Posted on 01/14/2016 12:50:28 PM PST by C19fan
The Anglican Communion voted to censure its American branch, the Episcopal Church, during a meeting in Canterbury, England, called to reflect on the future of the communion.
The vote Thursday (Jan. 14) to suspend the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making for a period of three years was leaked a day ahead of a press conference that had been scheduled for Friday.
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The local ECUSA parish has a light-board sign that says:
“Everyone is Welcome...Really!”
and
“You are dressed just fine.”
Hallelujah — way over due.
The ELS, WELS, and LCMS (of which I am a pastor) have no formal relations with ELCA.
Spong is not dead, except in his head. He’s 84 years old. I suspect he’s not long for this world. Maybe this news will finish him off.
The archbishop of the Anglican Church of North America, which is more traditionalist, was invited to the Primates meeting. So right now the traditional Christians have recognition and the Episcopal Church does not. How appropriate!
The Anglican Communion needs to be VERY careful of this. The American Episcopalian “Church” may merge with Sunni Islam and engage in jihad against the Anglicans. /sarc
Yet...they consistently reject overtures to declare them apostate and heterodox in Convention.
Do you agreed with such “fraternal inconsistency”; a way to keep the peace among members?
I, too am LCMS and quite active in synodical efforts (tho, I am a parish based “whiner” according to my DiP).
As student of history, I have studied the on-going effects of the Prussian Union. e.g. It certainly DID cross the Atlantic with Walther...
I think this is fantastic news. I really do. We left the Episcopal church years ago during the whole Vicki Gene fiasco.
Espiscopalians: Just like Roman Catholics, but with more lesbians.
WAY more lesbians.
sionnsar is smiling .........
In three years, Schori will have to get recertified; both as a SCUBA diver and as an Anglican...
bump
I guess that’s what happens when primates are in charge.
American Episcopals have been taken over by militant homos. They don’t worship God or Christ, but the Phallus and the High Holy Rectal Prolapse.
the next step is full separation.
My BS detector went off on the issues of "social justice" and "immigrant rights" even way back them. Our local church acted like it's doctrine was formulated straight from Das Kapital.
Pretty sure she’ll never be an Anglican bishop. The Episcopal church may call her AB, but they’re dying on the vine. Glad to see it.
But which side will end up with the COE? They are closer ideologically to ECUSA and the Canadians than they are to the Christians.
Personally , I like your church’s welcoming sign. All should be welcomed. (I hope what goes on inside is still recognizably Biblical so that the nice welcome can lead to some good results... That your church hasn’t been rotted out from within like many Anglican/ episcopal/ pcusa/ etc churches have. ). Welcoming people in is good, IMHO
Tain’t “MY” church...just a strip-mall chapel down the road that makes me chuckle with their attempt at being “relevant”.
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