Canon Kearon explained the removal of Episcopalians from the Anglican Communion ecumenical dialogs as being due in part to the collapsing of the dialogs. Yet Bishop Chris Epting points out that the Episcopal Church is in full and lively conversations with a number of ecumenical partners, including in parallel with some that are in conversations with the larger Communion.
Executive Council finished its meeting today and has issued a report detailing what happened, and what decisions were made. It also reports that Bishop Douglas and The Rev. Gay Jennings were elected to fill vacant seats on the Anglican Consultative Council.
Jefferts Schori asked the council to vote on Kearon’s request that the session be closed to all but council members. His request was decisively rejected by a show of hands. Bruce Garner of Atlanta told ENS afterwards that he had “never witnessed so much obfuscation in such a short period of time” in his entire life. “We were polite,” he said, “but we asked him questions he could not or would not provide answers to.”
‘It all goes to show what a silly boy I was to be properly courteous to the ABC and ask permission in the first place! But I can also say that my definition that an ‘Episcopal Act’ is consecrating, ordaining, confirming might have been a wiser course of action.”
The Rt. Rev. Ann Tottenham Area Bishop of the Credit Valley Diocese of Toronto : “For the record, I celebrated and preached at Southwark Cathedral on November 9, 2009 with the permission of the Powers-That-Be in the C.of E. in the presence of the Diocesan Bishop and fully vested including mitre. It was a public service to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the C. of E.
Reports from Executive Council members about the discussion with Secretary General Kenneth Kearon are coming in. Social media are being employed by Council member to get the word out. This post will be updated as more reports arrive.
Bishop Martyn Minns, missionary bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America in the Anglican Church in North America, will be preaching at St
I have experienced the fear of God in those whove been to hell and back in this life, from loss, or suffering, or anguish, who changed from closing to opening hearts, and who are looking to give love to those around. I sensed this fear of God in those who can say, “I know Jesus, he loves me, I love him, and we love you, no matter what”. That’s the Gospel the world needs to hear.
Despite disincentives and persecution, people [in the early church] were drawn to churches in which there was spiritual power, question-posing behavior and a combination of catholicity with community. But what was it that formed Christians and Christian communities so that they would embody these qualities that attracted outsiders? Two community-forming realities stand out: catechesis and worship