The bishops issued a very irenic and carefully thought-out statement on human sexuality. Their statement was neither judgmental on the one hand, nor did it compromise the Scriptures' clear prohibition against homosexual behavior, found primarily in the teachings of St. Paul on the other.
Read moreLabberton acknowledged this and said evangelicalism in the US is a "confusing scene."
"It is as confusing inside evangelicalism and outside evangelicalism the U.S." He acknowledged the difference between American evangelicalism and the confusion it caused among global evangelicalism. "In the U.S., we have no institutional core only a defuse set of voices, perspectives and histories." Labberton described the situation as "very problematic."
Read more'You Are One Step Away from Complete and Total Insanity': The inside story of how Ravi Zacharias's ministry concealed and enabled his abuse. -- David French of the Dispatch.
Anatomy of a scandal: What's next for journalists working on the Ravi Zacharias fallout? -- Richard Ostling
Ravi Zacharias and infinite human capacity to deceive ourselves - The Christian Post
Read moreWhile talks between the 'G-4" lapsed during the time of COVID-19, the leaders have now agreed to several steps, which included expanding existing agreements about the movement of clergy or congregations wishing to leave one of the four Churches for another. "Well before 2017 we had agreed with such movements could only take place after the two bishops involved spoke together and agreed to Letters Dimissory" from the departing parish to the receiving diocese."
Read moreOf course, it could not possibly be Robinson who is wrong, but Max Lucado who, after he preached and felt the wrath of TEC's pansexual community, promptly apologized for a sermon he preached 17 years ago about homosexual marriage. Lucado made no mention of homosexuality in his sermon. No matter, he was shamed into apologizing, a singular cowardly act, but it put Robinson back in the driver's seat. He could now look down on Lucado as a penitent who needs forgiveness from Robinson.
Read moreLucado got attacked by the homoerotic Bishop Gene Robinson, lesbian priest Susan Russell, the cathedral dean Randy Hollerith and Washington Bishop Mariann Budde. Other attackers included a list of cyber flagellants, who railed against the presence of Lucado at the cathedral.
Read moreThe report commissioned by Ravi Zacharias International Ministries revealed sordid sexual details of the evangelical apologist's life as he travelled the world. He led a double life while he engaged in ministry explaining the faith to unbelievers, including the purchase of spas where sexual activity took place.
Read moreHollerith even got support from the Dr. Mark Levenson, evangelical rector of America's largest episcopal parish, St. Martins, Houston.
Then a tsunami wave of anger and outrage hit cyber space, with the bulk of the anger directed at Washington Bishop Mariann Budde, who suddenly back peddled faster than a crocodile looking for raw meat.
Read moreMore than 82% of delegates to the diocese's annual general convention recently voted to establish the fund. Officials said it's a key step in a long-term campaign to confront -- and repent for -- the role the church played in fostering and benefiting from systemic racism in the state.
Read moreWhat has resulted is a profound scepticism among the public and wider evangelical audience that followed the apologist, resulting in a toxic culture of silence along with intimidation. This allowed Ravi's personal sins to fester and grow into a full-fledged national and international scandal.
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