Final Showdown Looms In Anglican Gay Dispute

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/09/092006anglican.htm

Conservatives within the worldwide Anglican Church have rejected a bid for unity by the denomination's spiritual leader and are preparing a document that is likely to lead to a breakup of the Church.

The worldwide Anglican Communion is divided into provinces, mostly along geographic boundaries. Those semi autonomous divisions in the southern hemisphere make up the bulk of a denomination's members and represent its most conservative faction.

This week the leaders of the Global South are meeting in Kigali and at the top of the agenda has been the growing discontentment with the way Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has dealt with the American branch - the Episcopal Church - over the place of gays in the faith.

The accepted leader of the conservative faction, Nigeria's Archbishop Peter Akinola (pictured), has been pushing for Episcopal Church to be thrown out of world Anglicanism for electing Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, as Bishop of New Hampshire.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

1. Church ought to be interesting this Sunday. n/t

[davidinalameda]

2. my church and diocese has an active gay ministry

I don't think that too many people that I know will be losing sleep over these bigots

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. The church I go to has some division in it

and recently some of the big donors withdrew from the congregation over this issue which is causing some problems. But then again I live in the heart of the red bible belt so it is sort of to be expected.

[davidinalameda]

4. a member of my congration told me something very interesting

in his experience, those who have left the Church over issues like women ministers, gays, etc either come back or fail in their attempts to set up a new church

the gravy train for these bishops will dry up once the cons find other causes

[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. Yeah, that's what we are kind of thinking, but time will tell. n/t

[Occulus]

6. That only tells me the church needs to die

die, as in, dry up and blow away, or get taxed into oblivion, die.

I would VERY much like to see all churches start getting taxed like any other business.

And tax them 100%.

[davidinalameda]

7. why

some of us like our churches