The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) asked May 6 for a renewal of the Anglican Communion’s process of listening to homosexual persons and those who struggle with the full inclusion of such persons in the life of the church.
A resolution passed by the ACC on the fifth day of its May 2-12 meeting here says the council “recognizes that listening is a long-term process” and is linked to the Windsor Continuation Group’s call (in paragraph 26 of its final report) for “gracious restraint” from blessing same-gender relationships and the ordination and consecration as bishops of people living in such relationships.
The resolution also notes its request echoes the continuation group’s call for the renewal of the Listening Process and “a real seeking of a common mind upon the issues which threaten to divide us.”
Notice the unidirectionality of listening, yet again.
As far as I’m concerned, the listening process is over……in fact, it ended long ago! I left TEC…..thank God!
[blockquote]The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) asked May 6 for a renewal of the Anglican Communion’s process of listening to homosexual persons and those who struggle with the full inclusion of such persons in the life of the church.[/blockquote]
I don’t struggle with their full inclusion at all. The gospel is for everyone. Where I take my stand is with their insistence that they be included on their terms.
More blah, blah, blah…
The liberals want to “listen” the orthodox to death. Their views are plain, there is nothing else to listen to.
As a suggestion, I submit that they should move from listening to watching homosexuals and their practices. Might not this be more enlightening? L