Episcopal parishes apply for new bishops

Washington Times ^ | 12/12/03 | Julia Duin

[kattracks]

Parishes from 37 Episcopal dioceses

[clee1]

The schism has begun.

[dts32041]

Don't worry nobody is going to hear about it cause you can't bash the saddomites any longer, cause the SS Court says so.

BTW free speech is no longer a viable option in this country we are becoming Europe.

[ppaul]

URL: http://www.AmericanAnglican.org/News/News.cfm?ID=783&c=21

A PLACE TO STAND: A CALL TO ACTION
Source: AAC News
October 9, 2003

The following is the text of the "Call to Action" issued today by the American Anglican Council's "A Place to Stand: Declaring, Preparing." conference.

A PLACE TO STAND:  A CALL TO ACTION

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

As Anglican Christians committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, under the authority of Holy Scripture, and members of God’s one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church:

1. We proclaim our Lord’s Great Commandment and His Great Commission to be our life’s highest calling. 

2. We repudiate the 74th General Convention’s confirmation of a non-celibate homosexual to be a bishop of the Church, and its acceptance of same-sex blessings as part of our common life.   These actions have broken fellowship with the larger body of Christ and have brought the Episcopal Church under God’s judgment.

3. We repent of our part in the sins of the Episcopal Church, and we pray for all those who are being hurt and led astray by these actions.

4. We call the leadership of the Episcopal Church to repent of and reverse the unbiblical and schismatic actions of the General Convention. 

5. We declare our commitment to the Lord’s life-giving teaching about sexuality and marriage embraced by Christians throughout all ages, and as affirmed by the 1998 Lambeth Conference.  We celebrate God’s unconditional love for all people, and we proclaim God’s transforming power for everyone seeking sexual purity and wholeness.
 
6. We redirect our financial resources, to the fullest extent possible, toward biblically orthodox mission and ministry, and away from those structures that support the unrighteous actions of the General Convention. We will support our partners in the Anglican Communion. 

7. We appeal to the Primates of the Anglican Communion to intervene in the Episcopal Church to:

a. Discipline those bishops in the Episcopal Church who, by
    their actions, have departed from biblical faith and order;

b. Guide the realignment of Anglicanism in North America;

c. Encourage orthodox bishops as they extend episcopal
    oversight, pastoral care, and apostolic mission across
    current diocesan boundaries; and

d. Support isolated and beleaguered congregations and
    individuals in their life and witness as faithful Anglican
    Christians.

To the glory of God.  Amen.

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[nickcarraway]

ping

[nickcarraway]

``Call to Action'' is the dissenting group in the U.S. for Catholics.

[DeepDish]

Shutting off the bishops' money will move them. That congregations in question are not without power of their own. They just do not fully realize it yet.

[greasepaint]

Who owns the real property?
The parishes, or the dioceses?

[tjwmason]

Who owns the real property?
The parishes, or the dioceses?

In most cases the Dioceses do, though there have been a few cases (especially missions and church-plants) where the courts have ruled that the parishes actually own the property. Most famously S. Mary of the Angels in L.A., they then petitioned Cardinal Mahoney to be received into the Anglican Use Pastoral Provision, but he turned them down, and they joined one of the Continuing Anglican Churches.

It will be a more difficult situation if a large number of parishes leave; if a parallel Anglican identity is given some formal recognition the Courts' claim to neutrality in awarding property to the Dioceses will be tested.

There is also the possibility that the A.B.C. will step in more forcefully. Although he has no formal powers outside England (and few outside his Province in southern England), he has immense moral authority, and a strong bully pulpit; if +Rowan Cantaur started to lean heavily on +Frank Griswold, there is a strong likelihood that there would be *some* movement.