Episcopal Leaders Developing Response to Anglican Requests
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Jun. 12 2007

Three months before The Episcopal Church's deadline (Sept. 30) to respond to the Anglican Communion's latest communiqué requesting the American church body to make an unequivocal pledge not to authorize same-sex blessings and confirm another openly gay bishop, the Executive Council began a four-day meeting Monday to discuss the draft report.

House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson, who chairs a work group appointed earlier this year to draft a potential response, announced that the Executive Council – the Episcopal Church's governing body – reportedly discussed the draft report in private conversation Monday and will discuss it during an open plenary session on Thursday, according to the Episcopal News Service.

"How do we keep the space open so that we can truly learn from each other?" Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori asked on Monday. the rest