Links to an Update on the Episcopal Church

and the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth

The documents here represent the conversations that have taken place between the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion since the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire. Also included are relevant statements issued by Bishop Iker and the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Fort Worth. As noted before, these documents represent weeks of dedicated work done by devout individuals on all sides, and are provided in the hope that, as you read them, you may understand all the points of view that have converged on these difficult issues.

Yours, Fr. Bill+

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm?mode=entry&entry=66642E4B-CB24-B474-91A3DEBAE8CC61A0

TEC House of Bishops : A Statement September 25, 2007 - This meeting of the US House of Bishops, including Bishop Jefferts Schori, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, resulted in the House of Bishops providing the assurance to the Anglican Communion that they would refrain from consecrating homosexuals and providing marriage rites for them until the Communion came to a common mind concerning this or General Convention dictated something different.

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2007/2/19/ACNS4253 -

The Communiqué of the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam 19 February 2007 - This document evaluates the Episcopal Church's response to the Windsor report

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2005/2/24/ACNS3948 -

The Communique' of the Primates' Meeting in Dromantine 24 February 2005 - This document considers the assessment of the Windsor Report concerning the Anglican Communion and The Episcopal Church and bythe recommendations of the Report concerning a "way forward".

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/index.cfm

The Windsor Report, 30 September 2004 - This document, requested by the Archbishop of Canterbury, was produced by the Lambeth Commission on Communion. It sets forth the premise that the American Church's actions in consecrating Gene Robinson "has torn the bonds of communion at their deepest level.

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2003/10/24/ACNS3646

For the Primates of the Anglican Communion from Bishop Griswold

October 24, 2003 - This is Presiding Bishop Griswold's letter to the Primates after the meeting at Lambeth that conveyed the Anglican Communion's dismay at the actions of the American Church.

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2003/10/16/ACNS3633

A Statement by the Primates of the Anglican Communion Meeting in Lambeth Palace October 16, 2003 - This was the first meeting of the Primates after the election of Gene Robinson.