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

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, the former missionary wing of the

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in the

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and

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, 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. Murphy was born in

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. Murphy graduated from the

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. He afterwards moved to

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, where he studied theology under J. I. Packer. He completed his theology training at the University of the South. He died at

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. He served in several congregations in the United States, until being called to serve as rector of All Saints' Church in Pawleys Island,

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, 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. 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

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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

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, 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. He died on January 8, 2018, of brain cancer.

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