Post by Paddy by Grace on Sept 8, 2008 1:17:35 GMT -7
Calls for conservative, Bible-believing members of the ECUSA to leave denomination
www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/afa_founder_says_episcopal_chu.php
AFA founder says Episcopal church leaders disregard Scripture
The founder of the American Family Association says the Episcopal Church, the U.S. wing of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has proven it has no desire to mend relations with conservative members of the denomination. It is time, says Rev. Donald Wildmon, for any conservative Christians in ECUSA to leave that denomination.
The divide between conservative and liberals in the denomination was heightened four years ago when the leadership of ECUSA consecrated the church's first openly homosexual bishop, V. Gene Robinson, who now oversees the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Last month, during a meeting in Africa, leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion adopted an ultimatum calling for creation of a parallel leadership structure to oversee the conservative minority of Episcopalians -- essentially, Anglicans in America -- who oppose their church's liberal views on homosexuality. But the Episcopal House of Bishops has rejected that demand.
AFA founder and chairman Donald Wildmon says the time has come for conservative, Bible-believing members of the denomination, to leave. Liberals in ECUSA, he says, have said "this is what we're going to do: we're going to ordain homosexual bishops, we're going to accept homosexual priests -- the whole ball of wax. You conservatives can get lost."
ECUSA's leaders, says Wildmon, abandoned scripture long ago. "The authority of scripture has been denied by the liberal leaders in the Episcopal Church," he states. "It is man making his own rules."
Wildmon points out that according to the Bible, "God is love" (1 John 4:16). "[But] what the liberals have done is make love God -- and there's a vast difference between the two," he says.
The spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, says the decision by the Episcopal House of Bishops is discouraging. Williams has no direct authority to force a reconciliation.
Editor's Note: The American Family Association is the parent organization of the American Family News Network, which operates OneNewsNow.com.
www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/afa_founder_says_episcopal_chu.php
AFA founder says Episcopal church leaders disregard Scripture
The founder of the American Family Association says the Episcopal Church, the U.S. wing of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has proven it has no desire to mend relations with conservative members of the denomination. It is time, says Rev. Donald Wildmon, for any conservative Christians in ECUSA to leave that denomination.
The divide between conservative and liberals in the denomination was heightened four years ago when the leadership of ECUSA consecrated the church's first openly homosexual bishop, V. Gene Robinson, who now oversees the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Last month, during a meeting in Africa, leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion adopted an ultimatum calling for creation of a parallel leadership structure to oversee the conservative minority of Episcopalians -- essentially, Anglicans in America -- who oppose their church's liberal views on homosexuality. But the Episcopal House of Bishops has rejected that demand.
AFA founder and chairman Donald Wildmon says the time has come for conservative, Bible-believing members of the denomination, to leave. Liberals in ECUSA, he says, have said "this is what we're going to do: we're going to ordain homosexual bishops, we're going to accept homosexual priests -- the whole ball of wax. You conservatives can get lost."
ECUSA's leaders, says Wildmon, abandoned scripture long ago. "The authority of scripture has been denied by the liberal leaders in the Episcopal Church," he states. "It is man making his own rules."
Wildmon points out that according to the Bible, "God is love" (1 John 4:16). "[But] what the liberals have done is make love God -- and there's a vast difference between the two," he says.
The spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, says the decision by the Episcopal House of Bishops is discouraging. Williams has no direct authority to force a reconciliation.
Editor's Note: The American Family Association is the parent organization of the American Family News Network, which operates OneNewsNow.com.