Fighting Sin in the Church - It isn't a split from the American Anglican church, but a group of parishes and dioceses have formed what is being called a new network that hopes to combat the heresy being promoted by the American Episcopalian branch (ECUSA) of the Anglican Church. The heresy being the raising to Bishop of a man practicing the sin of homosexuality and the apparent endorsement by the ECUSA for the sin of homosexuality.
On Crosswalk.com, Jim Brown and Fred Jackson of Agape Press, write:
Pittsburgh's Bishop Bob Duncan says the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes was established at a November meeting of mainstream Anglican leaders in London, and was formed to spread the truth about the Episcopal Church's approval of V. Gene Robinson, the openly homosexual Bishop of New Hampshire."The Episcopal Church this summer told a huge lie," Duncan says, "and we need to say over and over again what holy scripture says, what God expects in terms of His creation and the way He structured families, and the holiness He calls us to in terms of how we live our lives."
At heart, I think there is a desire on the part of this new network to seek the redemption of their brothers and sisters in a corrective manner. But I wonder if a split wouldn't be a better means to that end? Perhaps not. It just seems to me that there is no desire of repentance by the ECUSA because they clearly are ignoring Scripture.
The Great Separation continues.
