A Pastoral Word To Christians Within The Episcopal Church

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Mark S. Camp, Th.D.
July 17, 2009

I write with a sense of urgency to those of you who consider yourselves to be Christians and who are still attending The Episcopal Church. First off, I want you to know that this is not a ploy to get you to come to Church of the Trinity. This is written out of a true concern for your spiritual welfare. I am going to be very blunt and to the point in this because quite frankly, someone has to be. So here goes.

The Episcopal Church is no longer a Christian Church. In fact, it is now a laughingstock among Christian Churches around the world. Here's why. First, I am writing this on July 17, 2009. The General Convention of The Episcopal Church has just concluded its meeting in Anaheim, California. Just a few days ago, in her opening remarks to the Convention, Presiding Bishop Schori stated that to believe that an individual person could pray a prayer of repentance and be saved was heresy and idolatry. I am dead serious my brothers and sisters. The leader of your church denied that an individual could pray, ask for forgiveness from God, and be saved from his or her sins. This is exactly the opposite of what the Word of God teaches. You know this and I know this. For her to say what she said is rank heresy. It is to deny the teaching of the Holy Apostles and the Church Fathers. It is to deny the teaching of Christianity for over 2000 years.

Today, in spite of all the warnings from around the Anglican Communion not to do so, your church has decided that gays, lesbians, bi-sexual, and transgendered people can be ordained to the ministry, even as bishops. Now we know they are already doing this, but now it is officially the teaching of your church. Even the Archbishop of Canterbury asked them not to do this. Homosexuality is very clearly taught as a sin in the Bible. My brothers and sisters what is next? Can a man or woman who has sex with young children or animals be permitted to be clergy in your church? After all, who can now call sin a sin in your church? There is no limit whatsoever as to what constitutes a "loving sexual relationship." Nothing is off limits now within The Episcopal Church. Bishop Gene Robinson, the gay bishop of New Hampshire, has just recently announced in the media that the Episcopal Church is the gay church! the rest