There has been “a breakdown of trust” among members of the Anglican Communion, there has been “an inconsistency between what has been agreed and what has been done,” there is “turmoil” in the Episcopal Church of the U.S., there is “a diminishing sense of communion,” the bitter divide over homosexuality is affecting relations with the church’s ecumenical partners.
These were preliminary observations made by the Windsor Continuation Group (WCG) on the state of the Anglican Communion and on the responses by Anglican provinces to the Windsor Report. These responses were presented to bishops for discussion Monday at the Lambeth Conference. The WCG was created last February by the Archbishop of Canterbury to “address outstanding questions arising from the Windsor Report and the various formal responses from provinces and instruments of the Anglican Communion.”
The Windsor Report, produced in 2004 by an international commission, outlined ways of healing divisions within the Anglican Communion over human sexuality. It recommended a moratorium on public rites of same-sex blessings and on the election of a gay person to the episcopate, the enactment of an Anglican Covenant, and an end to cross-border interventions.
[blockquote]It cited that in the U.S., departures have included individuals, congregations, and dioceses.[/blockquote]
Well, it appears that the WCG recognizes that parishes and diocese [b]can[/b] leave The Episcopal Church even if 815 does not.
RSB
Breakdown of trust? Might that have something to do with Ms Schori lying to her fellow primates. Or her reconciliation efforts with litigation? Might that have something to do with Rowan Williams saying that he would take into account the will of the primates with regards to the invitations then proceeded to invite even the consecrators of VGR. Or how about his subcommittee report that one of the members hadn’t even seen when Rowan released it? Or how about his the deadline isn’t a deadline?