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Long-time activists to be consecrated for AMiA

Three of the four men to be consecrated as new missionary 
bishops in the AMiA have long been highly visible conservative
activists in the Episcopal Church. They are: 

· Thaddeus Rockwell Barnum, 43, of Pawleys Island, South Carolina. 
Canonically resident in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Ordained deacon, June 1987, 
by Bishop Arthur Walmsley; ordained priest in December 1987 by Bishop 
Alden Hathaway. Priest at All Saints, Pawleys Island--home parish of the 
AMiA--since 1998; interim rector since Charles Murphy's consecration as 
AMiA bishop in 2000. Chair of the Mustard Seed Project, an African relief 
organization initially funded by the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief 
(now ERD) and closely associated with Bishop John Rucyahana of Rwanda. 
Founding member of the  First Promise Round Table. Wife Erilynne is a 
deacon at All Saints.

· Alexander "Sandy" Maury Greene, 54 , of Denver, Colorado. Canonically 
resident in the Diocese of Colorado. Ordained deacon June 1971 and priest 
December 1971, both by Bishop William Hargrave. Greene has served several
congregations in Florida, including  St. Andrew's by-the-Sea in Destin, which 
opted to join the AMiA last fall. He has been rector of Christ Church, Denver 
since 1995, but announced his retirement two weeks ago. Greene is chairman 
of the board of Episcopalians United and is also a member of First Promise R
ound Table.

· Thomas William "TJ" Johnston, 44, of Little Rock, Arkansas. Ordained deacon 
in June 1994 and priest in January 1995 by Bishop Ed Salmon of South Carolina, 
Johnston had himself transferred to the Diocese of Shyira in Rwanda in 1998, 
shortly after moving to Arkansas. He incorporated St. Andrew's Church in Little Rock, 
without the permission of the bishop of Arkansas, as a parish of the Diocese of Shyira, 
whose bishop, John Rucyahana, has been closely associated with the AMiA. He is a 
member of the First Promise Round Table. 

· Douglas Brooks Weiss is rector of Christ the King Church in Campbell, California. 
A  web site  lists him as "Father Doug Weiss, President, Pray South Bay," a "prayer 
walking" group. He is referred to as an "Anglican priest." The parish is listed in the 
latest edition of the Directory of Traditional Anglican and Episcopal Parishes as 
associated with the Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission (AACOM), 
a predecessor organization to the AMiA. There is no listing for his name in the current 
Episcopal Clergy Directory.