A resolution adopted by the 25th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth requested “that the Bishop and Standing Committee prepare a report for this diocese on the constitutional and canonical implications and means” of becoming a member diocese of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. Two preliminary reports* have been made ”“ one on January 9, 2008, and another on February 12, 2008 ”“ and both should be reviewed at this time, for they are an integral part of the recommendation we are making to the 26th Annual Diocesan Convention.
After months of prayerful discernment and extensive consultation with others, both within our own diocese and beyond, we have come to the following conclusion. We recommend that this Diocese affiliate with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone as a member diocese, on a temporary, pastoral basis, until such time as an orthodox Province of the Anglican Communion can be established in North America.
We have been in conversation about this matter with the Committee on Constitution and Canons, and they will be presenting to Convention the necessary changes to our constitution and canons to enact this realignment.
We pray for God’s grace to uphold and guide us in the days ahead and for the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire us “with the spirit of truth, unity and concord” as we seek to serve and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
Presented by
The Bishop and Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth
The gathering storm. How many more will depart before 815 stops pretending this is no big deal?
Necks sticking out.
More than a-plenty in Schori’s mafia to lop them off. Cowards all will meet at the HOB and hide behind their pensions.
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer today is the day for Southern Cone.
So pray for us!
++Gregory, We pray for your EVERY day, and we thank the Lord for your courage and your faith! God bless you and your province each and every day.
Speaking as one of the clergy who met the ArchBishop of the Southern Cone this past April, I am so thankful for the courage and hospitality of our brothers and sisters of the Southern Cone, and admire the heck out of ++Gregory for his love and encouragement!
So if after months of prayer and discernment the Holy Spirit is calling D. of Ft Worth to do this new thing, how can TEC’s hierchy object, since isn’t that what TEC says it is doing in its consecration of Bp Robinson and its “pastoral response” to homosexuals of blessing their relationships – a new thing based on its prayers and the guiding of the Holy Spirit? What’s good for the goose isn’t sauce for the gander to Bp Schori? How does she differentiate between one discernment of the Holy Spirit against another?