INDIANAPOLIS, IN: Bonnie Anderson Tells Episcopalians to Stop Whining at GC2012
INDIANAPOLIS, IN: Bonnie Anderson Tells Episcopalians to Stop Whining at GC2012
By Michael Heidt in Indianapolis
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
July 5, 2012
In her opening address to the Episcopal Church's (TEC) 77th General Convention, the outgoing President of the House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson, delivered a stinging rebuke to church members, telling them to "stop whining."
In a thinly veiled blast against the House of Bishops and the ruling elite of the Episcopal Church, Anderson stated, "In recent months, it's even become fashionable in some circles to celebrate the exclusive nature of the church in the name of efficiency-to treat our governance as a lifeboat in which there is precious little room for laypeople and clergy, to question the value of our shared authority to the future of The Episcopal Church, to assert that the diversity of voices in our governance is just much, too loud, too messy, too expensive, and way too big."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Michael Heidt in Indianapolis
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
July 5, 2012
In her opening address to the Episcopal Church's (TEC) 77th General Convention, the outgoing President of the House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson, delivered a stinging rebuke to church members, telling them to "stop whining."In a thinly veiled blast against the House of Bishops and the ruling elite of the Episcopal Church, Anderson stated, "In recent months, it's even become fashionable in some circles to celebrate the exclusive nature of the church in the name of efficiency-to treat our governance as a lifeboat in which there is precious little room for laypeople and clergy, to question the value of our shared authority to the future of The Episcopal Church, to assert that the diversity of voices in our governance is just much, too loud, too messy, too expensive, and way too big."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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