Dying to oppose Robinson.In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , when a church refuses donations from a source it doesn't agree with, its members simply get by with less. In Africa they get sick and die. Opposed to the consecration of V. Gene Robinson The Right Reverend Vicki Gene Robinson (born (May 29 1947) is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America . of New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). as the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization , many Anglican bishops in Africa are refusing life-supporting donations from the American church. Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya said he is willing "to do without the money" to remind the Episcopal Church of its mission "to preach the Great Commission," according to a June 8 report from Lambeth Palace, the headquarters of the worldwide Anglican Communion. But his and other bishops' refusal of millions of dollars in American donations is taking its toll in human lives. According to a report from AllAfrica Global Media, Bill Atwood of the Ekklesia Society, an international Anglican network, recently toured several African nations where churches are struggling to feed their members while dealing with the ravages rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. of AIDS. "I met with some archbishops [in May], and they were saying how painful it was, with people starving to death, to make these choices," he said. By some estimates 70% of all funding for Anglican churches in Africa was coming from the Episcopal Church. |
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