New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson reflecting on the recent General Convention wrote saying that the most exciting action taken by the Convention was the election of the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori as the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Read moreAt the time of the crisis in the Episcopal Church over faith and morals, her parish left the Episcopal Church, coming under the orthodox Anglican Province of Uganda, resulting in her leaving the U.S. and beginning her journey to this evangelical African province in 2004.
Read moreWe are seeing a reverse migration of Africans, Asian and Latin American archbishops and bishops coming to the West with the Good News for us, and you can blame it on theologically revisionist bishops, clergy and lay moral relativists and pansexualists who are making it all possible.
Read moreBut Frank Griswold has said that Dr.
Read moreThe Rev. Joy Gartman, parish rector and her husband the Rev. Steve Gartman (non-stipendary) and Deacon Jim Mariner resigned in order to form the new congregation.
Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia will be their immediate ecclesiastical authority though there is talk of eventually moving to Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya.
Read moreThe recently consecrated orthodox Bishop of the Rio Grande, the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey N. Steenson is said to approve the plan.
Here are the details:
1. A decision to sever its relationship with The Episcopal church must be made by at least two-thirds of the qualified voters of the congregation...and certified by the bishop.
Read moreHere is the list of those present:
Read more"After almost two years of prayer and discernment, Holy Spirit, Colorado Springs will [also] be closing. Their last service was held September 13th. Please pray for the members of Holy Spirit as they grieve and find new church homes," she said.
St. Michael's, Paonia will also be closing this fall as well. The congregation has been in discernment for almost a year and the members are ready to do ministry in another way there, said Blanchard.
Read more"The fact it was possible for Robinson to be consecrated [at all] showed he had a long life before this happened, with the entire Lambeth Conference defaulting on the issue concerning the authority of scripture," he said.
"We have spent an enormous amount of energy on all these issues, and they are simply the fruit planted over many years. There is evidence that the Church of England had gay clergy over 50 years ago," he said.
Read moreThis group of players represents all streams and extremes in The Episcopal Church. Bishops Lee and Lipscomb are moderates, though Lipscomb is personally more evangelical than Lee, but accepts non-celibate gays in the church and will administer Eucharist to them. He has difficulty seeing homosexual activity as sin. He's a nice guy however and will do his best to try and make it all work. Give him an A for trying.
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