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ConferenceSpotlights Christianity in the PublicSquare An international panel of theolo­ gians, including the Rt. Rev. Michael Nazir Ali, Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England, and the Most Rev. Valentino Mokiwa, Archbishop of Tan­ zania, encouraged participants in the Mere Anglicanism conference to be compassionate and respectful in dis­ cussing Christian faith with Muslims or secular humanists. But participants also were urged to defend the place of the Christian faith in public society when it is imperiled. Each year since 1997, the Diocese of South Carolina has sponsored a conference during January in Charleston. The meeting was held Jan. 15-17 at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul. Ste\·e Waringphoto The ability to share the Christian The Rev. Canon Kendall Harmon, canon theologian for the Diocese of South Carolina, concludes faith in public in countries with a Mus­ a panel forum at the Mere Anglicanism conference while the Very Rev. William McKeachie looks on. lim majority varies in direct propor­ Crusades in the 11th century. shed arising from religious wars, sec­ tion to the degree to which Muslim "The Crusades were not just against ular humanists sought to make reli­ Sharia is applied to civil cases, said Muslims," he said, pointing out that gious faith a private, personal matter Bishop Nazir Ali, a native of Pakistan. crusaders also sacked the city of Con­ in the West. Secular humanists have He has opposed efforts in the United stantinop le, putting its Eastern Ortho­ made tremendous gains in driving Kingdom to permit Muslim immi­ dox Christian population to the sword Christianity out of the public square in grants to use Sharia religious courts as ruthlessly as Muslims. "This helped Europe and to a lesser extent the for family disputes and some civil create the world we know today," he United States, but "the world is just as infractions . said, and the ensuing political vacuum furiously religious as it ever was," said Bishop Nazir Ali noted that for the in Asia Minor was filled by the Seljuk R. Albert Mohler, pres ident of the first 400 or so years after the Prophet Turks who sought to use religion as a Southe rn Baptist Theological Semi­ Muhammad, relations between Mus­ means of ensuring dominance over a nary in Louisville, Ky. lims, Christians and Jews were rela­ a widely diverse empire. Prof. Mohler and Bishop Nazir Ali tively good until the time of the Partially in reaction to the blood- shared a concern that the spiritual vacuum in Europe and the U.S. will be filled by Islam. The need to witness GAFCONPrimates Prepare Case for New Province and, at ti.mes, defend the place of the The Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan , said that following consultations in Christian faith in the public square Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of December about the proposed new was driven home forcefully during a Pittsburgh (Anglican), is involved in province between Archbishop of Can­ panel presentation and a sermon dur­ "an unanticipated series of consulta­ terbury Rowan Williams and members ing the closing Eucharist by the Rt. tions with the primates who origi­ of the GAFCON primates' steering Rev Beajarnin Kwashi, Bishop of Jos nated the call" for a new Anglican committee in London, Archbishop in the Anglican Church of Nigeria The province in North America Williams had asked that a paper be lives of Bishop Kwashi and his wife, Bishop Duncan had been scheduled prepared setting out the situation and Gloria, were threatened on two occa­ to address "North American Anglican­ the hopes for a new structure. The sions when vigilante mobs armed ism After GAFCON and Lambeth" at archbishop invited the primates to for­ with knives and machetes invaded the Mere Anglicanism conference in ward the case to the Anglican Consul­ their house. Charleston, S.C. Instead, the VecyRev. tative Council, with their comments. Debate and discuss ion on the pro­ William McKeachie, dean of the Cathe­ Bishop Duncan said the GAFCON posed new Anglican province in dral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul primates will make the case for an North America occup ied a third of the which was the conference location , alternate province during the pri­ conference agenda. read a letter from Bishop Duncan. He mates' meeting in Alexandria, Egypt. Steve Waring

