AMiA Bishops’ Roundtable (audio and commentary)

from Stand Firm by Matt Kennedy 

The Living Text has posted more news about the AMiA Winter Conference. Here is the audio of the AMiA Bishops' Roundtable and here are some takeaway quotes and commentary:

Bishop Murphy says:

there was a growing discontent amongst the Apostles Mission Network…it began to surface..I began to get disturbing emails from people in that orbit. I talked to Terrell about setting tone and direction (with them). It never really got the traction I hoped it would get. In fact, the internet is an indicator that it got worse, especially from Washington. It got so bad that I was getting notices from the press that things were being coordinated between Rwanda and DC. And then Terrell resigned in the Council of Bishops meeting. I was surprised that Terrell’s statement referenced a conflict with me.

TJ and David Young worked out an arrangement where we could sit down and work through the many chapters of our life. I felt like we reached some reconciliation. Terrell and Thad feel strongly about not following this path, which I honor. But I feel we should be able to say ‘go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

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Bishop Miller discusses the Nairobi meeting and says that the Archbishop of Kenya spoke very highly of the AM and work that they have done. He says that there was ‘talk about us (AMiA) coming back under Rwanda.’ Rwanda indicated that ‘There would need to be repentance, stop the mission society for at least six months and distance ourselves from the retired Primates.’ The AMiA didn’t feel they could do this.