Church jargon is like alphabet soup.Dear editor, I guess I'm an Anglican. I've been confirmed, married, and baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. in an Anglican church. I've sat on vestries, and been a synod delegate. Happily. But I no longer attend or provide funds. Why? Read the latest Anglican Journal. Our leaders couldn't organize a two-car parade. I can't stand it. I've got friends currently sitting on vestries, family men, good people, good Anglicans. I asked them: "What does synod, COGS, NIM, GWG GWG Ghent PDF Workgroup (graphic arts) GWG Geldwäschegesetz (Germany: Money Laundering Act) GWG Goodwill Games (Olympic style games started during the Cold War) , FMDC FMDC Federation Mondiale de Coinarama FMDC Fantasia Mushroom Death Cycle (band) FMDC Fashion Merchandise Distribution Center (Sears recieving department) , APCI APCI Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization APCI Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. APCI Association of Professional Color Imagers APCI Advisory Panel on Country Information (UK) APCI Applied Personal Computing, Inc. , house of bishops, a "parallel indigenous church", and "experiential" mean? I got blank looks. They had no idea. People just want to go to church on Sunday, worship, support the church community and go home. They have no interest in getting into rock fights with other Christians. Who is taking us there? It's not your rank and file members who pay the bills and fill the pews. It's our leaders. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wayne Smith Winnipeg |
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