Delegates to the Diocese of Fort Worth’s annual synod will decide this Saturday whether to quit the Episcopal Church, a move which would make it the fourth American diocese to secede and affiliate with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.
The stronghold of the Anglo-Catholic movement in the Episcopal Church, Fort Worth has long been at odds with the Episcopal Church over innovations of doctrine and discipline championed by its liberal hierarchy. One of only three dioceses that did not ordain or license women clergy, Fort Worth now remains alone within the American church in rejecting women’s orders, after Quincy quit this past week and San Joaquin left in 2007.
Fort Worth bishop the Rt Rev Jack L Iker said he was “confident” the second reading of the secession bill would pass this week’s synod on Nov 15. The “only question is by how much” he told ReligiousIntelligence.com.
So, is the probability slim or none that Fort Worth won’t shake the dust off its sandals and walk away from TEC?
I’m going way out on a limb here and betting on no chance at all that Fort Worth won’t pull chocks and travel onward and upward.
Uhhh, Dilbert: Don’t bet on it.
Are four dioceses sufficient mass to create a separate province? L
Yes.