Anglican splinter group faces new power struggle

Founded by breakaway Episcopal priests who left their former
denomination because they felt it was too liberal, the Anglican Mission
in the Americas is now in the middle of another ugly church feud.

The
last time the fight was over sex and salvation. Now the fight is over
money and power, and it pits Anglican Mission's U.S. leaders against the
overseas Anglican group that adopted them. "It's like my mom and dad
just told me they are getting a divorce," said Brian Hardin, pastor of
the Four Winds Mission in Spring Hill, Tennessee, which is a member of
the Anglican Mission.

The troubles between the Anglican Mission
and its patrons in Rwanda started last year, after Anglican Archbishop
Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda retired. Kolini had been a friend of American
Bishop Chuck Murphy, the head of the Anglican Mission, and had taken a
hands-off approach. In return, the Anglican Mission donated millions to
the Rwanda church.