Seven responses from other Anglican provinces express a consensus that changing the Church’s historic doctrine of marriage is a serious matter. The letters appear on General Convention’s website. They came in response to an inquiry by the Rev. Canon Jordan Hylden, an appointed member of General Convention’s Task Force on the Study of Marriage and a TLC contributing … [Read more...] about ‘A Matter of Grave Consequence’
Task Force on the Study of Marriage
Same-sex Marriage Update
firemedic58/Flickr Via the Office of Public Affairs The Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage has issued the following report: The Episcopal Church’s Task Force on the Study of Marriage met and reports significant progress. The Task Force, meeting Sept. 27-29 in Chicago, continued its work as directed by the 2015 General Convention. … [Read more...] about Same-sex Marriage Update
Evaluate a Study Guide
The Task Force on the Study of Marriage has developed a survey to study responses to its Dearly Beloved: A Tool-kit for the Study of Marriage [PDF]. The toolkit was designed to be used in discussion groups across the church on the topic of marriage and blessings. It was promoted for discussion in 2014 and 2015. Multiple people from the same congregation or group may … [Read more...] about Evaluate a Study Guide
Marriage Study Continues
Adapted from the Office of Public Affairs The Task Force on the Study of Marriage has mapped out its work for the next triennium. At its first meeting Nov. 18-21, the task force addressed its charge from Resolution A037 from the 2015 General Convention. “Once again, our charge is quite challenging, as we have been asked to look at a wide variety of relationships and … [Read more...] about Marriage Study Continues
End ‘Sacramental Apartheid’
A second night of hearings on a proposal to redefine marriage in church canons brought a few more opponents into the limelight Thursday, although they were solidly outnumbered again.The Special Legislative Committee on Marriage moved from the Salt Palace Convention Center to a Radisson Hotel, where the spacious Wasatch Room provided extra seating to accommodate more than 100 … [Read more...] about End ‘Sacramental Apartheid’
Prayer Book Discrimination?
By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldWhen the Special Legislative Committee on Marriage convened its first open hearing Wednesday night, speakers overwhelmingly favored proposals that would clear the way for same-sex marriage across the Episcopal Church.Of the 15 who spoke to two proposed resolutions, only one said, “I do not have the clarity that others do,” and called for more study of the … [Read more...] about Prayer Book Discrimination?
Bishop: Heed the Constitution
The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, Bishop of Virginia, writes:In my view, no one who supports marriage equality should want to force such a crisis on a matter of this importance. And I, for one, do not relish the thought of the Church arguing for years to come about how marriage equality was actually achieved. I can only imagine that such a state of affairs would bring yet more … [Read more...] about Bishop: Heed the Constitution
Sic et non: Marriage Task Force
Sic et non Three essays from the General Convention issue of TLC (June 28) shed further light on the Task Force on the Study of Marriage: “Engage the Texts,” by Wesley Hill of Trinity School for Ministry “Contradiction Over Coherence” by Garwood Anderson of Nashotah House Theological Seminary “Maybe This Mosaic Is Better” by A.K.M. Adam of St. Stephen’s House and … [Read more...] about Sic et non: Marriage Task Force