From here:
Beginning in 2010, a group of approximately two-dozen bishops from Canada, the United States, and a number of African countries, have met annually in England, Tanzania, Canada, and South Africa. Their gatherings facilitate learning about each other’s contexts and finding pathways for healing and reconciliation. Their time together in Coventry focused specifically on approaches to reconciliation and becoming a reconciling community.
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At the close of this fifth Consultation, the bishops committed themselves to support the Archbishop of Canterbury’s priority of reconciliation in the Anglican Communion. In response to Archbishop Justin’s appeal, the bishops will “pray for wisdom to know what to do, and for the patience to know when to do it, and the courage to act.”
The Canadian reconciliation contingent is listed below; the choice seems a little odd since it includes bishops who have sued fellow Christians and yet haven’t expended much energy to reconcile with them. No-one from ACNA was invited, probably because the ACoC and TEC are unwilling to reconcile with ACNA, all of which leads me to suspect that the exercise has more to do with propaganda than reconciliation:
The Most Rev. Colin Johnson – Diocese of Toronto (Metropolitan of Ontario)
The Rt. Rev. John Chapman – Diocese of Ottawa
The Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald – National Indigenous Anglican Bishop
The Rt. Rev. Jane Alexander – Diocese of Edmonton
The Rt. Rev. Michael Bird – Diocese of Niagara
The Rt. Rev. Michael Oulton – Diocese of Ontario
The Rt. Rev. Michael Ingham – (Retired) Diocese of New Westminster
The Rt. Rev. Robert O’Neill – Diocese of Colorado
The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls – The Episcopal Church Chielf [sic] Operating Officer
Your interpretation that African Bishops would willingly allow themselves to be used for propoganda purposes at 5 different meeting is subtly suggesting that they are stupid and can’t see what is really occurring.
Perhaps, just perhaps, some form of reconciliation is happening between the two continents. I doubt that it is easy but I would think that meeting 5 times together would suggest that all groups are at least trying to do so.
I found the following section in their joint statement to be the most direct in this regard….
“We testify first that we find ourselves to be brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. It seems an obvious point, but it has not always been taken for granted. Some have claimed otherwise. It is a deception.”
Considering the two greatest apostates in the ACoC – Michael Ingham and Michael Bird – were part of the group, one can only believe this was a clear attempt to “apostisize” others present. Neither Ingham or Bird can be considered Christian as they clearly deny the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and the authority of Scripture. Further they have declared war on true believers through the civil courts and have seized property to which they made NO contribution.
Here, here!
Where, where? 😉
I wonder if the laders of the Reconciliation initiative(s) have fully considered how to get over the probability that their conversations often involve one party (usually the “traditionalists”) having to give ground to the revisionists, and that this is a common (reasonable) suspicion?
I’d love to repeat their call for reconciliation but I’m afraid they’d sue me for being satirical.