Over the next few weeks we will explore the ways that this separation will be best realized. Both the vestry and I will keep you informed and updated as needed, and you can be assured of our prayer and definite actions. We likewise would request your patience and prayers. But rest assured that our church is Anglican now… and will always be within the great historic family of the Anglican Communion.
You should know that our bishop is aware of our decision and is very supportive. As we move forward together I ask for your prayers, support and blessing on the work ahead of us.
Meanwhile, Bishop Stanton alerts his presbyterate:
Brothers and sisters in Christ,
I share three short messages.
1) I am calling a meeting of the clergy of the diocese for July 5. We will meet at Church of the Incarnation at 10 a.m., and we will provide lunch. Please let the office know if you will be there so that we can be prepared. We will continue the meeting for as long as we need to do so. I know this is vacation time. I think this meeting is of sufficient import that all of you will be present.
2) No doubt, you will have seen the statement of the vestry of Christ Church, Plano. I very much respect the clergy and laity at Christ Church. I appreciate the sense of mission that they have, and the impact of the last two General Conventions on the way they carry out that mission. I support them in the careful way they have come to this statement. We will work together for the future, faithful to our Anglican heritage.
3) This diocese has been strongly committed to the Anglican Communion. We will continue to be so. Pray for the Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and all the Primates in this time.
God bless you–
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton is Bishop of Dallas
Note "Anglican Communion" -- not ECUSA. It starts now, in Dallas...
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I wish you and other Catholics didn't sound so gleeful when you post these items.>
Connie-
Please point out where it "sounds gleeful.">
*I'm* gleeful. It's always heartwarming to see Christians who take the gospel of Jesus Christ seriously.
Any glee on Rod's part (if any at all) is almost certainly like mine: happy that people are standing up for Truth, not gloating over the division of those durn heretic Protestants.>
As a durn Protestant heretic in the Episcopal Church since I was a kid, I wish the members of Christ Church well, and hope that they and others like them can blaze a path for traditionalist Anglicans (like me)-- strangely, I find hope in the prospect that there are those who care enough about the Anglican tradition to take this step -- ECUSA is dying, and if there are to be Anglicans in the USA, it will be as a result of people like the good folks in Plano.>
for anybody who hasn't seen it yet... ++Cantaur has released a statement. You can find it on titusonenine.classicalanglican.net along with commentaries>
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