Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) asks whether or not the statements made at the House of Bishops’ meeting make adequate provision for people such as themselves: progressive believers who are being marginalized in Anglican Communion Network dioceses
As the bishops are returning to their dioceses after meeting in New Orleans, many of them are writing letters about what transpired during the meeting and what the next steps might be. We’ve collected a number here and will be updating this post as more of their letters become available throughout the day. In addition, we have a statement by the Archbishop of Australia.
Stephen Bates writes in The Guardian overnight of his impressions of the scene in New Orleans. He describes the surreal aspects of the Archbishop Williams’ visit to the city, his admiration of our church’s involvement in the rebuilding efforts and contrasts that with the specter of the breaking apart of the same church. And he writes of the events and the atmosphere surrounding the end of the Archbishop’s time with the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops:
Bishop Kirk Smith of the Diocese of Arizona has sent his thoughts about the past two days of the House of Bishop’s meeting. His weekly
The Church of Wales has voted “no” to the proposed language of the Anglican Covenant as it presently stands.
Listening online to the bishop’s press conference this afternoon, I heard Archbishop Williams say of the Dar Es Salaam Communique: My paraphrase of some of
Mary Ailes, posting on BabyBlueOnline, has the text of a speech delivered in the first morning session of the House of Bishop’s meeting in New
Mark Harris writes on his blog Preludium about the news that emerged from the House of Bishop’s meeting yesterday. He focuses particularly on the plan
There are at least four versions of proposed resolutions posted online this morning. Some are being put forward by coalitions of bishops, others by single
The bishops of the Church of Nigeria, in an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury posted on the Nigerian website, have asked for the Lambeth Conference to be canceled lest it cause scandal because of acrimony. They further call for an urgent meeting of all Primates to judge whether the Episcopal Church’s response is adequate and to quickly create an timetable for the formation of an Anglican Covenant which will in turn serve as a gate-keeper to the next Lambeth Conference.