Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. Still, it is far better than the belief du jour; aka "God is doing a new thing" which I left behind in Connecticut.
What a breath of fresh air in my new diocese and church. My new church even has a "gasp" 1928 service!
And the golf outing is half the price of my old diocese!
God is good!
People keep saying that the Anglican Communion has no Pope, no central authority, and that there is no procedure for removing a province from it. But every time I look at how the Anglican Communion is defined, I keep coming up against the phrase, "in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury." Now, who but the ABC can determine who is in communion with him? This is not something that a Province can do unilaterally. If the ECUSA says, "We are in communiion with the ABC", but the ABC says "I am not in communion with the ECUSA", it seems to me that the ABC's opinion in the matter holds sway regardless of the ECUSA's opinion. It seems to me that the ABC can declare a province out of the Anglican Communion unilaterally, regardless of what that province may say, or what Lambeth says, or what the Primates say. Otherwise, the only recourse that Lambeth or the Primates would have would be to overthrow the authority of the ABC, and then it's a whole new ball game.
Q: "Are you sorry for what you did?"
A: "Yes, I'm very sorry...that some people are upset by it."