My Ordination: The Journey So Far and What's Ahead

[@knightrider585]

Your video on the Daily Office got me as an atheist to start praying and reading the Bible every day last year. This year I finally started attending church every Sunday. I hope to be baptised later this year. Thank you for helping me find my way to faith. God bless you and give you strength for this fight.

[@Young_Anglican]

Congratulations on your ordination River! I will be praying for you and your ministry.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you for your prayers and for your support. I pray that God blesses your online ministry

[@Young_Anglican]

@@newkingdommedia9434 Thank you as well!

[@mynameis......23]

​@@newkingdommedia9434Sabbath day 1) God Rested on the Sabbath day (genisis 2:3, Exodus 20:11) 2) God Sanctified the Sabbath day (genisis 2:3) 3) God Blessed the Sabbath day (exodus 20:11) 4) Lord called Sabbath His Holy day. It's the Lord's Day (Isaiah 58:13) 5) Holy Day (Isaiah 58:13). God didn't rested on sunday, He rested on Sabbath Day (Saturday). You can't push God to rest on sunday, you can't change God's resting Day in Genisis. Now circumcision was for the Jews, who were under the promise given to Abraham. Where as Sabbath was for man(mark 2:27) not just for Jews, Sabbath was even before fall of Adam and Eve. God Blessed the Sabbath Day in genisis 2:3. CIRCUMCISION CAME WITH Abraham, SABBATH CAME BEFORE THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE. SABBATH came before there was sin in the World. You follow your sabbath and I'll follow THE LORD'S SABBATH. ___ SABBATH day is Saturday proof Mark 16:1 16 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. Notice how Bible says that Sabbath was over and than next day mary went to anoint Lord Jesus Christ. Bible says FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK which is sunday. And also we know that Lord was risen from death on sunday not monday. We also find the same in Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ( Notice who Bible says it was the First day of the week). Luke and John says the same thing "On the first day of the week".

[@thomasduvauchelle8583]

Praise God for your ministry so pure. You are in the Lord and the Word. 😊

[@RevBrettMurphy]

Congrats on your ordination brother. Rarely do I feel so overjoyed at a man stepping into his vocation! You are a shining light in global Anglicanism.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you so much Reverend! Your content is so inspirational and motivating and we are all blessed by it

[@mynameis......23]

​@@newkingdommedia9434Sabbath day 1) God Rested on the Sabbath day (genisis 2:3, Exodus 20:11) 2) God Sanctified the Sabbath day (genisis 2:3) 3) God Blessed the Sabbath day (exodus 20:11) 4) Lord called Sabbath His Holy day. It's the Lord's Day (Isaiah 58:13) 5) Holy Day (Isaiah 58:13). God didn't rested on sunday, He rested on Sabbath Day (Saturday). You can't push God to rest on sunday, you can't change God's resting Day in Genisis. Now circumcision was for the Jews, who were under the promise given to Abraham. Where as Sabbath was for man(mark 2:27) not just for Jews, Sabbath was even before fall of Adam and Eve. God Blessed the Sabbath Day in genisis 2:3. CIRCUMCISION CAME WITH Abraham, SABBATH CAME BEFORE THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE. SABBATH came before there was sin in the World. You follow your sabbath and I'll follow THE LORD'S SABBATH. ___ SABBATH day is Saturday proof Mark 16:1 16 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. Notice how Bible says that Sabbath was over and than next day mary went to anoint Lord Jesus Christ. Bible says FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK which is sunday. And also we know that Lord was risen from death on sunday not monday. We also find the same in Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ( Notice who Bible says it was the First day of the week). Luke and John says the same thing "On the first day of the week".

[@deniselancaster6888]

May the Lord smile on you every day. God bless you brother. 🙏

[@davidmckissack7528]

I've visited this vlog off and on for several years. I became Anglican (in America) about the time you did. Don't beat up on yourself for not understanding the fight in your early days. Most of us didn't either. I'll be praying for you, and hoping you and your wife find a happy home with GAFCON. My church is hosting the ordination of a young deacon this Wednesday. Your "graduating class" is entering the ministry at such a chaotic time, but God loves the faithful very much.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you for this

[@Thatoneguy-pu8ty]

God bless you brother. You are one of my heroes. As a Gen Z-er, it is so inspiring to see other young men fight for the truth of the Gospel. What a bizarre and terrible story. God bless you River! Prayers for you and your ministry.

