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THE QUESTION
Should conservative Episcopalians who disagree with U.S. church leaders about homosexuality and other issues leave and form a separate denomination?
Should Episcopalians Split Up?
Should conservative Episcopalians who disagree with U.S. church leaders about homosexuality and other issues leave and form a separate denomination?
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Posted by
David Waters on December 17, 2008 3:56 AM
FROM THE PANEL
How "Broad" Are Anglicans?
Whether conservative Episcopalians should leave and form their own denomination or not depends less on their views- clearly different from the mainstream- than on the extent to which it is possible to live with what is literally a 'broad church'.
Posted by Julia Neuberger, on January 5, 2009 7:55 AM
Division Weakens the Body of Christ
Unity is at the core of what it means to be Christian. Liberals need conservatives to keep them rooted in the ancient teaching; conservatives need liberals to keep them looking for the new things God is doing in the world. God's truth is bigger than any one part can claim. That is why the endless divisions within the Christian church through the centuries have been so tragic.
Posted by Samuel T. Lloyd III, on December 22, 2008 8:39 AM
Splinter Episcopalians: Giving Gravitas to Trivia
The attitude reflected by this tiny group of dissident Episcopalians is so out of touch with reality as to be laughable. If they cannot adjust to a church in which women and homosexual persons are treated equally and are ordained to be priests and bishops, perhaps they ought to find another tradition that will accept their prejudices as something other than an inability to adjust.
Posted by John Shelby Spong, on December 22, 2008 8:28 AM
No Choice But To Separate from Apostasy
Christians are commanded to always work for unity. But orthodoxy and apostasy cannot co-exist. Regrettably, I believe Christians have no choice but to separate from an increasingly apostate denomination.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on December 22, 2008 4:00 AM
Anglicans and Their Unwelcome House Guests
Over the last half-century, the American Church has become an embarrassment to the global Church. They ceased to be Anglican in any meaningful sense, or in some cases even Christian, and the rest of the Anglican world finally decided to clean house. Certain people hijacked the American Anglican "family name," but had no real ideological connection to the historic faith.
Posted by John Mark Reynolds, on December 22, 2008 12:37 AM
Defining Loyalty and Betrayal in the Episcopal Church
As the debate within the Anglican community focuses on which group are the "real Episcopalians", each side could learn a real spiritual lesson from the U.A.W. leaders and confronting the choice between cutting ties with others and maintaining those ties at the cost of what we think is our integrity.
Posted by Brad Hirschfield, on December 19, 2008 8:45 AM
Episcopalians Falling Out of Love
I deeply believe that the widespread acceptance of gay members and clergy against the loud agony of the minority in the Episcopal Church is just like what happens when someone comes out in a family.
Posted by William Tully, on December 19, 2008 8:42 AM
Episcopal Conservatives, Check Civil War History
The tide of history is against is against conservative Episcopalians. They may split the church, but young people are increasingly accepting of equal rights.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on December 19, 2008 7:25 AM
The Episcopal Crisis: Freedom In, With, and From the Bible
Those "conservative Episcopalians" who hold to "biblical literalism" should stay in the Church, make their witness, and - like everybody else - take their lumps.
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on December 19, 2008 2:47 AM
Conservatives Leaving or Left Behind?
Any group that defines itself negatively doesn't have much of a message. Besides, the sector of religious folks who decry homosexuality is not exactly underserved here in North America. Goodbye - and good riddance.
Posted by Randall Balmer, on December 17, 2008 8:28 AM
Episcopal Church Needs Evangelicals
While I respect and support those who sense God's call to depart from a denomination like ECUSA, I also want to respect the call of those evangelicals who choose to hang in there. I don't want to see ECUSA left without an evangelical presence.
Posted by Richard Mouw, on December 17, 2008 5:44 AM
The Church is Not A Democracy
The Anglican church should hold true to what it believes, and if people disagree, then they should form a new denomination, realizing that they are choosing to be out of communion with the church.
Posted by Matt Maher, on December 16, 2008 5:14 PM
FEATURED COMMENTS
Fitz4: Here is a quote from a famous Catholic convert from Anglicanism:(Something some of Episcopalianism’s best mind are now doing because of the ...
rubdel: It wouldn't be the first time a major denomination has split over idealogy or morality or scriptural interpretations. If it is for the bet...
dwlasher: Absolutely. The purpose of a denomination is to provide religious/theological guidance and instruction in religious understanding and worsh...
