Breaking news (thanks to Rev. Ngira Simmonds) on the Eve of Pentecost the second Episcopal Unit (cf. diocese) in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has rejected the Anglican Covenant:
Read the entire statement at Bosco's blog. I especially like the following words:
■In terms of our shared Mihingare and Anglican heritage, our call to communion, and our call to ministry and mission, the Covenant offers us nothing new or more compelling than the Spiritual Covenant that we already have with each other through faith in Jesus Christ;
Yes! Thank you, my dear fellow Anglicans in Te Hui Amorangi o Te Tairawhiti Episcopal Unit in New Zealand.
Fantastick little quote, Mimi!
ReplyDeleteI love it, susan s.
ReplyDeleteI thought we were told a while back that only provinces could accept or reject the covenant, not individual dioceses?
ReplyDeleteTim, only churches in the Anglican Communion can formally adopt or reject the Anglican Covenant. However, here in the US, in the Church of England, and I believe in Canada, too, the dioceses were instructed to study the covenant and report back to the church head offices.
ReplyDeleteAh, I misunderstood your headline - I thought it referred to a formal rejection of the Covenant. My apologies.
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