[@Pelinca]

Amazing story, may God pour his grace, mercy, and blessings upon you and your congregation. Greetings from Calgary, Canada!

[@British_loyalist]

Im a Presbyterian from England but you’ve been a huge inspiration to me. Thank you for your channel

[@Willwhite5809]

I will pray for your ministry. We need way more Anglican ministers like you, who embrace the Articles, Homilies, and BCP.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you brother!

[@turboapples1233]

Congratulations on your ordination, your videos helped me a lot when I first became Christian to get into theology so I'm very glad you'll be able to minister to a church as an ordained clergyman.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! And I'm glad to hear that

[@PsAnglicanoReformado]

Congrats! Will be praying for you, your family and the new church plant 🙏🏼

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! May He bless you too

[@dav681972]

Thankful that there are Anglicans who are Reformed like you out there, as many Anglicans I encounter are not, which is why I keep a foot both in the Anglican and Presbyterian worlds. Again, congratulations on your ordination!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! And yes, not many Reformed Anglicans these days, but there are proportionally more in NZ and Australia

[@London-Lad]

Cangratulatuona 🎉❤🎉❤ I've been following you for so many years.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you!

[@cullanfritts4499]

God bless you brother!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

May He bless you also!

[@howardslayton1151]

Congratulations on your ordination Deacon. I enjoyed seeing your message. I wish you much luck in the days ahead!

[@robert-davis]

Praise the Lord on your ordination. 🙏

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you!

[@michaelhughesdvm]

I shall keep you in my rosary. Ex Catholic, but still have my rosary. Thank you for your integrity. The devil still roams like a “ roaring lion” and is still a “liar and murderer since the beginning.” Priests, above all, are the target of Satan and his fallen comrades. Let us continue to pray for your former priest brethren.

[@peterxuereb9884]

But he is not a priest he nor any Anglican, Calvanist, Lutheran, or any other protestant denomination has any ecclesiastical Authority. So satan will not be wasting his time with someone who pretends to have ecclesiastical authority. He is already condemned by leading others astray.

[@dav681972]

Congratulations again on your ordination! Continually praying for you and your family!

[@stephensmith6734]

Thanks for sharing your journey. God reformed my theology at bible college around 5 years ago and shortly after called me to ordained ministry in the CofE, but I had a Jonah moment as I thought Anglicanism was far too Catholic. After a few years I realised that I had to do what God had called me to do otherwise I would remain in the wilderness. Upon returning to Anglicanism I found your channel (just over a year ago) and I learned that Anglicanism is far more reformed than what I first realised. You thought me that the formularies are thoroughly reformed. Anglicanism actually fits me like a hand in a glove. Your channel got me started on the 1662 BCP. I could now baptise babies and sing Psalms 😊 I fell love with Anglicanism and God led me to a faithful, classical, liturgical CofE church in central Oxford. We use the 1662, have a high veiw of sacraments with a high reformed view of Scripture. Quickly after attending this church doors opened with the Priest (in a similar way to you) for me to start discerning ordained ministry and it is going really well. Very providential. I don't have to push myself at all. The doors open and opportunities fall on my lap, with encouragement from my priest. I preach and lead Evensong and I'm in the process of starting a mens ministry. So thankful for God's patience and mercy towards me. You have been very influential in my journey of forming my Anglican spirituality and in me coming to discover that Anglicanism is where I belong. I really benefited from listening to this update. It was confirming and interesting and exciting. I very much appreciate it. So happy and excited for you. Look forward to seeing your ministry develop. Thanks for all you do and the content which I know is blessing many.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you so much for your support and for sharing this story. I'm very pleased that my content was helpful to you and I pray that God will bless you and give you a fruitful ministry

[@hpallett97]

Thankyou for sharing your journey in ministry so far River. It helps to see that others have dealt with the rubbish from those who claim to be followers of Christ, but have been incredibly deceived and without repentance. I hope to be in a place where I can share my own journey soon (likely some time early next year). The short story for now is that I had a similar discernment process and am currently awaiting the next steps outside the Diocese I've been serving in for 6 years.

