A draft document did not emerge from the meeting, but it was agreed by all present that they would agree "to be loyal to the Anglican Communion as the Windsor Report sets out."
The gathering of mostly conservative bishops also included some who have never before come forward.
Read more"This continues to be our position of radical holiness. In this context I am personally disappointed at the presentations of ECUSA and Canada that we must embrace unholy sexual practices when a significant part of the ECUSA stands firmly with the rest of the Communion. Where was their voice why did we not hear their stories," he asked.
Read moreIn a wide-ranging interview with VirtueOnline, the Most Rev. Bernard Malango said the CAPA and Global South bishops have had enough of talking about homosexuality and when they meet in Alexandria in October they will bring finality to the situation. The Primate told VirtueOnline; "This is not just the voice of the Archbishop of Central Africa, I speak knowing what the Primates of the Global South think and they are of the same opinion."
Read moreAs events have developed being thrown off two committees was not a big deal. The two North American churches which had been asked to withdraw from the Consultative Council over homosexuality did not contain Canadian or U.S. members and does not significantly isolate them further. It was a ploy by the left to make sure that Griswold and Hutchison still remain players and payers in the ACC.
Read moreHe blasted the Episcopal and Canadian churches saying that those who insist on innovations and the inclusion of practices and doctrines rejected by the Bible need to realize that they are helping to drag the Church to a slow death. "If they cannot accept the true Biblical teaching as the right teaching of the Church, it will be more honest and respectable for them to walk away from the Church and form a community of their own."
Read moreIt would appear that the overwhelming differences will not be patched up and that schism is inevitable.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, called for a time of "listening" and reflection during the meeting, but it would seem that the divide is unbridgeable with statements from the archbishop himself that seemed to reinforce that view.
Read moreA second resolution proposed by a group of Global South orthodox delegates to the ACC said that the American Episcopal Church and the Canadian Anglican Church cannot be part of two committees - the Standing Committee and the Inter-Anglican Finance and Administration Committee leading up to the next Lambeth Conference.
Read moreAnd that's apparently what happened in the opening sessions of the ACC here in Nottingham. The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada were not barred from the opening sessions, and while there was an attempt to play musical chairs by not seating them directly with the other delegates, the two outlawed groups schmoozed publicly, met in private sessions and did their best to manipulate the outcome of the meetings.
Read moreVenables blasted liberal Anglicans saying, the full authority of the Anglican Communion rests on Holy Scripture. "Our authority is the Word of God. God has spoken is the foundation of all our doctrinal considerations. We do not go to scripture with doctrine. We go to Scripture to find doctrine. We do not find supporting texts for our causes. You have got to use the whole of Scripture for the whole of what God says. There must be no finding verses to support what we think."
Read morePacker urged the delegates to back the pan Anglican federation that is seeking to bring renewal in the Canadian Anglican Church and to honor the newly formed Network and Federation.
Packer praised the 11 years the ESSENTIALS have held together as it brought together Evangelicals and Anglo-Catholics, Charismatics and anti-Charismatics, "cautious Maritimers and wild westerners from British Columbia in a fellowship of increasing strength."
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