Common Cause forms a “College of Bishops” in the USA
October 3, 2007
George Conger

Fifty-one bishops, including 13 active and retired bishops of the Episcopal Church meet in Pittsburgh last week to form an Anglican federation in North America independent of the authority of The Episcopal Church.

The Common Cause partnership drew bishops from the conservative wing of the Episcopal Church and nine other jurisdictions, including the American bishops of Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda.

Following three days of closed door meetings, the participants agreed to form a “College of Bishops” which would meet every six months and laid out a timeline that in 15 months could lead to the reunion of the Anglican continuing church groups in North America.

The bishops committed themselves to work together on the local and regional level, to allow clergy from other jurisdictions to be licensed in their churches, and stated their desire to be recognized as a future independent province of the Anglican Communion. the rest