[@semperadiuvans]

God be with you.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

May He be with you too!

[@c17slug]

Congratulations on your ordination. Amen on standing firm in the faith. I discovered your channel when trying to research the Book of Common Prayer and how to pray it and found your video on it and I've been doing the Daily Office with my kids since spring and it's been a blessing to all of us. We will keep you and your church in our prayers. God bless!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! Glad to hear you're praying Office!

[@Tax_Buster]

I found out about your journey just now even though I have been following your channel since even before the pandemic. I’m so happy for you, Rev. River! Congratulations and praise be to God!!! You will make an excellent priest someday! God bless you.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you very much and God bless you too!

[@scarmethiusmaximo8735]

I’ve been in the process of discerning the diaconate and working as a lay chaplain at a school. I found this video very helpful as I’m finding the state of the broader church troubling. Praying for you.

[@garfieldbartor2269]

God be with you brother

[@newkingdommedia9434]

And with you!

[@GlobalReport247]

Absolutely repugnant what those wicked people told you. God bless your ministry brother, so happy for you and your family.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! And yes, it was certainly demonically inspired.

[@mynameis......23]

​@@newkingdommedia9434 Sabbath day 1) God Rested on the Sabbath day (genisis 2:3, Exodus 20:11) 2) God Sanctified the Sabbath day (genisis 2:3) 3) God Blessed the Sabbath day (exodus 20:11) 4) Lord called Sabbath His Holy day. It's the Lord's Day (Isaiah 58:13) 5) Holy Day (Isaiah 58:13). God didn't rested on sunday, He rested on Sabbath Day (Saturday). You can't push God to rest on sunday, you can't change God's resting Day in Genisis. Now circumcision was for the Jews, who were under the promise given to Abraham. Where as Sabbath was for man(mark 2:27) not just for Jews, Sabbath was even before fall of Adam and Eve. God Blessed the Sabbath Day in genisis 2:3. CIRCUMCISION CAME WITH Abraham, SABBATH CAME BEFORE THE FALL OF ADAM AND EVE. SABBATH came before there was sin in the World. You follow your sabbath and I'll follow THE LORD'S SABBATH. ___ SABBATH day is Saturday proof Mark 16:1 16 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. Notice how Bible says that Sabbath was over and than next day mary went to anoint Lord Jesus Christ. Bible says FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK which is sunday. And also we know that Lord was risen from death on sunday not monday. We also find the same in Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ( Notice who Bible says it was the First day of the week). Luke and John says the same thing "On the first day of the week".

[@midwifeyork121]

I am only ten minutes into this video and I am so proud of you! I am just walking into the discernment process and hope it does not go anything like that!

[@stanleystone8636]

We really enjoyed listening to your message and wish you well. As parishioners based in the UK we have had the same feelings for some time and have now started to attend a Church of England Free Church. I was going to get in touch with our minister to let him know about your video but at the end of your message you introduced the one and only Rev Brett Murphy as one of your mentors who indeed as commented!! He's the very man!!! Small world!!!! Good luck to you and your family. Audrey & Eric.

[@stanleystone8636]

Excuse my as and has mix up. It's late here!!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! And I'm very glad for you that you have such a wonderful minister

[@ruthshivani]

Rev Brett Murphy introduced your utube channel , and this is the first clip I watched 🙏🏽Thanku for your shared holiness 🙏🏽I will for sure watch some more - Brett spoke highly of you 🙂

[@TheBlackDoctor21]

Congratulations on your ordination brother! Your work has been such a blessing in my life! I pray that I can follow in your steps towards ordination and I pray that God will continue to use you to serve His people!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you dear brother! I am thankful to God that what He produced in me was of some value. I pray that He shall lead you into a fruitful ordained ministry.

