Chuck Murphy

Charles Hurt Murphy III (December 6, 1947 – January 8, 2018) was an American bishop. He was the missionary bishop, bishop ordinary and chairman of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, the former missionary wing of the Anglican Church of Rwanda in the United States and Canada, since its origin in 2000. He was married for more than 40 years and had three adult daughters. He came from a family of Episcopal priests, being the son, brother and brother-in-law of priests.

For the American singer and songwriter, see Chuck Murphy (singer).
The Right Reverend

Chuck Murphy
Missionary Bishop of the Anglican Mission in the Americas
ChurchAnglican Church of Rwanda (2000-2011), Anglican Church in North America (2009-2010, full member; 2010-2011, ministry partner), Anglican Church of Congo (2012, temporary affiliation)
Orders
ConsecrationJanuary 29, 2000
by Emmanuel Kolini
Personal details
Birth nameCharles Hurt Murphy III
BornDecember 6, 1947
Decatur, Alabama, United States
DiedJanuary 8, 2018(2018-01-08) (aged 70)
Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Murphy was born in Decatur, Alabama. Murphy graduated from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. He afterwards moved to Trinity College in Bristol, England, where he studied theology under J. I. Packer. He completed his theology training at the University of the South. He died at Litchfield Plantation, Pawleys Island, South Carolina.[1]

He served in several congregations in the United States, until being called to serve as rector of All Saints' Church in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, in 1982, where he would stay for more than 20 years.

A traditionalist Episcopalian, he opposed the more liberal tendencies of Anglicanism in North America. He convened and chaired the First Promise Movement in 1997, which issued the document "The First Promise" which "declared the authority of the Episcopal Church to be 'fundamentally impaired' because they no longer upheld the 'truth of the gospel'". The First Promise Movement is the origin of the formation of the AMiA in 2000, as the mission of the Anglican Church of Rwanda in the United States and Canada.[2] The AMiA was a founding member of the Common Cause Partnership in June 2004, among six traditionalist Anglican organizations. It was a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America in June 2009, changing his status to "ministry partner" in June 2010. In December 2011, the AMiA split from the ACNA and lost its status with the Anglican Church of Rwanda. After temporary affiliation with the Anglican Church of Congo, the AMiA was revamped as a "Society of Missionary and Apostolic Works" in 2012.

Murphy retired in December 2013 and was replaced by Bishop Philip Jones.[3] He died on January 8, 2018, of brain cancer.[4]

References
  1. The Right Reverend Charkes Hurt Murphy-obituary
  2. Bishop Chuck Murphy Biography Archived April 15, 2013, at Archive.today
  3. Bishop Philip Jones to be Next Apostolic Vicar, AMiA website, March 2013 Archived April 15, 2013, at Archive.today
  4. "Bishop Chuck Murphy dies, A Living Text, 9 January 2018". Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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