Oh Primates, Where Art Thou??
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/?go=news&read=on&number_key=5686&title=Plot%20to%20silence%20the%20Primates'%20gay%20debate
Recent news suggests that the primates meeting will be kept under such tight control that very little could ever get done, including the creation of a conservative province. I honestly hope that whatever happens, Church politics do not influence this meeting in a negative way. The statistics show that the Western dominance of Christianity is losing ground, and that the "hub" of Christian belief will be in the so-called 2/3 world. A word of warning to the Archbishop of Canterbury: Let the primates speak or the Rt. Rev. Peter Akinola will be the new ABC! All jokes aside, Western interests in Christianity need to seriously rethink their role. The recent ECUSA General Convention decision shows that the minority West still wields immense power. If we do not at least offer a voice to the non-Western bishops, the Anglican communion as we know it might be unknown to the next generation of persons!
The Primates need to be allowed to speak, and they need the time to make their case. In some ways the recent actions of ECUSA are the straws that have broken the camels' backs, and the Primates are hopping mad for this reason. Appeasement, calls for "pluriform truths," and other "let's keep disjunct views in tension" will no longer work. ECUSA upset the precious balance by pushing agendas too far, so now the Primates must use their authority to push it back.
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/?go=news&read=on&number_key=5686&title=Plot%20to%20silence%20the%20Primates'%20gay%20debate
Recent news suggests that the primates meeting will be kept under such tight control that very little could ever get done, including the creation of a conservative province. I honestly hope that whatever happens, Church politics do not influence this meeting in a negative way. The statistics show that the Western dominance of Christianity is losing ground, and that the "hub" of Christian belief will be in the so-called 2/3 world. A word of warning to the Archbishop of Canterbury: Let the primates speak or the Rt. Rev. Peter Akinola will be the new ABC! All jokes aside, Western interests in Christianity need to seriously rethink their role. The recent ECUSA General Convention decision shows that the minority West still wields immense power. If we do not at least offer a voice to the non-Western bishops, the Anglican communion as we know it might be unknown to the next generation of persons!
The Primates need to be allowed to speak, and they need the time to make their case. In some ways the recent actions of ECUSA are the straws that have broken the camels' backs, and the Primates are hopping mad for this reason. Appeasement, calls for "pluriform truths," and other "let's keep disjunct views in tension" will no longer work. ECUSA upset the precious balance by pushing agendas too far, so now the Primates must use their authority to push it back.