[@richardsaintjohn8391]

Congratulations

[@tbh334]

Coming at you as a southern Baptist in the US I'm praying for you as you continue to fight the good fight against this evil movement God bless brother

[@benboulet1724]

Hang in there brother. They are only church in name only

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Amen

[@ninerocks]

As a 48yo Anglican in a small country church overwhelmingly boomer in its demographics (with much of the usually associated liberalism, if unspoken) I am now so black pilled. Oh man.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Be encouraged brother. Remember the Prophet Elijah, who stood seemingly alone against the apostate church, but God kept to Himself seven thousand. We stand together, even if oceans apart, for the Spirit of Jesus Christ and His holy Scriptures unite us.

[@ninerocks]

@@newkingdommedia9434 Amen

[@RobRobertson1000]

Wow, reminds me so much of JC Ryle's little book about the men who sparked a revival in the 18th century. Prayer, and more prayer brother, till the fire of revival breaks out once more. Bless you and your wife.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! May He bless you also

[@evanpax8585]

Thank you for taking a stand, very admirable story. I am a Baptist in the USA, and I recently wanted to learn about my English and Puritan forefathers, so I have watched a few of your videos on the 1662 BCP. Interesting stuff! I can't help but have some confirmation bias though after watching this - maybe some of those nonconforming ministers were ahead of their time!

[@fr.jamesjohnson1567]

Definitely praying for you brother deacon and adding you to the prayer list of my parish. May the Lord bless the work of your hands for His kingdom!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you very much!

[@dennisbarnes8447]

Romans 1 have come to pass. You did the right thing. Seeing more and more of all the things you've talked of. Dare to be a Daniel my brother. Leave Sodom to the flames. Stand firm. Pray for me that I'll have the intestinal fortitude to do the same. God bless you.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you. I will pray for you brother

[@redeemedzoomer6053]

Alright but we gotta retake all of the Anglican Communion eventually. Can't keep splintering off

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Hey man, good to hear from you! I agree, but this will be way down the line I believe.

[@redeemedzoomer6053]

@@newkingdommedia9434 haha thanks! I’ll admit idk the situation in New Zealand. Just please don’t become one of the cage stage GAFGONers who tells everyone else to give up on the Mainline 😂

[@nolanens732]

@redeemedzoomer6053 but did you hear what he said? These people are literally not Christian. At this point they are sex addicted real estate moguls who control all the nice Anglican buildings. It’s the same here in Canada. To say we shouldn’t split is to say we shouldn’t have had the reformation either. Just keep paying your indulgences, reading the scriptures Lolita and the Quran in the name of unity.

[@charless7653]

Why not let "the mainline" die in its own sin and focus rather on building up biblical, orthodox parishes and pastors that will be ready to minister to all Christians, both to those that have already given up on the mainline and those that are still there? I am for the preservation of the Gospel, not any specific visible church.

[@redeemedzoomer6053]

@@charless7653 You cannot revive a culture without reviving the churches it was built upon. Whether we like it or not, the Mainline has the historic resources and connections. Not the conservative offshoots. All conservatives ever do is run away and that's why progressives win. We need to stop retreating.

[@markthomas5914]

Congratulations on your ordination and please keep us informed of what church you will be preaching in

[@isaacjones3280]

Brother, thank you so much for this. I've been wrestling with Anglicanism for over a year now. I've been discerning a call to ministry for the last few years and currently in Seminary under the Reformed Baptists. I've been struggling to figure out where to turn, im also in New Zealand and it seems awfully hopeless at times. But this is a wonderful encouragment to hear your journey from wanting to take back the mainstream to commiting to Orthodox, Reformed Anglicanism. Congratulations on your ordaination, I hope our paths can cross soon one day

[@Themanyfacesofego]

Greetings from Canterbury ( the original one) 🇬🇧

[@newkingdommedia9434]

And from New Zealand!

