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Friday, April 27, 2007 "The sting of death
is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
AAC Note on May Encompass The May issue of the American Anglican Council's monthly newsletter, Encompass, is scheduled to be mailed next Tuesday, May 1. The issue contains a feature story on Christ Church, Midland, Texas, as well as an in-depth news analysis of the Episcopal House of Bishops' spring meeting. In addition, if you have not yet seen the March/April issue of Encompass , you may download it directly here. Upcoming Events in May AAC/Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter Meeting The Influence Index - Increasing a Leader's True Value
(Simulcast) AAC/South Dakota Chapter Meeting Good News Evangelism Training Conference (Anglican Communion
Network) Christian Men's Weekend 2007 Message from Canon David Anderson, AAC President Beloved in Christ, An article by Bob Unruh on WorldNetDaily details "a fast-tracked congressional plan to add special protections for homosexuals to federal law [that] would turn 'thoughts, feelings, and beliefs' into criminal offenses and put Christians in the bull's-eye, according to opponents." The article goes on to say, "'H.R. 1592 is a discriminatory measure that criminalizes thoughts, feelings, and beliefs [and] has the potential of interfering with religious liberty and freedom of speech,' according to a white paper submitted by Glen Lavy, of the Alliance Defense Fund." While those in the United States have watched Europe and the UK go into freefall over expanding rights and special protections for homosexuals, and have felt falsely secure that it couldn't become that bizarre here in America, the reality is that it can and it may. If you vote in the United States, you may wish to speak with your elected Congressional representatives. Within The Episcopal Church (TEC), there is an ongoing story of litigation, most of which is filed by revisionist diocesan bishops and directed against churches wishing to leave TEC. Stacy Sauls, bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, chairs a committee concerned with how to deal with TEC property issues, and how to fight against the "horrible" American Anglican Council and Anglican Communion Network. It turns out that the Episcopal Church, in the spirit of ecumenism, is secretly working with the Presbyterians, who have been at this a little longer than TEC has. In fact a small group of Presbyterian leaders and attorneys worked out a detailed strategy on how to defeat any local Presbyterian church that tried to leave with its property. The secret Presbyterian Plan made the leaked Via Media USA "Day After" plan, penned by Joan Gundersen in 2005, sound like child's play. (Background on Via Media USA's "Day After" plan is here. ) Like the "Day After," the Presbyterian plan did not remain a secret. One day a package arrived at the door of the Presbyterian Layman, an orthodox publication by Presbyterian lay members who are pushing back against the revisionism that has invaded their church as it has TEC. In the package were two documents that someone leaked to them so the world could know. These documents are available on the Presbyterian Layman Web site , where you can download the PDF files from the front page. The documents are dynamite, and everyone should read them so you know what is coming to all orthodox Christian churches. As a part of the ecumenical effort, the Presbyterians have filed a friend of the court brief in California against St. James Anglican Church, Newport Beach. The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is suing St. James, along with All Saints' Church in Long Beach and St. David's Church in North Hollywood, for their property and assets; and now the Presbyterians are piling on as well—it must have been predestined! The advantage to the orthodox might be that if/when St. James and the others win, it will hurt the Presbyterian Church more, at least in California. Since this is clearly a CHRISTIAN church battle and not just an Anglican family one, and since the Presbyterian presbytery in that area has added to the St. James/All Saints'/St. David's legal expenses, perhaps some of the orthodox Presbyterian churches or individuals might wish to help by contributing to those churches' legal defense. We are all in this together—just as the attack on the orthodox is ecumenical, the defense of the orthodox needs to be ecumenical as well. Next week in northern Virginia there will be a celebration of new ministry and installation of the Rt. Rev. Martyn Minns as Missionary Bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), the U.S. missionary branch of the Church of Nigeria. Please keep Bishop Minns in prayer as he is installed. Blessings and Peace in Christ Jesus, The Rev. Canon David C. Anderson Lambeth Conference Plans Move Forward Source: Anglican
Communion News Service Decision-makers met last week to continue their planning for progress plans for the Lambeth Conference 2008.
The conference ‘Design Group’, appointed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spent five days from April 16 to 20 working on looking the conference structures, purposes, issues and programme. This international group is chaired by the Archbishop of Melanesia, Sir Ellison Pogo. He said: “We feel excited as we prepare through prayer and meditation on the time the bishops will spend together in July 2008. “Perhaps most important will be the many opportunities for encounter, fellowship and conversation that gathering provides.” He has written on behalf of the group to all Anglican Communion bishops, informing them of plans so far and asking them to pray. The purpose of the Lambeth Conference 2008 is to enable bishops to discern and share their Anglican identity and become better equipped as leaders in God’s mission. Archbishop Ellison said: “We hope that at the conference, bishops will be refreshed, gain deeper knowledge of each other, become more aware of the resources God has given them to meet missionary challenges around the world, continue to address the internal conflicts of recent years, discover a new level of trust and have greater understanding of the special contribution Anglicanism can make to the Church and the world.” The Lambeth Conference in 2008 will be different: it will not resemble a parliamentary debating chamber with a string of resolutions but aim to provide time and space for spiritual reflection, learning, sharing and discerning. Amongst the topics it will address are the: Millennium Development Goals, HIV/Aids, Ethical/Green living, Anglican identity and covenant, The Listening Process and relationships with people of other Faiths. A fuller programme will be available on the web site www.lambethconference.org in the near future. Episcopal Church Leaders Persist on Current Path of Revisionism Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori: Episcopal Church Will
Not Turn Back, Communion Will Come to Accept Homosexual Lifestyle Eventually Bishop Gene Robinson (New Hampshire) to Seek Civil Union
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