The great uniter and meddler. :rofl:
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http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/Rick Warren to the Rescue of Anti-Gay Anglicans
Timothy Kincaid
January 11th, 2009
Well now it seems that Warren wants to meddle on a local scale.
Last week, the California Supreme Court found that the current leadership and congregation at St. James Parish in Newport Beach could not just walk away from the Episcopal Church and take the buildings and property with them. This left those discontented with the Episcopal denomination without a physical home.
The Episcopal Church is hoping that the physical ownership of the site will remove leverage from the local anti-gay activists and will allow for this congregation to be again a part of the fold.
But it seems that this does not fit with Warren’s agenda. He is encouraging the congregation to stay in discord and is offering the assets of Saddleback to keep the pot bubbling.
Christianity Today has extractions from letters written by Warren:
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But since last summer…
I’ve been on Gene Robinson and other’s attack list for my position on gay marriage . ….
brothers and sisters here at St. James in Newport Beach lost their California State Supreme Court case to keep their property.
We stand in solidarity with them, and with all orthodox, evangelical Anglicans. I offer the campus of Saddleback Church to any Anglican congregation who need a place to meet, or if you want to plant a new congregation in south Orange County.
Rick Warren has, in so many words, declared war on the Episcopal Church.
It is one thing to take an anti-gay position based on one’s theology. It is quite another to encourage schism in another denomination.
It is now time for the Episcopal Church to make a formal protest to the President Elect. Rick Warren cannot invoke blessing on a nation if he is seeking to divide a denomination of which he is not even a part.
Further, the ECUSA should be joined by every church body sharing the belief that those who seek discord should not be given a place of prestige. I do not doubt for a moment that Rick Warren will endeavor to bring about splits in the Presbyterian (USA) and United Methodist denominations if he is left unchecked.