[@lindajackson9664]

Thank you for this great video congratulations on your ordination. It was on the recommendation of Rev Brett that I found you, you are like 2 peas in a pod 😃 My husband and I are retired and live in Wales we visited Rev Brett’s church in Morecambe a few weeks ago when we were on holiday. Something that has struck me was the amount of men in his congregation you mentioned several men in your congregation plus all the male followers you both have , there is way more women than men in the church we attend and the previous one, that says so much to me. We are hoping to move to England and find a Gafcon/free church it’s definitely the way forward for us, we just want to follow Christ in complete transparency and truth as written in Gods word. So thanks again I’ll be checking out some of your sermons now I’ve found you. May God bless you and your family and I pray God raised up more men like you and Brett 🙏

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! And may God bless you too. Revd Brett is a great man of God and I'm glad that you arw blessed to know him

[@catellus]

😊 God Bless you dear boy , the churches of every denomination (beginning with the environmentally hip pope), are all self dividing into sheep and goats getting ready to leap on into the one world apostate church! While the faithful stand firm in the face of increasing persecution!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! We stand together

[@RyanAshley419]

I was formerly an Episcopal priest and was forced to flee. I managed to squeak through in the last class of ordination when moderates and conservatives could get through before the pogrom,.but I was having those conversations in the process even back 20 years ago. I went in a different direction, but I sympathize with you. It still saddens me how the mighty have fallen.

[@joelreinhardt2084]

Thanks for sharing the story. Your conversations with prelates in the Church of New Zealand is similar to what clergy told me happened and the weird things said in the Anglican Church of Canada.

[@LeoRegum]

The 1662 is the way. Congratulations to you and your family.

[@jonathanvickers3881]

Fight the good fight sir! Praying for your ministry. I’d love for you to do a crossover with redeemed zoomer. That would be awesome.

[@thethinplace]

Congratulations. I grew up Baptist and then became an Anglo-Catholic, now your videos have helped me as I study classic Anglicanism and realized how beautiful our Reformed Catholic faith actually is. Funny enough I used to get upset about your story of reading Cranmer and realizing Anglo-Catholicism felt like a deceit, only to be reading Cranmer, Jewel, Hooker, and others and finding myself becoming a Reformed Anglican.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you brother! I'm glad to see you move in this direction

[@thethinplace]

@@newkingdommedia9434 I'm currently reading The True and Catholic Doctrine of the Lord's Supper. It's a shame how few Anglicans know about this work, let alone have read it.

[@TheAmericanPilgrim]

Congratulations on your ordination to Holy Orders

[@subrje5546]

Summary of the "what were about" part 1. Orthodox, Preaching the Gospel (Law--Gospel distinction) 2. Confessional 3. 1662 BCP 4. Biblical family and sexuality, gendered piety 5. No compromises with modernity inliturgy, songs, doctrine, but stand firm.

[@SVHotspur]

Excellent news! May the Lord guide you in your call and your church plant. “For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 3:13. And please remain rigidly Christian! “Follow the pattern of the words you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.” 2 Timothy 1:13-14.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you for your prayers and those encouraging Scriptures! Bless you

[@GlennAmbrose-s6x]

Thanks be to God on your ordination although you have caused me to commit the sin of envy. I love your theological explanations and they have helped me greatly, especially in understanding communion. You are conducting a 1662 service (are you doing the Lord's Prayer and collect kneeling?), reading homilies and constantly referring to the 39 articles. I wish I could find a church like that in Melbourne. Orthodox and traditionally Anglican, is that too much to ask for? but so very, very rare.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you brother! And yes we kneel when the prayer book directs us to, even if it's on hardwood floors!

[@GlennAmbrose-s6x]

Do you know of any Orthodox Anglican churches in Melbourne that are running services with the theology of St Timothy's? I'm looking for what you are doing but haven't found anything like it. The more I learn about Anglicanism the more I have come to love it but the intention is not matching the reality.@@newkingdommedia9434

[@markthomas5914]

God bless you , this utter madness has no conquered all area's of our life I'm absolutely disgusted by it

[@newkingdommedia9434]

God bless you too! We will prevail in the end by God's power

[@TheChurchofBreadandCheese]

Joining a local presby church due to lack of gafcon in my area. Congrats.

