Episcopal-Anglican Situation Worsens

The siltation between the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion worsens:

Responding to an ultimatum from leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion, bishops of the Episcopal Church have rejected a key demand to create a parallel leadership structure to serve the conservative minority of Episcopalians who oppose their church’s liberal stand on homosexuality.

The bishops, meeting privately at a retreat center outside Houston, said they were aware that the stand they were taking could lead to the exclusion of the Episcopal Church from the Anglican Communion, an international confederation of churches tied to the Church of England.

Read coverage here:

• NY Times: Episcopal Church Rejects Demand for a 2nd Leadership
• LA Times: Episcopal-Anglican rift deepens
• Washington Post: Episcopal Bishops in U.S. Defy Anglican Communion

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