There are three that I see:
You can find more information on the convention here (on page 4).
There are three that I see:
You can find more information on the convention here (on page 4).
Basically these resolutions approve of any sexual deviancy or practice you can think of.
I thought radical inclusion meant that Bill Ayers was qualified to be a TEC bishop 🙂
Feeling snarky after reading the first resolution, and therefore must ask: gee, how many “healthy mission minded” parishes are there in W. Mass?
I served in this diocese for almost 19 years, until I retired last October – and promptly moved to the ACNA. These resolutions are much stronger than others of their ilk I had seen proposed – but they are no surprise. When I came to the Dio of WMass, it was the most conservative of the New England dioceses. There was a strong Cursillo community and a sizable number of biblical clergy – most of whom are now retired, moved, or dead.
In 1996, the registered membership of the dioceses was a bit over 24,000. It is now less than 17,000. The ASA is about 5,000. There are around 60 congregations. One parish closed about two years ago; the mantra was that it was in an “overchurched area” and could not grow. The building is now home to a flourishing and growing Four Square Gospel congregation. My former parish is hanging on by a thread, as are several others I know about. I would be willing to bet that 4 or 5 congregations will close up in the next 5 years – maybe more.
The parishes of WMass may pass these ulta-PC resolutions, but they will not mean that the parishes are more welcoming, for it will be clear that only liberals are welcome.
“Baptism: A New Labor Card” could be, in the right hands, an interesting title for a sermon series.
However. . . not in these WMass hands.
I hope someone at the convention will pose this question or one similar to it: “Inasmuch as Baptism, fully understood, demands a promise to follow the apostles teaching, may we insist therefore that the right to employment be tied to this full notion of Baptism?”