6 THE LIVING CHURCH · FEBRUARY8. 2009 New'815' Staffto AddressDeclining Numbers CaliforniaSupreme Court to ReviewFallbrook Case Facing declining membership, the how the church can as a whole be Episcopal Church plans to look at more effective in presenting the The California Supreme Court has emergent church models in efforts to gospel in language and images and accepted a petition for review filed by reach "new generations, " Presiding idioms that can be more readily under­ the rector and vestry of St. John's Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said. stood by new generations. " Anglican Church, Fallbrook. Reflecting on the state of the church She also acknowledged that "many The decision to review the case sets in a wide-ranging interview with Epis­ paris h clergy are exceedingly nervous aside an appellate court decision in copal Life Media, Bishop Jefferts Schori about their annual fund drives" during October which found that the vestry said there are "many plans to address the nation's ongoing economic crisis, had ceased to be eligible to serve as the trend" of decreasing attendance. but noted that "we're not seeing a directors of the corporation when "Among the new staff at church cen­ major impact yet at the church -wide they considered disaffiliating from the ter [in New York] are ones dedicated level. Diocese of San Diego and the Episco ­ to church planting work, one dedi­ "History tells us that churches are pal Church in July 2006. In November cated to work in evangelism, and one usually the last to suffer in terms of of that year, a lower court judge for work with small congregations ," bad economic times, " she said. "Peo­ refused to recognize a board Bishop Jefferts Schori said. "We're ple's generosity continues and particu­ appointed by San Diego Bishop James going to bring aboard another person larly in their faith communities . Mathes as the legitimate trustees of who will help to teach the rest of us Serving the needs of those with even the congregation, leaving the depart­ and challenge the rest of us to think less continues or grows in bad eco­ ing members in possession of the about emergent church models - nomic times . We are hopeful. " property . This is the second case the Califor­ nia Supreme Court has agreed to con­ Teamfrom Three Dioceses Plans Sudan Trip sider within the past 14 months [TLC, A contingent from three dioceses is church at the conclusion of the visit. Jan. 25]. The decision by the state raising funds to purchase a vehicle "We want to reach out to these often Supreme Court also means the dio­ that will allow them to travel across overlooked places and let them know cese cannot obtain a judgment evict­ the southern region of The Episcopal that we have not forgotten them, that ing the Anglican congregation until Church of the Sudan this month. we support the work that they do and after a decision is handed down. The Church of the Sudan contains 24 that we are praying for them, " said dioceses , 20 of which are located in the Buck Blanchard, world mission coor­ PasadenaRector Explains southern portion of the country . Six dinator for the Diocese of Virginia. dioceses in the south have companion Mr. Blanchard will join Phil Darrow 'GayGift' Comments relationships with dioceses in The of the Diocese of Chicago and Robin The Rev. Ed Bacon , rector of All Episcopal Church. A primary purpose Denney of the Diocese of El Camino Saints' Church , Pasadena, Calif., said of the visit is to develop relationships Real on a tour of eight dioceses. The he "unleashed a flood of healing with the remaining 14. The plan is to team will travel about 265 miles, throughout the country " after he said donate the vehicle to the Sudanese requiring three uninterrupted days of on a nationally televised talk show travel on mostly unpaved roads. that "being gay is a gift from God." Mr. Blanchard and Ms. Denney will The comment, made on a Jan. 8 seg­ continue their trip at a retreat for ment of The Oprah Winfrey Slww, Sudanese bishops in Yei, where they generated significant viewer response BRIEFLY..• will be joined by the Rt. Rev. David C. and four days later Ms. Wmfrey asked The Rt. Rev. CarolynTanner Irish has Jones, Bishop Suffragan of Virginia, Fr. Bacon back, via video link, to called for the election of her succes- and the Rt. Rev. Francis C. Gray, for­ explain his comments . sor after announcing mer assistant Bishop of Virginia and "It is so important for every human her intention to newly appointed commissary to the being to understand that he or she is a resign as Bishop of Church of Sudan . gift from God, and parti cularly people Utah , effective Sept. Bishop Gray will help conduct part who are marginalized and victimized 11, 2010, the date of the bishops' retreat through a series in our culture ," Fr. Bacon said. "Gay upon which her suc­ of meditations on the human soul. and lesbian peopl e are clearly out­ cessor will be conse­ Bishop Irish Retreat leaders are the Most Rev. casts in many areas of our life, and it is crated. Bishop Irish will be 70 upon George Carey, former Archbishop of so important for them to understand her retirement and will have served as Canterbury , and the Most Rev. Henry that when God made them, God said, Bishop of Utah for more than 14 years. Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda 'You are good' ."

