With #mitregate having already been covered in these spaces, it’s interesting to reflect on the impact social media has in allowing people to share how they feel about developments in the wider church. But one post to our wall on Facebook shows another side of the story:
There are plenty of people in England and elsewhere who, as Susannah Clark puts it, are “grateful that the Episcopal Church affirms the full participation of LGBT Christians, and I affirm the full participation of the Episcopal Church in the life of the Anglican Communion. If people try to ‘distance’ the Episcopal Church, they might reflect that there are people in communion within the Church of England, and around the world, who remain positively in communion with these Christians in the US. It is not just the Episcopal Church who holds inclusive views on the full participation of LGBT Christians in the Anglican Church.”
She shares with us a new page on Facebook for those expressing support for the Episcopal Church in the USA: Positively in communion with the Episcopal Church.
Tom Sramek Jr. noted a United Church of Christ ad on Facebook that caught his eye. The text? “Our faith is 2,000 years old. Our thinking is not. Become a fan of a radically inclusive and risk-taking church.” As he put it, where’s the Episcopal Church ad?
Finally, from Twitter, a nugget of “You might be Churched” wisdom from Matthew Paul Turner, author of Churched and tweeting as JesusNeedsPR: “You might be #Churched if you’ve ever wished God a Happy Father’s Day.”