Two voices representing the polar views of what the Church believes, stands for, and what it should be proclaiming have come to the fore and VOL presents their views without commentary to our international audience of readers. The Rev. Donehue's view were posted in the Post & Courier newspaper, but not those of the Very Rev. Dr. Peter Moore. We present them both here.
CHURCH SCHISM
By the Rev. Bob Donehue
Read moreBut the charismatic Greg Brewer deftly navigated around these two men over the course of his rectorship, scoring well with evangelicals around the country, defying the odds of surviving with a bishop like Charles Bennison, whose heresies included a statement that Jesus was a sinner who forgave himself among other heretical statements that saw him dissing the atonement, rejecting the bodily resurrection of Jesus and much more.
Read moreThe 489 resolutions filed at this General Convention are broken down in to 72 topics, of which many dabble into the world of politics.
Read moreAccording to Taonga News, talks have begun to try to reach an amicable separation between members of four conservative evangelical congregations and the Diocese.
These negotiations follow from the decision taken by this year's General Synod on May 9, which paved the way for the blessing of same-sex partnerships.
Read moreI say relatively because these same bishops have openly homosexual priests or, at a minimum have pro LGBT affirming parishes in their dioceses, and nod, nod, wink, wink at their presence. Apparently, they have a don't ask, don't tell policy.
Read moreIt costs $6,000 to build a house in Haiti. For $8 million you could build 1,334 homes on that beleaguered, impoverished island.
Read moreHe goes on to ask the question, "What are we to make of the lack of any acknowledgment that we are part of this complicated North American scene? We represent a group of dioceses, including several in Latin America, which haven't left, but dissent from some of our own church's decisions. We are, demographically speaking, a sodality comparable in size to ACNA itself."
Read moreThe mood today in the Anglican Communion is no longer gay (if you'll pardon the pun), it is downright gloomy, even hostile.
Read moreNtagali confirmed his province's position at a GAFCON plenary session here and said; "As a house of bishops, because things have not changed we will not attend Lambeth 2020."
"Unless godly order is restored within the Anglican Communion, we shall not attend other meetings invited by Canterbury."
Read moreFearon said GAFCON was a "Ginger Group" (a term first used by Archbishop Justin Welby) and accused GAFCON of being "schismatic".
Archbishop Davies counted by saying that GAFCON was not schismatic and represented the Anglican Communion. He said GAFCON was quite the "reverse".
"We have no confidence in the old networks in the Anglican Communion. Where there is a distant voice we should establish networks to bring Christ to the nations."
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