Forward in Faith North America (FIFNA) has announced that Michael Howell had been appointed executive director.
 
The position of executive director is the organizing center for an organization comprised primarily of volunteers. FIFNA is a member of the Common Cause Partnership which recently announced plans to seek admittance as a second North American province of the Anglican Communion.
 
Dr. Howell, a former associate professor at the University of South Florida, currently serves on the boards of FIFNA, the American Anglican Council, and Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry.
 
“I have never been more excited about the role that FIFNA will play in the new emerging Anglican church in North America,” Dr. Howell said. “Now more than ever, we need to ensure that Anglicanism’s catholic heritage and order will continue to grow and thrive.”
 
Dr. Howell, whose appointment is effective Jan. 1, succeeds the Rev. Canon Ed den Blaauwen, who was recently appointed vicar general of the Anglican Diocese of Quincy following the resignation of the Rt. Rev. Keith Ackerman as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy. Bishop Ackerman will remain as president of FIFNA.
 
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