Here is one:
Peter Beckwith, Episcopal Bishop of Springfield, Illinois
My hope is that those in attendance will recognise the seriousness of the crisis which has been allowed to envelop the Anglican Communion, and deal with the elephant dominating our living room. The Global Anglican Future conference has described the situation for most Anglicans worldwide and addressed it. What it has said, and with which I concur, is that faithful, orthodox Anglicans will not continue to abide any further the current agenda set by the Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Anglican Church of Canada and supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury through what many see as his acquiescence and benign leadership. I do not expect much to come of the conference. The process model appears very similar to what TEC’s House of Bishops has used for years which has fostered dysfunctional inefficiency, chaos, non-productivity and spiritual bankruptcy.
I believe if the first Lambeth conference had the same proposed agenda and process as projected for 2008, there very well might not have been a second Lambeth conference or even an Anglican Communion today.
Reading these short statements, one thing becomes clear: There are two distinct organizations at work here, with two very different agendas. One is worldly, the other spiritual. One recognizes the crisis, the other wants to pretend it doesn’t exist.
What to make of this? It’s hard to believe it is written by the same man who spoke so clearly to the US HOB. It is simply coincidence that he downplays the division over sexuality and forefronts the very issues that TEC is promoting?
Driver8, I believe the name of the author precedes rather than follows the text. So the statement you quote is from Barry Morgan. Makes more sense, no? (A minor relief, but a relief nonetheless.)
#3 You’re right – I was misled by the page turn (so to say). Here is Mouneer Anis’ comment