaries of orthodoxy, I’m not sure a confession of faith and an angry bunch holding the hermeneutical keys to that confession is the answer. Right now I simply am not sure what to make of it. You might find some of Bp. N. T. Wright’s reflections on GAFCON interesting on this count.

Left by Will Nielsen on July 20th, 2008

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