[@austinwendt5543]

Hey man! Congrats on the ordination! I am a seminarian (ordinand) in TEC and have been following you for a while. Really enjoy your videos. Astounding the response of from ACNZ. Of course the NZ prayer book has become popular over here. While I am may not agree with you on all things, I do agree we need to return to a theological orthodoxy, especially in the essentials. If you’re up for it, let’s see if we can connect.

[@JohnDcatholic]

"Too rigidly Christian" indeed. Hard to believe. You're right, it does not seem to be the Christian Church anymore. But you made a wise decision. I pray you have a blessed and fruitful ministry in the CCAANZ. I've been watching your videos for about a year now and you certainly seem to me to be gifted for ministry.

[@lakaylee1]

Too rigidly Christian??? Oh ,ok. What a ridiculous thing to say. You made the right decision to leave. There seems to be as big a problem there, as here in the UK. Congratulations and good luck. Wishing you God's blessings in your ministry 🙏

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you!

[@RyanHare]

I grew up catholic but after my first communion, I never really went to church again (my parents, go figure). I'm now in my early 30's and I've had a huge call to rediscover my faith in Jesus Christ. It has not been easy and I have been torn between the Anglican church and Catholicism. The liberal side to Anglicanism here in the UK really turns me off, which is a shame because there are aspects of it which I really like and the history is really rich. It is truly a shame... I believe Catholicism is the choice for me and I love the traditions. In any case, following Jesus Christ is what matters!

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Look into the GAFCON churches in the UK or the Free Church of England

[@CYC_JP]

Brother, find a Anglo-Catholic parish in the Free Church of England is the way to go. If you have any issues you can also get in touch with Fr Calvin Robinson.

[@unit2394]

So is it Father Devereux now? I’ll be praying for you, your family, and your church. God bless you.

[@sameash3153]

Excited for your journey, but it is sad that there are so many denominations. I am very grateful that I belong to a traditional and faithful church that hasn't left The Episcopal Church for the splinter denominations. More importantly I am grateful that our church did not need to leave, even though frankly I understand the impulse.

[@CYC_JP]

Congratulations on your ordination. May God bless your mission of serving his church and his flock. Does Church of Confessing Anglicans ordain women "priests" or consecrate women "bishops"?

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Unfortunately the CCA does ordain women as priests (but not bishops). However, those of us who oppose this do not have to accept it.

[@alhilford2345]

​@@newkingdommedia9434: So, this is a denomination that allows members to pick and choose what they believe. Very convenient!

[@puremercury]

Congratulations and God bless! I wanted to ask if you had heard about Operation Reconquista and what you thought.

[@eric_eagle]

So much of the mainstream Church is ichabod. It’s the same in the US. It is very hard to find a branch of continuing Anglicanism that is basically doctrinally pure, but also warmly evangelical. The ACNA is a sort of iron-and-clay mingle mangle that still waffles on female ordination; there are certainly Christians in it but a knowledge of history - and how this issue consistently leads to decline- means that the writing is on the wall. On the other hand many small non-ACNA/GAFCON communing branches maintain a white knuckle grip on doctrine but tend not to grow, lack warmth, and often have some weird cultish quirk (unquestioned top-down monarchical leadership, KJV-onlyism, etc). So yeah, being a confessionally Reformed Anglican at least in the US is more or less a lonely project. But a worthwhile one, I think. God’s peace on you.

[@geraldthomas1571]

Congrats and blessings my Kiwi, Brother. Praise God for you and St.Tims. What a horrible story, read Lolita..😯That 'so vile! Been praying for you and your fam for awhile and watched you in move from Anglo-Catholic to confessional. Carry on Bro....

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you!

[@justbreathe1148]

Is it possible to know where in NZ one can find a Confessing Anglican Church?

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Try this: confessinganglicans.nz/find-a-church/

[@jbebeau]

Congratulations! I pray for God's blessing on your future ministry. On a side note, do you stay in touch with Abraham atall?

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Thank you! May He bless you too Abraham is one of my closest friends and I see him every week, even outside of St Timothy's, which he also attends.

