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Read moreHowever, we receive a mixed message from others in the same camp. They
say, "We value you...we love you in God...please stay and dialogue with
us" Or, "You may leave, but not with your property."
Maybe we conservative Episcopalians should pick up a daisy, and pull
off the pedals, one at an item, asking,"They love me?...they love me
not?"
The CEEC seeks to blend the liturgical, evangelical, and spirit-filled
aspects of the Holy Church.
The rejection of Christian accountability -- mutual, charitable, ordered, and founded in the demands of Christ's own Body -- represents one of the great assaults upon the promises of God in our age. The press to ecclesial anarchy characterizes a common rebellion, in which we are all complicit.
Read moreThere was nothing particularly startling in the AAC memo--the revisionists
broke communion by disobedience to the expressed position of the Church's
instruments of unity, which then caused ECUSA to be in violation to its own
constitution and canons. This has resulted in more than half of the Anglican
Communion severing ties with our province. The AAC memo simply states that
it is serious business to reorder the church--and that we are prepared to
As I have noted elsewhere, the outrage over this "leaked memo" of the AAC is
either a sign of disingenuousness or of numbed consciousness. The basic
outline of this "strategy" has been public for some months, largely because
it represents the Proposal of the Primates of the Global South for
disciplining ECUSA (and New Westminster) that was presented at the October
Lambeth meeting (this proposal is available at
Our year-end balance sheet shows assets of:
$246,165.48 in checking, money market, and investment accounts
$1,056,972.58 in buildings and property
$561,383.59 in restricted funds/trusts
Total Assets of $1,864,521.65.
In December, the vestry made the following charitable contributions to
various, deserving, outreach ministries:
It is true that the new bishop designate has a high profile commitment
to evangelism and accepts the practical boundaries laid down by the
House of Bishop's Report 'Issues in Human Sexuality', but he has not
committed himself to maintaining orthodox and biblical teaching on
homosexuality. Indeed, his reported comments make it clear that he
regards this as provisional: "We need to listen to what God is saying,