While the Bishop of Harare is encouraged by developments at Lambeth, and the Archbishop Ian Ernest has “called upon the African church to put aside its differences and engage with its theological opponents within the Anglican Communion,” another American diocese moves forward on plans to disengage.
The standing committee of the Diocese of Quincy has recommended that the diocese seek realignment with the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone based in Argentina, while continuing as a member of the Common Cause Partnership, according to Fr. James Marshall, president of the standing committee.
Bishop Keith Ackerman of Quincy is on sabbatical through the end of October.