Bishop Bill Atwood of Kenya emphasised in a press briefing Tuesday that there are many chore issues that have been a point of contention. Responding to a query from the international media about whether it is conscionable that “one narrow point should tear the church,” Atwood said:
The starkness of disagreement is not narrow. The identity of Jesus, the place of salvation, scripture application, and how to apply changes, are some of the issues which we have to look at to maintain the Christian way.”
Bishop Bill Atwood is one of the leaders of the workshop on Gospel and Culture at GAFCON.
He said that in examining the essentials of the Gospel against the expression of the Gospel, GAFCON is looking to discern the principles of how to go forward, mindful to see that culture does not overwhelm the message of the Gospel.
“There could be new voluntary associations emerging, with shared purpose and vision, which will look for new mechanisms of expression. Previous associations do not have to be terminated, but the new ones would have purpose and vision,” he said in response to whether there would be a break-away from the Anglican church. “It is not possible to tell how things will turn out at the end of the week. We have a number of workshops in which different people are making an input. We’ll put it all together to help show us the future.”
Anglicanism refuses to FACE its challenges…
And that is its main problem.
Here is a way to deal with schismatics:
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/06/24/clock-ticking-as-vatican-calls-catholic-rebels-bluff/
Antonio- those “schismatics” broke with Rome in 1988 over Vatican II (20 years earlier). Now, 20 years later, there is a “take it or leave it” offer on the table to rejoin Rome.
If that timeframe were to be repeated in the Anglican Communion, TEC would leave the AC (or be kicked out) in 2023, and given a take it or leave it offer to return in 2043. Looks like we are right on schedule. Except that if you plot out the demographics, TEC will cease to exist in 2030.
And, #2, that’s really the good news. I give TEC some 10, perhaps years just to run out of inertia and collapse, while the living stones which make up the spiritually alive in Christ portion of Anglicanism will reclaim the communion.
Dead people don’t reproduce; living ones do.
That should have been, perhaps 15-20 years.
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