Priest, deacons ordained to serve Episcopal splitoffs

post-gazette.com ^ | 11/13/2005 | Ann Rodgers

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At a closing Eucharist for those unhappy with liberal theology in the Episcopal Church, the Anglican bishop of Bolivia ordained three deacons and a priest to serve newly formed congregations in the United States.

"These men have been ordained to minister to those who cannot remain in communion with the Episcopal Church," said Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia.

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Father Winks said his ordination came about because a group in Baltimore had called him to do campus ministry, but Bishop Ilhoff refused to grant him the license required for a priest from one diocese to minister in another. He believes he was refused the license because he is theologically conservative and came from the Diocese of Pittsburgh, which is viewed negatively by bishops in other theological camps.

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Bishop Ilhoff said he had not granted the license "because he proposed a ministry that we did not feel was either necessary or wanted here."

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"because he proposed a ministry that we did not feel was either necessary or wanted here."

You start ministering to the college students, and the next thing you know, you have a bunch of Biblically literate Christians running around. I can see why the entrenched leadership of the ECUSA would view that as a problem.

And now the guy is going into church planting. How will they get their hands on the assets to liquidate them if new members keep coming in. The ECUSA business plan, like that of the PCUSA and others of their ilk, is built on shrinking the membership.