Episcopalian ‘Crisis’ Continues to Drag
By Jeff Adams
May 10, 2006

Key moment coming this summer in Ohio

Once again, a ‘mainline’ protestant denomination will be revisiting the topic of homosexuality at a national meeting this summer. The Episcopal Church’s triennial general convention is to meet this summer in Ohio, and opponents and proponents of openly gay people serving as bishops expect the question of acceptance of homosexuality in the Episcopal Church to be a major topic at the convention. To add fuel to the fire, the California diocese is seriously considering electing a homosexual as their bishop prior to the convention, meaning that this would be the second gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.

Several things concerning this: First, why do people refer to the Episcopal Church as a ‘mainline’ denomination, when out of approximately 200 million self-identified Christians in America only 2.3 million are Episcopalian? Not only are their numbers in a minority, but their ever-changing theological views are drifting towards a minority view among Christians.

Second, why do they keep dragging up the topic of homosexuality, as if this issue is an unsettled matter, theologically speaking? As I once heard an old north Texas Baptist pastor say, concerning the Methodists meeting at the time on the issue of homosexuality, “I don’t know why they are meeting on the topic. The Bible is quite clear on the issue of homosexuality. That settles it, and there’s nothing to discuss.” the rest