“TEC a de facto Integrity organization” – Bishop of the Rio Grande
by Jeffrey Steenson
3/23/2007
I believe the vast numbers of lay people in this and every other diocese love their parish church and are not interested in alternate structures or in joining marginal groups.
They probably won’t want their congregations to take out parish memberships in Integrity for the same reason they won’t want their diocese to take out a membership in the Network.
Given the commitment of GC’s ‘03 & ‘06 to the full inclusion of LBGT at every level of the life of TEC and given the affirmation of this as the position of TEC by the just included HoB and given the many voices on this news-list saying that this is the work of the Holy Spirit and is a prophetic call to not only the Anglican Communion, but the entire Body of Christ.
I believe this has made TEC a defacto Integrity organization and those that realize this and cannot live with this reality are the people seeking some way to remain worshiping in their parish church and in communion with the Anglican Communion for whom Lambeth 1.10 compliance is minimal in going forward.
We want a place where people, parishes and dioceses as a bare minimum do not have to be Integrity compliant in order to have a full place at the table at every level. We want true “Full Inclusion.” I cannot see how it can happen both ways with our present GC and HoB leadership.
I do not hear or read anyone from Integrity or the Epsicopal Majority acknowledging this problem for real full inclusion and arguing for a safe space for remaining conservatives.
The Archbishop’s Panel on Reconciliation has not worked. The Primatial Council is designed to be a working safe haven inside TEC until this gets sorted out. It will be created as the enabling resolution calls for “up to five bishops,” so it may start with only three. I hope +KJS does appoint two bishops to the PC.
It appears to me that opportunity for moving forward together is getting very slim on the national and international level.
[Read Virtueonline here->http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5735]
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