Anglican Mainstream

We may think that we know the Gospel because we hear versions of it, but unlike computer programs there are no upgrades to the Gospel. The Gospel was given so that we could be upgraded. We were not created to upgrade the Gospel.

Am I happy with the State of the Episcopal Church? Absolutely not, because I am weary of witnessing the Church into which I was born continue to disintegrate. That’s not my opinion. That’s reality. While other parts of the Body of Christ both within the Anglican Communion and outside are prospering. That’s not my opinion. That’s reality. I am heartbroken that the very things that I thought God had called me to do as a deacon, priest, and bishop are all too often subservient to the agendas that are thrust upon us by a war that is being fought between the culture and the Church and within the Church. I am heartsick that some of the various programs that I believe I was sent here to implement have not taken place because all of us are involved in just trying to survive. I am brought to tears when I realize that more and more divisions are occurring because far too many people have blindly said, “Love me – love my dog.” When we begin to define our very identities in ways other than “I am a child of God and I am a Christian” then we may be guilty of having extracted one segment of our personhood and elevated it to an immutable identity.

[Read Bishop Ackerman's Synod address here->http://www.dioceseofquincy.org/ackerman_addresses.html]

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