Episcopalians support break from church
Nearly 100 leading laity in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh have signed an open letter expressing their “strong support for the godly direction” of Bishop Robert W. Duncan Jr. in removing the diocese from the national church and realigning it with a more biblically conservative province of the worldwide Anglican Communion. …
Story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read the letter.
See also this pastoral letter to his congregation – dated 2nd February 2008 – from the Rector of Church of the Ascension Pittsburgh, The Rev. Jonathan Millard. He writes, in part –
“What about us? Will we be steadfast? I want to exhort you not to lose heart, not to give up, not to waiver. Please remember that the real issues facing us are rooted in the authority of God’s Word as revealed in Holy Scripture. We are not arguing about human sexuality, or the minutiae of canon law, but the timeless truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is life and hope and salvation to those who are perishing. Because of this we cannot just agree to differ and carry on as if nothing has changed.”
New Westminister: Leave? You can’t
Bishop Michael Ingham sat down with a group of 17 Anglicans from parishes across the Diocese to talk about several issues facing the Church and answer questions they had. …
The Bishop stressed that Anglicans belong to a diocesan Church. Dioceses establish parishes — and not the other way round. …
Read the report and other material from the New Westminister website.
See also “Neighbouring Bishop warns separatists in his diocese”.
(Photo: Diocese of New Westminister.)
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