ECUSA meeting ends with no resolution.STAFF Bishops on both sides of the Episcopal Church's divide over homosexuality met with church leaders Sept. 11-13 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , but failed to agree on a plan to move forward. "We had honest and frank conversations that confronted the depth of the conflicts that we face," said a statement from the group, which included Presiding Bishop The Presiding Bishop is an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity. Anglican Anglican Church of New Zealand For a short period the style Presiding Bishop was used by the Anglican Church in New Zealand. Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop elect Katharine Jefferts Schori Katharine Jefferts Schori, D.D., Ph.D. (born March 26, 1954 in Pensacola, Florida) is the Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church in the United States of America. She is the first woman elected primate in the Anglican Communion. and Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as . However, they added that they were not able to come to a consensus on how to meet the needs of the sever, dioceses whose bishops and standing committees have rejected the authority of Bishop-elect Jefferts Scaori and called for "alternative primatial oversight." No diocesan convention has ratified the requests. Several of the dioceses do not ordain ORDAIN. To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. 2. In the constitution of the United States, the preamble. declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. women and all have leaders who are conservative on the subject of homosexuality and disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" the more-liberal views of national Episcopal leadership. Bishops from several of the seven dioceses were present, including Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh and Jack Iker of Fort Worth, Bishop Duncan, after the meeting, said it was clear that "the division in the American church is so great that we are incapable of addressing the divide which has two distinctly different groups both claiming to be the Episcopal Church." Bishop-elect Jefferts Schori, who will take office in early November, said, "We're hoping to call another meeting later this fall to continue to wrestle with the issues." The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. , who is being asked to provide the alternative oversight and asked for the meeting in an effort to find a made-in-America solution, said afterward that "there is clearly a process at work and although it hasn't yet come to fruition, the openness and charity in which views are being shared and options discussed are nevertheless signs of hope for the future." With files from Episcopal News Service |
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