Bishop Jay Behan – Leaving A Church

At what point do you leave your church or denomination? Is it ever appropriate to leave a church or a denomination? What if you’re a pastor and you feel you need to leave? How do you go about doing it?

Brent and Ian talk with Bishop Jay Behan of the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa NZ. It was in 2019 that Jay, a vicar in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia finally made the decision to leave. Jay, the church he pastors and a number of other churches now form the Church of Confessing Anglicans.

(2:35) Jay’s background in Anglicanism;

(5:00) What is the Anglican evangelical tradition?

(5:55) The Anglican tradition in New Zealand;

(7:30) The New Zealand church and the constitution;

(9:00) The New Zealand Prayer Book in the 80’s;

(10:40) Sydney Anglicanism;

(14:05) The process of leaving for Jay;

(19:00) The Anglican Communion;

(22:10) The Church of Confessing Anglicans;

(23:50) GAFCON;

(26:30) Advice for people struggling to stay within their churches or denominations.

Links mentioned in this episode:

 

confessinganglicans.nz

 

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