 In December 2006 the ACT declared itself to be in "impaired communion" with The Episcopal Church (US) over the ordination of non-celibate gay people and the blessing of same-sex unions.The ACT is a member of the Global South and the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, and has been a part of the Anglican realignment.Archbishop Valentino Mokiwa attended GAFCON in Jerusalem, in June 2008, and supported the inception of the Anglican Church in North America, in June 2009.