ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN
CHURCH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

Our Mission Statement
EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
WE PREACH THE THE GOSPEL TO ALL NATIONS.


All Nations Christian Church International is in partnership with,
The Anglican Independent Communion Worldwide

The Mission of the Anglican Independent Communion Worldwide is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, to administer the Sacraments and otherwise to minister to all people the saving knowledge and healing grace of God through Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit, all within the framework of the historical expressions of worship, faith and practice of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Anglican Independent Communion Worldwide also exists to provide support, education, coordination and Episcopal oversight to all National Churches, Provinces, dioceses, parishes, missions, bishops, clergy and laity which may affiliate with it and to foster cooperation and mutual support among all its affiliates.
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All Nations Church Ministry partnership with,
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Mexico

MISSION AND DOCTRINAL STATEMENT OF UOCM

Daniel (de Jesus Ruiz Flores)
www.iglesia-ortodoxa.org

As Orthodox Jurisdiction, we profess the Orthodox Catholic Christian Faith, as handed down to us by our Fathers in Christ in the Apostolic Sacred Tradition of the Holy Church. We promise to observe the decisions, dogmatic utterances and canons, and the degrees of the Seven Ecumenical Councils, the Canons of the Holy Apostles, the Canons of the Regional Councils and of the Holy Fathers; and the Holy Church's' interpretation of Scripture according to the standard of faith included in the Nicene Creed, the Symbol of Faith.
We revere symbolically, but not idolatrously, the sacred Icons of Christ, of His Holy Mother Mary, and of all the Saints and Angels of Heaven, addressing to their originals the honour shown their images. We confess our Ever-Virgin Lady, Saint Mary, The Theotokos (Mother of God), having borne in the flesh one Person of the Holy Trinity, namely Christ our God.

We believe there can be no innovations in the Faith and we accept the Vincentian Canon of universality, antiquity, and consent: "In the Catholic Church we must especially take heed to hold that which we believe everywhere, at all time, and by all".
We agree with the ancient principle of the Undivided Church regarding the hierarchy of importance of matters of discipline: "In Necessary Things, Unity; In doubtful Things, Liberty, In All things, Charity".
But of course, I pray that we will become close friends.
God bless you, and keep you in abundance of happiness, Faith and good health, this day and ever and unto ages of all ages. Amen.


+Daniel (de Jesus Ruiz Flores)
Metropolitan of Mexico and All Latin-America
Abbot of the Monastery of The Most Holy Trinity
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Mexico In Communion
with the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Canonical

Bishop/Abbot John/Ioannes
and Trinity Priory International

MINISTRY AFFILIATES with Bishop/Abbot John/Ioannes and Trinity Priory International. Bishop John is a Spiritual leader of global Monastic and hermit orders. Residing in South Africa,+John has English, French, German and Dutch hermitages and speaks the above languages as well as Spanish. As it is with All Nations Bishops and Clergy, most of TPI Monks do secular jobs for a living. We look forward to a fruitful fraternal relationship which will result in mutual edification. trinityprioryinternational

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANGLICAN MONASTICISM
Christian religious communities may have begun in the first century after the Resurrection when, according to Scripture, "all the believers were together and had everything in common" (Acts 2:44, NIV). Formal monasticism, however, dates from the fourth century A.D. when the Roman Emperor first tolerated and later embraced Christianity. No longer subject to intermittent but deadly persecutions, many men and women felt called to seek a new form of martyrdom to test and strengthen their faith. The Great Desert Fathers and Mothers, led by St. Anthony (c. 250-350), abandoned the material corruption of cities and moved out into the wastelands of Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, and Persia, living alone in caves as hermits but often worshipping and eating together. Over time, colonies of hermits formed whose leaders acquired the name "Abba" (father) or Abbot. Pachomius (292-346), an Egyptian soldier converted to Christianity, introduced cenobitic monasticism in which monks lived in close-knit communities under a definite and severe rule, performing assigned tasks, keeping regular hours of worship, and wearing similar dress. Cenobitic monasticism flourished, later modified by St. Basil (c. 330-379) to include more normal occupations and a more wholesome atmosphere. After the breakdown of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D., monasticism became the main strength of the church and a major influence on secular society. Monasteries fostered learning, dignified manual labor, developed practical and innovative farming techniques, and preserved much of ancient classical learning. St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547) reformed western monasticism, saving it from excesses of ascetism which had developed, and founded the mother monastery of the Benedictine Order on the hill of Monte Cassino, Italy (c. 529). The effectiveness and popularity of the monasteries brought wealth and power which, in turn, attracted the indolent and those who only wished to escape the cares of the world. When, periodically, monastic discipline became lax and spiritural zeal declined, a series of reform movements appeared, among them the monastery at Cluny (founded 910) and the austere Cistercian order (founded 1098). The revival of town life in the 13th century saw the rise of orders of mendicant (begging) friars to meet the needs of the townspeople. [The monk (Greek *monachos*-solitary) was a person apart, but the friar (Latin *frater,* Middle English *frier*-brother) broke away from the monastic enclosure to preach and teach where the people lived." *Highlights of the Story of Christianity* by Alice Parmelee, copyright 1980] St. Dominic (1170-1221) founded the Dominican Order (Black Friars) and St. Francis (1182-1226) the Franciscan Order (Grey Friars).


Tinity Priory International

As the western world moved from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, vast political, economic, cultural, and intellectual changes began, bringing with them equally great changes in religious thought. Movements of church reform spread across Europe. Religious, political, and personal interests led to England's break with the Roman Church. Beginning in 1535, Henry VIII and his advisors ruthlessly suppressed monasticism and, apart from a brief revival during the reign of Queen Mary, it disappeared from England for over 300 years. In the decades following the Reformation, a great distrust for anything "Romish" developed in England, and the Anglican Church came to think of itself as strictly Protestant. Not until the Oxford Movement in the early 1800s did some churchmen begin to see the Anglican Church as the *Via Media,* the "middle way" between Catholicism and Protestantism. With these ideas came interest in the revival of "religious life" in England. Between 1841 and 1855, several religious orders for women were begun, among them the Community of St. Mary at Wantage and the Community of St. Margaret at East Grinstead. Religious orders for men appeared later, the first not-too-successful community in 1863, followed in 1866 by the Society of St. John the Evangelist (Cowley Fathers). In the USA and Canada, the founding of Anglican religious orders began in 1842 with the Nashotah Community (men) in Wisconsin, followed in 1845 by the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion (now defunct) in New York. At present, there are approximately 168 Anglican religious orders for men and/or women throughout the world. Of these, approximately 38 are in the USA and about 7 in Canada. (These numbers are estimates based on a 6 year old directory. I hope soon to obtain more accurate and up-to-date information.)
[Much of the information in this short history came from *Highlights of the Story of Christianity* by Alice Parmelee (copyright 1980) and from *A History of the Church in England* by John R. H. Moorman (published 1953).]