Fort Worth Will Vote on Affiliations at Convention
10/01/2007

Delegates to the Nov. 16-17 annual convention in the Diocese of Fort Worth will consider a number of different options with respect to the diocese's future affiliation with either The Episcopal Church or another Anglican Province, according to the Very Rev. Ryan Reed, dean of St. Vincent’s Cathedral in Bedford, Texas and president of the Fort Worth standing committee.

A 12-page report to convention by the diocesan Committee on Constitution and Canons includes the first reading of six proposed changes to the diocesan constitution. The report has received the endorsement of the standing committee, Dean Reed told The Living Church.

“We believe it is time to separate our diocese from General Convention religion and to join an orthodox province of the Anglican Communion," states a two-page explanatory letter from the standing committee. "However, we do not wish to compel any parish in the diocese to remain with us as we pursue this course of action. the rest

Fort Worth Standing Committee sponsors proposed changes to diocesan Constitution and Canons