Anglican Church of Rwanda - Missionary Organizations

Missionary Organizations

The Anglican Church of Rwanda also maintained a missionary organization, the Anglican Mission in the Americas in the United States. The Anglican Mission in the Americas was a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America, in 2009, changing latter its status to ministry partner, which it was until December 2011, when it disaffiliated from the Anglican Church of Rwanda. Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje and Archbishop Robert Duncan of the Anglican Church in North America issued a Joint Communiqué on April 28, 2012, to address the future of the AMiA. Meanwhile, the House of the Bishops of Rwanda decided the establishment of the Missionary District in North America (PEARUSA) to pursue the same work in the United States, while it was given the AMiA members three alternatives: to join the PEARUSA, to join another Anglican jurisdiction through letters dimissory or remain in the AMiA. It was established the deadline of August 31, 2012, for the clergy and the congregations of the AMiA to decide their future. In April 29, 2012, Archbishop Henri Isingoma expressed his official approval for the temporary admission of the AMiA at the Anglican Church of Congo until his future was clarified.