You Haven't Heard of This Religious Movement

I recently reconnected with some old friends – well, very old really, about three centuries in fact.

I have long been interested in those conservative European and North American believers who forsake Western denominations that they see as too liberal, and who place themselves under the authority of some African or Asian prelate. The best known examples are in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition, but we see similar patterns among European Lutherans. This trend goes back about twenty years, and it is usually believed to be a startling new manifestation of globalization. Actually, there is an ancient precedent for this. It involves a group called the Non-Jurors, who might well be the most important Anglo-American religious movement you have never heard of, unless you are a devoted specialist.