The JAFC claims that it also existed before the creation of the ACNA, as a ministry within CANA. Bp. Jones, a former Continuing bishop, maintains that the JAFC entered the ACNA with verbal assurances that Canon 11 would be modified to reflect their status as more akin to the REC.

Like you, I have no dog in this fight. Just repeating what Bp. Jones and others in the JAFC have posted.