The Importance of Embracing the Windsor Report

Recently, Bishop Lipscomb published his reflections on the Windsor Report and asked the Diocese to become a Windsor Diocese. However, many are still trying to understand what the Windsor Report says, what it means to embrace the Windsor Report as our Bishop has encouraged us to do, and why it is important to follow our Bishop's lead. The best and simplest answer that I can give is that the Windsor Report is the Anglican Communion's last-ditch attempt to avoid schism due to the crisis caused by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) and the Anglican Church in Canada (ACiC). Schism can be avoided only if all of the Provinces of the Anglican Communion accept the recommendations of the Windsor Report unconditionally. So, what does the Windsor Report do?

The Windsor Report does several things: first, it clarifies what our Anglican Tradition is and re-establishes our classical understanding of our Tradition as founded upon Scripture, Tradition, and Reason; it defines what it means to be a "Communion" and calls us to continue as a "Communion" verses a "Federation"; and finally it is an attempt to correct two erring Provinces and apply biblical discipline for the purpose of reconciliation and avoiding schism.
Found at Drell's Descants

The rest-excellent analysis of the Windsor Report!