Twenty-nine bishops have endorsed affirming their desire to remain part of the Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church while being faithful to the calls for restraint made by the wider church.
Styled as the “Anaheim Statement,” the letter of dissent to the actions of the 76th General Convention pledged the bishops’ fealty to the requests made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the 2008 Lambeth Conference, the primates’ meetings and ACC-14 to observe a moratoria on same-gender blessings, cross-border interventions and the ordination of gay and lesbian people to the episcopate.
In the hours after its release, the statement drew support from 23 diocesan bishops, four suffragan and assistant bishops, and two retired bishops and included bishops who voted on both sides of D025 and C056 — resolutions that rescinded the ban on two of the three Windsor Report moratoria.
It appears that at least 6 Bishops voted in favor of the Resolutions and this statement thus taking mutually exclusive positions.
Here are the signatories plus their votes on D026. I count 7 who voted for the resolution and signed the Aneheim Statement.
The Rt. Rev James Adams, Western Kansas NO
The Rt. Rev Lloyd Allen, Honduras NO
The Rt. Rev David Alvarez, Puerto Rico YES
The Rt. Rev John Bauerschmidt, Tennessee NO
The Rt. Rev Peter Beckwith, Springfield NO
The Rt. Rev Franklin Brookhart, Montana YES
The Rt. Rev William Frey, Rio Grande NO
The Rt. Rev Dorsey Henderson, Upper South Carolina YES
The Rt. Rev John Howe, Central Florida NO
The Rt. Rev Russell Jacobus, Fond du Lac NO
The Rt. Rev Don Johnson, West Tennessee YES
The Rt. Rev Mark Lawrence, South Carolina NO
The Rt. Rev Gary Lillibridge, West Texas NO
The Rt. Rev Edward Little, Northern Indiana NO
The Rt. Rev William Love, Albany NO
The Rt. Rev Bruce MacPherson, Western Louisiana NO
The Rt. Rev Alfredo Morante, Litoral Ecuador NO
The Rt. Rev Henry Parsley, Alabama NO
The Rt. Rev Michael Smith, North Dakota NO
The Rt. Rev James Stanton, Dallas NO
The Rt. Rev Pierre Whalon, Convocation of American Churches in Europe YES
The Rt. Rev Paul Lambert, Suffragan-Dallas NO
The Rt. Rev David Reed, Suffragan-West Texas NO
The Rt. Rev Sylestre Romero, Assistant– New Jersey YES
The Rt. Rev John Sloan, Suffragan–Alabama YES
The Rt. Rev Jeffrey Rowthorn, Retired-Convocation of American Churches in Europe NO
The Rt. Rev Don Wimberly, Retired-Texas NO
NOW HERE are the 20 additional bishops who voted NO BUT are not listed as signatories of the Anaheim Statement. I am very curious about this list: why they would stick out their necks within TEC to vote against ‘open’ ordinations in keeping with the moratoria and yet
not sign a statement affirming their commitment to the Communion.
Central Gulf Coast NO Duncan, Philip *Diocesan
Colombia NO Duque-Gomez *Diocesan
Dominican Republic NO Holguin-Khoury *Diocesan
Easton NO Shand *Diocesan
Florida NO Howard *Diocesan
Georgia NO Louttit *Diocesan
Haiti NO Duracin *Diocesan
Louisiana NO Jenkins *Diocesan
Milwaukee NO Miller *Diocesan
Mississippi NO Gray, Duncan *Diocesan
North Dakota NO Smith, Michael *Diocesan
Northwestern Pennsylvania NO Rowe *Diocesan
Oklahoma NO Konieczny *Diocesan
Rhode Island NO Wolf, Geralyn *Diocesan
Southwest Florida NO Smith, Dabney *Diocesan
Taiwan NO Jung-Hsin Lai *Diocesan
Texas NO Doyle *Diocesan
Virgin Islands NO Gumbs *Diocesan
West Virginia NO Klusmeyer *Diocesan
Here’s my assessment: the six who voted yes, but signed, and the many, if not the majority, of those who voted no but did not sign, really do believe that TEC can proceed with its agenda and be part of the Communion. That they really do not believe that they have lifted the moratoria on restraint or on developing liturgies. They really do not get it: they really do not hear or understand the international voices. This is absolutely stunning after all these years. I mean, I can understand the full-steam ahead progressives not hearing the voices of our black, hispanic, and asian brothers and sisters. They are caught up with their own vision and goal (I regret that they are not listening, even refusing to listen, but I can understand.) But those who are not caught up with that vision and goal, shouldn’t they be able to see the choice of two roads and be able to choose one or the other?
LCF, may i suggest that you read gene robinson’s interview with the NYT and try to guess which bishops are going to ‘help their people along’ to hades in a handbasket. there are some psuedo orthodox bishops that are hiding their true agendas. doyle is probably one of them since taking over for wimberly in houston; where btw, integrity regularly has a special eucharist take place at the cathedral. its hidden in plain sight in the diocean newspaper. quite clever seeing as how most people have no idea what integrity is.
in reference to my last post, that is just my opinion, no facts to back it up.
LCF,
You’ve listed Michael Smith (ND) in both places. Surely he’s a signatory?
I’m surprised by the absence of Jenkins and Wolf (she urged non-passage, didn’t she?).
Thank you Jeremy. Yes +Michael Smith (ND) is a signatory.
According to my bishop (+TN), bishops were continuing to add their signatures well into the afternoon. So there will probably be more trickling in.