17 Facts About Andy Lines

Andy Lines is the chairman of the executive committee of the Anglican Mission in England, the missionary arm of GAFCON in England.

Andy Lines studied at University College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982.

Andy Lines trained for ordained ministry at the All Nations Christian College in Ware, Hertfordshire.

Andy Lines was sponsored through university by the British Army: he held an undergraduate cadetship from 1979 to 1982.

Andy Lines then underwent officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Andy Lines served in the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, and was based in London.

Andy Lines was promoted to captain on 1 February 1985.

Andy Lines resigned his commission on 19 September 1988, thereby leaving the British Army.

Andy Lines was ordained for the South American Mission Society as a deacon in 1997 and as a priest in 1998.

Andy Lines was made an honorary canon of the Diocese of Paraguay in 2000.

In October 2000, Andy Lines was appointed General Secretary of Crosslinks and he returned to England.

Andy Lines's title was later changed to Mission Director and chief executive officer.

On 5 June 2017, Andy Lines was received into the Diocese of the South of the Anglican Church in North America, an Anglican realignment ecclesiastical province that is outside of the Anglican Communion.

On 8 June 2017, it was announced that Andy Lines had been chosen as the Missionary Bishop to Europe of the Anglican Church in North America.

Andy Lines was consecrated a bishop on 30 June 2017; the principal consecrator was Foley Beach, Archbishop of the ACNA, and he was assisted by GAFCON-linked bishops of the Anglican Communion.

Andy Lines' consecration was welcomed by two bishops of the Church of England: Julian Henderson, the Bishop of Blackburn, and Keith Sinclair, the Bishop of Birkenhead.

Andy Lines holds a complementarian position on women's ministry and leadership.