The Primates of the Worldwide Anglican Communion will meet in Tanzania in February for what will undoubtedly be a lively discussion about the fate of ECUSA's relationship with the Communion. ECUSA has chosen for the last 30 years to push the envelope on women's ordination, progressive (really revolutionary) theology, and now the issue of homosexuality within the Sacred Order of Priests and Bishops.
My Bishop, +Bruce MacPherson, has been invited to meet with the Primates along with +Robert Duncan, Bishop of Pittsburgh. Over the last several years, I have come to know Bishop MacPherson quite well, and I know him to be a man of great integrity and prayer. He cares very deeply for the Church to which he has dedicated his life as a servant of Christ. He cares very deeply for his flock and for the pain and uncertainty these last few years have caused.
I have also had the pleasure of getting to know Bishop Duncan during my time at Nashotah House. In fact I was lucky enough to be able to attend the ACN Conference in Pittburgh last year and even stayed in Bishop Duncan's house while we were there. Like Bishop MacPherson, Bishop Duncan has dedicated himself to be a Defender of the Faith which has been passed down to us from the very men who were called by Christ to spread the Gospel "to the ends of the Earth". We are blessed to have two men who have such a depth of love for the Lord and the such an abundance of Grace to be representing the Anglican Church of America to the Primates this February.
The time will be coming, very soon I think, when ECUSA will face the reality of exclusion from the Anglican Communion. I fervently pray that the leaders of ECUSA will concede to the will of the Worldwide Church and step away from the brink. We must once again have a Church that professes a traditional, Apostolic theology that is consistent with Holy Scripture.
We are instructed not to judge a person, for only God can see what is true and what is false within the heart of a man. We are, however, instructed to judge the fruits of what is done in the name of the Lord. If we all take an honest look back over the last 30 years, can we say that ECUSA has born good fruit?
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Mike:
As an active layman for 50 years, the idea that TEC will "step away from the brink" fills me with alarm. My greatest horror is that, once again, the deceits and manouvering tactics of TEC will delay the re establishment of a valid Angolo Catholic presence in North America. I simply, and absolutely do not believe a single solitary word emminating from TEC, nor will I ever. Old Cajun truism: They would rather climb a tree and lie than stand in the street and tell the truth. The orthodox leaders of our grand old church have repeatedly been flumoxed by the Brownings, Grisworlds and Schoris of PECUSA, leading us to this wretched situation. The only way TEC can be reformed is a series of key funerals (which will take years) and the mass resignation of the entire HOBD. Won't happen Bubba. Pray the Novena of ++Ackerman, pray clarity of thoght for our representatives that will allow them to no longer chase vain dreams of reform while thousands, millions of Christians suffer.
teddymak
Teddymak:
When I pray that ECUSA (I refuse to call it TEC) will step away from the brink, I pray that we will see not only a reversal of the revisionism of the last 30+ years, but that we will also see a sincere act of penance that would include the resignation of the current (gulp) P.B. and similar resignations of many Bishops throughout the Church. I don't really think this will happen, but you know that "with God all things are possible."
Amen to all three of ya. One great thing that is coming of this crisis is like the burning of a sugar field. A little heat and lots of smoke, but then there's not much trouble seeing where the sweetness is!
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