Saint Thomas Orthodox Mission

The St. Thomas Orthodox Mission is a Antiochian Orthodox parish, located in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

History

Founding

The church was founded on August 8, 2004 and became a parish in the United Episcopal Church of North America, which is a jurisdiction of the Continuing Anglican movement,[1][2][3][4][5][6] but later voted to align with the Reformed Episcopal Church in 2009. In the same year, with the Anglican realignment movement, in which the REC took part, the church joined the Anglican Church in North America. The church's current building was finished in late 2007 and early 2008.

REC

In March 2009 three parishes, a bishop and archdeacon departed from the UECNA. Approximately one month later, on April 19, 2009, St. Thomas Anglican Church's congregation voted to align with the Reformed Episcopal Church, who would be a founding jurisdiction of the Anglican Church in North America. Seamans was accepted by the REC and continues to serve at his church in Mountain Home.

Affiliation

On November 22, 2015 in a Parish Meeting, St. Thomas voted to leave the Anglican Church in North America and the REC and voted to become a Western Rite Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

References

  1. "St. Thomas Anglican Church". Anglicanmh.com. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  2. "ARKANSAS: Local pastor elected church bishop | Virtueonline – The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism". Virtueonline.org. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  3. "Breaking News | The Baxter Bulletin". baxterbulletin.com. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  4. "Local pastor consecrated Anglican Bishop for West - The Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott, Arizona". Dcourier.com. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  5. "St. Thomas Anglican Church". Anglicanmh.com. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

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Coordinates: 36°21′26″N 92°20′03″W / 36.3572°N 92.3341°W / 36.3572; -92.3341

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