[@nicolapicola4502]

This entire process you went through is utterly gobsmacking. These people who interviewed you are obviously not even Christian, whatsoever, and have no regard for the authority of The Bible, or God, for that matter. Unbelievable.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Indeed. Satan has blinded their eyes.

[@Mag.pharm.VasilyPrusakov]

I really enjoyed watching your posts until this video. I can well imagine that the positions of the mainstream church may surprise you. The questions that irritated you so much are absolutely irrelevant and the people whose sexuality doesn't fit into the pattern of traditional family have suffered unspeakably from the church befor. Thank God that the Church is slowly rethinking its attitudes, precisely in the light of the Gospel, precisely in the spirit of Christ, who, above all, meet with sinners and enters into conversation with them. I am very sad that they you did not recognize the fundamentalist deception and temptation. I am also a deakon in the Roman-Catholic Church.

[@London-Lad]

What did you convert from?

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Pentecostalism

[@gristly_knuckle]

I'm only sticking around if someone answers this question, "Who is the girl who wants to murder my troll avatar?"

[@ryanh7515]

You should have reported her as a safe guarding concern

[@marksmale827]

What a sad story of Protestantism, which ultimately was a secularising movement, a movement away from intimacy with God. (Yet more) splitting has always been the Protestant answer. "We don't like what we see and need to leave and start (yet another) church, free from error". The CCA is just another such split. We all need to go back to the ancient churches of West or East which have preserved the apostolic deposit of faith and continue to be utterly reliable wellsprings of the Holy Spirit. Our Lady Help of Christians, pray for us. St Joseph, patron of the universal church, pray for us.

[@postchrysalis]

I don’t quite understand why you’d want to be ordained by a church you felt was “spiritually toxic” for you and your family?

[@mrbaker7443]

Did you counter the claims that your theology is too rigid by asking them how they expect you to bring the hypothetical gay couple they cited to live as per the gospel? Their response would presumably tell you what you need to know…

[@AandN2025]

Name and shame these losers you've gone this far with your video they're unbiblical NAME THEM!

[@peterxuereb9884]

Sorry to tell you this River, but whether you stay in mainstream Anglicanism or not, you will never have ecclesiastical Authority. That only exists in the Catholic Church founded, but Jesus Christ, it was He Who inspired and instructed the Apostles, and it was with, by, and from, the Apostles that the Catholic Church began. Jesus therefore cannot and will not inspire or instruct anyone else to start another denomination that contradicts what He started with the Apostles. Therefore it is only within the Catholic Church that truth exists, and since that is a fact, everything else is a lie.

[@Themanyfacesofego]

How do you rationalise the Roman Catholic Church burning people in Britain and Europe, alive, simply for having Bibles?

[@alhilford2345]

​@@Themanyfacesofego: You rationalize it by explaining that that story is a lie. Get yourself a good history book. I recommend Hilaire Belloc, G.K.Chesterton, Ronald Knox,, Eamon Duffy, Joseph Pearce, Henry G. Graham, Michael Davies... so many more...

[@kevinrhatigan5656]

I'm sorry, but your so called ordination is utterly invalid.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

Lol ok

[@kevinrhatigan5656]

@@newkingdommedia9434 This is no laughing matter. The anglican ordination rite is defective in matter and form. There is no apostolic succession. You should seek to enter the Holy Catholic Church -the true Church of Christ with the the true rite of ordination.

[@newkingdommedia9434]

@@kevinrhatigan5656 The only appropriate response to this nonsense is to laugh, or weep. You think salvation is about tracing hands through history? Cling to Christ.

[@anonymoussource701]

@@kevinrhatigan5656 You are having a laugh - under Bergoglio!

[@kevinrhatigan5656]

@@newkingdommedia9434 The power to offer the Holy sacrifice of the Mass was given by Christ to the Holy Apostles who passed it down to others. Your power doesn't come from Christ, hence you can't offer the Sacrifice of the Mass. Supposing you're a High Church Anglican who actually believes in transubstantiation, which I don't know if you are.