Their profession that the Holy Spirit led ECUSA to consecrate a non-celibate homosexual and bless same sex unions is deeply disturbing, and we reject the validity of such a claim as contrary to God's word revealed. Additionally, Lambeth 1.10 has expressed the mind of the Communion on this issue, and this positionstands as authoritative.

And many evangelicals are interested in far more than the hot-button issues of abortion and homosexual marriage often used to define them. Evangelicals have been active in seeking increased aid for Africa, fighting poverty, battling the traffic in sex slaves, and supporting efforts to reduce global warming.

Evangelicals are not just Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and George W. Bush. They are also Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The US report, To "Set Our Hope on Christ", has been prepared by the liberal theologian Mark Mcintosh, of Loyola University, Chicago, and others. Although the Americans have expressed regret for the effects of their actions, they have not expressed repentance and are not expected to do so.

The church - one of two Episcopal congregations in Modesto - owes $150,000 to the Fresno-based diocese, parishioners and clergy said. The closure is based on dwindling attendance - and giving - at the Carver Road church, which draws about 50 Sunday worshipers.

'For many years, (this church) donated a lot of capital to the diocese,' said Ken Hicks, 59, of Stockton, a vestryman. 'Now that they are in need to build it back up, the diocese has turned their back on us.'