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To: sionnsar

"People are showing up at our door and we've finally learned to welcome them.

This is a Good Thing indeed!"

Well, we still feel bad for them that they're not Greek, but we don't tell them that! :)


6 posted on 06/03/2006 7:02:25 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis; LibreOuMort
Well, we still feel bad for them that they're not Greek, but we don't tell them that!

Guess we're a step ahead of you then, because whatever "ethnicity" (is this a code word for "race"?) they are, they can always become Anglican. And we actually have quite a mix in our church, far more than any of the Episcopal churches I grew up in: not mentioning the (born) Brits, Americans and Canadians in our midst, we also count a number of Asians and Indians (both kinds, native and otherwise) amongst our midst.

But then again, "ethnicity" in Anglicanism disappeared a long time ago. I remember being told as a boy in Confirmation Class that the "average Anglican" (I quote exactly; as an engineer I might dispute the adjective) was a poor black African woman.

But if the New World Orthodox can "lose" the "ethnicity," I see a big future for you all -- having observed converts who've gone over despite the negatives.

7 posted on 06/03/2006 7:49:39 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0urs)
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