Very sobering. Thank for this tone. The words, “I hadn’t asked for any attention. I simply followed my conscience,” were striking. It reminds me, too, of paying the price in my own life for acting on conscience. As you said, “I had to.” And the Lord stands by us.
There are many nuggets of wisdom in this piece. As an Anglican priest who laments about our bishop problem in the Australian Anglican church (with some very wonderful exceptions, including my own bishop who is a godly faithful man), I am very thankful for your ministry. BTW, I love what God is doing in regards to ACNA.
This series should be required reading for clergy and lay leaders who didn’t live through it. Thank you for the role you and Christ Church played in the formation of the ACNA. We have truly been given hope and a future.
So informative for one who does not know the history of Christ Church. As a member for almost 20 years and baptized in 2008, these details are important to what we are now as an Anglican Church. Thank you!
Loved reading this. I was very active with the Episcopal church before the split- even preparing to be a missionary in Uganda under Bishop Stanton. Then two bombs hit- the big split, and I was diagnosed with cancer and an autoimmune disease. I was shocked when after my diagnosis, I never heard from them again. It was telling. 22 years later, cancer free, I am struggling to find my spiritual home.
The more I write these stories, the more stories I remember. I send these posts out Tues. Thurs. and Saturday at 6:12 AM. Please catch up on the earlier segments.
Blessings to you and praise God to be cancer free!
Thank you for responding. I can argue scripture and tradition on the many sides of this issue. And I know there are parts of Anglican Church which forbid ordination of women, some which allow, and some which are fine with women priests but not bishops. My question is simple though: do you support ordination of women?
Very sobering. Thank for this tone. The words, “I hadn’t asked for any attention. I simply followed my conscience,” were striking. It reminds me, too, of paying the price in my own life for acting on conscience. As you said, “I had to.” And the Lord stands by us.
Hi David,
There are many nuggets of wisdom in this piece. As an Anglican priest who laments about our bishop problem in the Australian Anglican church (with some very wonderful exceptions, including my own bishop who is a godly faithful man), I am very thankful for your ministry. BTW, I love what God is doing in regards to ACNA.
Thank you for reading The Anglican down under! (I honestly don't know why they use the term down under--I assume it is not a bad thing.)
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To my knowledge only Americans refer to Australia as “Down Under”. Rather silly as us Australians never refer to The USA as “Up Over”.
This series should be required reading for clergy and lay leaders who didn’t live through it. Thank you for the role you and Christ Church played in the formation of the ACNA. We have truly been given hope and a future.
I think that would be smart. And thank you for your encouraging words.
‘life boat’ for some Biblically faithful parishes. Now it is struggling to move beyond a life boat. Please pray accordingly.
The next few posts will help you...or at least give you some encouragement.
So informative for one who does not know the history of Christ Church. As a member for almost 20 years and baptized in 2008, these details are important to what we are now as an Anglican Church. Thank you!
Loved reading this. I was very active with the Episcopal church before the split- even preparing to be a missionary in Uganda under Bishop Stanton. Then two bombs hit- the big split, and I was diagnosed with cancer and an autoimmune disease. I was shocked when after my diagnosis, I never heard from them again. It was telling. 22 years later, cancer free, I am struggling to find my spiritual home.
The more I write these stories, the more stories I remember. I send these posts out Tues. Thurs. and Saturday at 6:12 AM. Please catch up on the earlier segments.
Blessings to you and praise God to be cancer free!
Hi David, Do you support ordination of women to the priesthood?
Much too complicated to answer in a comment. Perhaps I will be able to write on this later.
I don’t mean to be evasive, but it is a complicated question with a complex answer.
Thank you for responding. I can argue scripture and tradition on the many sides of this issue. And I know there are parts of Anglican Church which forbid ordination of women, some which allow, and some which are fine with women priests but not bishops. My question is simple though: do you support ordination of women?
Pastor David. Thanks for sharing. It parallels the circumstances with ACoC. ANiC (ADoC) acted as a