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AAC Update
American Anglican Council • 28 September 2007
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My Response to
the HOB Statement • by Fr. Randall Foster
The Diocese • 26 September 2007
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AAC Update
American Anglican Council • 21 September 2007
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AAC Update
American Anglican Council • 14 September 2007
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FT. WORTH: Bishop Rips Visit of House of Deputies President into His
Diocese
www.virtueonline.org • 10 September 2007
The Bishop of Ft. Worth, the Rt. Rev. Jack Iker, has written a blistering
letter to his diocesan clergy condemning the visit of Bonnie Anderson,
President of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church, into his
diocese, citing it as "a breach of protocol and a violation of the basic
polity of The Episcopal Church."
Bishop Iker, one of three remaining Anglo-Catholic bishops in The Episcopal
Church, excoriated the liberal Anderson saying her visit was nothing more
than "a clear effort on her part to recognize and empower a small group of
people who dissent from the stated theological positions of this diocese and
who claim that they alone are the true loyal Episcopalians here in Fort
Worth."
"This visit by Mrs. Anderson further exacerbates an already tense,
adversarial relationship that has developed between national leaders and
diocesan officials. Unfortunately, she has sought to further divide the
people of this diocese rather than to promote reconciliation. I regret that
Mrs. Anderson has chosen to fan the flames of division and to advocate a
rather one-sided view of the controversies that have overtaken The Episcopal
Church in recent decades. Rather than working with me and other diocesan
officials, she has chosen to go around us in a blatant attempt to work with
the revisionist opposition known as the Via Media."
"I regard her visit as part of a concerted effort to undermine the existing
diocesan leadership in favor of those who support the liberal agenda of the
General Convention Church. It is disconcerting to see this deepened
alienation fostered by one of the top leaders of The Episcopal Church.
However, we will not be deterred or side-tracked from our Gospel mission by
this kind of political manipulation."
Mrs. Anderson has made similar trips into the dioceses of San Joaquin and
Rio Grande stirring up dissent among minority liberals.
To read the letter go here:
http://www.fwepiscopal.org/news/andersonvisit.pdf
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AAC Update
American Anglican Council • 7 September 2007
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African Anglicans' speak of 'duty' to consecrate dissident US clerics
Nairobi (ENI). Anglican leaders in East Africa have defended the
consecration as bishops of priests from the U.S. Episcopal Church, who are
opposed to the ordination of homosexual clergy in North America. "We have a
pastoral duty," Bishop Gideon Ireri, who heads the Anglican Church of
Kenya's Justice and Peace Commission, told Ecumenical News International
from his Mbeere diocese in eastern Kenya. "We are one Anglican Communion,
and we cannot let the American flock that is faithful to their sexuality
scatter. It is a lesser evil to provide them with pastoral care." [420
words, ENI-07-0696]
ENI Online - www.eni.ch • Ecumenical News
International • 7 September 2007
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Realignment Moves
Forward
The Diocese • 6 September 2007
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