The standing committee of the Diocese of Quincy has recommended that the diocese seek realignment with the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone based in Argentina, while continuing as a member of the Common Cause Partnership, according to Fr. James Marshall, president of the standing committee.
Bishop Keith Ackerman of Quincy is on sabbatical through the end of October. In the absence of the bishop, the standing committee is in charge of non-sacramental ecclesiastical duties. Bishop Ackerman will be back in time to preside at convention, which is scheduled to meet Nov. 7-8 at St. John’s Church, Quincy.
The standing committee decision following a Sept. 25 meeting at Grace Church, Galesburg, is similar to recommendations made by the standing committees in Pittsburgh and Fort Worth. Both of those dioceses have also scheduled votes similar to the one in Quincy.
Last year delegates to the annual synod in Quincy approved a number of canonical changes in preparation for this year’s decisive vote on whether to remain in union with the General Convention of The Episcopal Church.
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These are sad and disturbing times in the Episcopal Church. Instead of working to reconcile with those who have been hurt by the liberal agenda of late, Bishop Schori has taken the path of war on those who disagree with her agenda, even to the point of preemptively striking against bishops like Robert Duncan of Pennsylvania.
Bishop Schori will unfortunately go down in the history of the Episcopal Church as the Presiding Bishop who presided over the disintegration of the Episcopal Church. All of this could have been prevented, and it is a shame.
I agree. The sad times are getting sadder. How could this have been prevented? Without some divine intervention, TEC will continue in its downward spiral.
#2 -- I'm beginning to see the actions of the Virginia 11, DioSJ and DioPitt, and the coming actions of DioFW and DioQ as divine intervention. I'm left wondering who else in the American church will follow?