[Ian] Douglas is not convinced that this week’s assembly is all that important.
“I’ve seen it before,” he said, referring to earlier gatherings of those disenchanted with the Episcopal Church.
But another Episcopal priest, the Rev. William Sachs ”“ a historian and author of the forthcoming book Homosexuality and the Crisis of Anglicanism ”“ called the Bedford meeting “a very big deal.”
He said the new group will be taken much more seriously if it emerges seeming united and willing to work through established procedures for recognition by the Anglican Communion.
Sachs added: “The challenge before them is to come out of there with a message that is positive and distinctive and not simply a shared spirit of protest.”