The Rev. George D. Young III, bishop-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee…said he was delighted at the vitality of the diocese, which includes Chattanooga, when he first read its profile before applying for the position a year ago.
“What struck me,” he said, “was a sense of it being a very healthy diocese. Good things were happening. I didn’t personally know Bishop [Charles G.] vonRosenberg, but I knew he was well-respected.”
Young said parishioners will find he is measured in tone and deliberative in decision-making.
We’ve all heard this before, and where has it gotten TEC? If you’ll look at the fabric of that “big tent,” you’ll find that it’s got some tears in it, Fr Young. Those tears are so huge that they can never be repaired, and in fact, the fabric is rotten, and needs to be exchanged for new fabric……the kind that only true repentance, reform, and a return to the Bible can replace. I don’t see that happening, Fr Young.
It may be a tent, but the issue is the extent to which it still fulfils the criterion of being recognisable as an Anglican church?
This is what we ponder.
Anyone know what the next Bp of E. TN is like?
It may be a big tent, but it’s an empty one at this point.
If you can get everyone under the tent when it rains, there wil be nobody there when the sun shines. Larry
TEC’s big tent pretty much allows all comers–except orthodox Christians.
David
You beat me to the punch. Originally i want our parish to stay in the TEC as were the only witness for orthodox biblical Christianity, but had to change my vote when I realize the TEC “big tent†will not tolerate orthodoxy. When our church was known as a problem in the diocese and possible the last straws causing the previous bishop to resign, he refused to give in to the pressure to take action against us, I knew we had no other choice.