Now that the die is cast, it’s time to mend fences. At least that’s the hope.
Hanson is saying the same thing his predecessor Chilstrom said on another but less drastic occasion: "Go if you wish but leave your wallets, please."
As I said yesterday, this Hanson is a singularly deceptive little man. More clever than the obtuse tec-priestess Schori, but like all leftist subversives, too clever by half.
This "pastoral letter" has nothing to do with "mending fences." It is clearly meant to provide talking points to the media; the faithful in the church can go pound salt for all Hanson cares. He and his cohorts already decided they could write off 20% of the church without losing too much money to survive.
Not gonna happen as long as the E*?A continues to deny the real life of the church. All this "evangelical and missional" nonsense is a focus on ^our^ works.
They have tried to "confessionalize" Finneyism and lost the battle to the errorists. The E*?A needs to come to understand - once again - God's will regarding Christ's death (absolution) and the role it plays in our salvation.