Hello there, My name is Carmen and I'm a 'seeker'. I am very interested in Anglicanism and I have found a church recently. I'm a transsexual woman, but it was easy to find an accepting church (in fact, the first church I found welcomed me). I've never been to a service yet, but I have listened to some sermons. I have a question, though: How do you become an Anglican? Is it like the Catholic Church where you have a programme like RCIA or something different? Thank you everyone.
Welcome Carmen , i hope you do find what your looking for in Anglicanism. How to become Anglican , that depends on what you have done. The First step is to start attending worship and start learning what defines Anglicnaism as a Faith, then once your ready you will need to be Baptised, if you were done as a child under another church the Priest will decide if it is accept it as Valid Baptism( i was baptised Roman Catholic as a child so i did not need to redo my Baptism). Then you can ask to be Confirmed in the faith ( i know of many who don't ever bother getting confirmed and still call them selves Anglicans, this is fine for some , i however wanted to make a promise to the church as a Adult so i sat through the confirmation class with all the Kids). To me, you can call your self a Anglican as soon as you start attending the church and know a little something about what your faith states , others may disagree Anyway , welcome to the forums
Wow, i wish i had taken some time to re-read my post before pressing the reply button, i guess that's what happens when you jump online before rushing off to work , i hope it made enough sense to you
Thank you. I will be doing the confirmation classes if I choose to be Anglican - I think will, since I believe all of it.