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I recently wrote about some Anglican friends and their struggle. In that post, I wrote:Pray that the Episcopal Church will respond to the calls for repentence from faithful Anglican Christians around the world.
They didn't. Instead, they sought to head off a schism by agreeing to "pause" (rather than repent of) their unbiblical practices.
This week, the Diocese of Pittsburgh voted to take the first step to leave the Episcopal Church. They will be followed by several others, I am sure.
Just before the vote, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori sent a threatening letter to one Bishop who is leading his diocese away from the Episcopal Church (and into closer fellowship with faithful Anglicans in the two-thirds world).
Robert Duncan, who I had the priviledge to meet at the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, wrote back to the presiding bishop:
Dear Katharine,
Here I stand. I can do no other. I will neither compromise the Faith once delivered to the saints, nor will I abandon the sheep who elected me to protect them.
Pax et bonum in Christ Jesus our Lord,
+Bob
Amen.
Please keep praying that the nature of the gospel, and why it is worth fighting for, will become clear to all in the coming days.
