Simon Sarmiento—The covenant is a waste of time and money
Asked if he thought the covenant would become a reality, the former bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, recently said: "I think so, because I don't think really there's any alternative." Without it, he argued, "the loudest voices tend to win, or at least drown out the other ones, and I have seen that happen and it's not a pretty sight".
But responding to the loudest voices was exactly what the Windsor report did – capitulating to Nigeria, Uganda, Sydney and the others – to propose a covenant that establishes a formal procedure to block other Anglicans doing what they judge necessary for the Gospel.
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But responding to the loudest voices was exactly what the Windsor report did – capitulating to Nigeria, Uganda, Sydney and the others – to propose a covenant that establishes a formal procedure to block other Anglicans doing what they judge necessary for the Gospel.
Read it all.
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