ARCHBISHOP WELBY'S STEEP LEARNING CURVE
ARCHBISHOP WELBY'S STEEP LEARNING CURVE
One hope is that the Primates be permitted to elect their own chairman
COMMENTARY
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
March 2, 2013
In three short weeks, the Most Rev. Justin Welby will be enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury making it official that he is now the new leader of the Anglican Communion. He will be the 105th in a line going back more than 1400 years to St. Augustine. Welcome to a dysfunctional family.
He barely hit the ground when he was forced to put on running shoes to keep up with the latest in dysfunctional behavior. He has already struck a match to illuminate the spiritual and ecclesiastical darkness by appointing a "Director of Reconciliation" in the hope, albeit vain many think, that he can resolve what to many is an unresolvable situation in the Anglican Communion.
In fact, as I wrote earlier, the title "Director of Reconciliation" gives the game away. Reconciliation is a central part of any Archbishop or Bishop's ministry as an extension of gospel ministry. The appointment of a "specialist" implies that reconciliation is now seen as a matter of technique and particular skills, rather than something that is essentially theological. Therefore it is not about gospel ministry at all.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
One hope is that the Primates be permitted to elect their own chairman
COMMENTARY
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
March 2, 2013
He barely hit the ground when he was forced to put on running shoes to keep up with the latest in dysfunctional behavior. He has already struck a match to illuminate the spiritual and ecclesiastical darkness by appointing a "Director of Reconciliation" in the hope, albeit vain many think, that he can resolve what to many is an unresolvable situation in the Anglican Communion.
In fact, as I wrote earlier, the title "Director of Reconciliation" gives the game away. Reconciliation is a central part of any Archbishop or Bishop's ministry as an extension of gospel ministry. The appointment of a "specialist" implies that reconciliation is now seen as a matter of technique and particular skills, rather than something that is essentially theological. Therefore it is not about gospel ministry at all.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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