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- Remen1beringthe faithof AbrahamLincoln .on :his 200thbirthday

By Boyd Wright

enator William Pitt Fessenden of Maine grew so will try to go to God with my sorrows. " A few days later , angry over a patronage problem that he burst into he added, "I think I can ." S"intemperate language" in the presence of Abra- In September 1862, Lincoln made the momentous deci­ ham Lincoln. The president took it coolly. "You are an Epis­ sion to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He told his copalian, aren't you, Senator?" he inquired. cabinet that he had determined to interpret the partial vic­ "Yes, sir. I belong to that church. " tory at the bloody battle of Antietam as "an indication of "I thought so," said Lincoln. "You Episcopalians all swear divine will, and that it was [my] duty to move forward. " It alike. [Secretary of State William] Seward is an Episc~ was a promise , he said, that he had made to his "Maker." palian. But [Secretary of War Edwin] Stanton is a Presby­ Not he himself, he explained, but God, "had decided this terian. You ought to hear him swear. " question in favor of the slaves. " President Lincoln sometimes attended Presbyterian About this time , we catch a glimpse of Lincoln's mighty selVices in Springfield and Washington, but he always struggle to understand God's will. Alone in his office, the made it clear that he never joined, and never wanted to president began to write on a small sheet of paper. This join, any church. Yet what he thought about God in his was not meant for the public but just for himself . When he inner heart and mind is another matter. had finished , he put the undated memo in a drawer , and it We celebrate his 200th birthday this Feb. 12, and histori­ lay there until his secretary discovered it after his death. ans have had plenty of time to study his religious beliefs. With unsparing logic and the precision of a skilled Some points are clear. lawyer, Abraham Lincoln wrote out what his reason told Lincoln was no conventional Christian. He refused to him about God and the great conflict that raged all about accept any particular creed beyond love of God and neigh­ him: bor, and he apparently put little faith in the divinity of "The will of God prevails. In great contests each party Christ But he did believe profoundly in God, and it is quite claims to act in accordance with the will of God Both may possible that no other U. S. president ever made a more be, and one must be wrong. God can not be for, and determined effort to discern God's will . against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil Faith came gradually to him. Self-taught in his log-cabin war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something dif­ days , he studied the Bible, and King James cadences echo ferent from the purpose of either party - and yet the through his later writings. He once told a friend: "Take all human instrumentalities , workingjust as they do, are of the of this book upon reason that you can, and the balance on best adaptation to effect His purpose. " faith, and you will live and die a happier and better man." We can almost watch Lincoln struggle to convince him­ But young Lincoln also read the works of skeptics , and self. In the final sentences , we see that he found faith in may have talked so much about them that while running God's goodness no matter what the outcome: for Congress in Illinois, he had to issue a statement: "That "I am almost ready to say that this is probably true - that I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I God wills this contest , and wills that it shall not end yet. By have never denied the truth of the Scriptures." His mere quiet power, on the minds of the now contestants , New responsibility brought new faith. Saying goodbye He could have either saved or destroyed the Union without to his friends in Springfield before taking the train to a human contest. Yet the contest began. And having begun Washington and the presidency , he declared: "Without the He could give the final victory to either side any day. Yet the assistance of [the] Divine Being ... I cannot succeed. " In contest proceeds. " his first inaugural address he spoke of "a firm reliance on Two years later, with the war almost won , Lincoln, in his Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land. " second inaugural address , showed that he believed not Then came the war, and, as the four terrible years of only in a just God but a merciful one. Both North and slaughter wore on, the God or providence Lincoln spoke South, the president declared, had suffered for the sin of of in his speeches became less a remote force and more slavery. Both sides "read the same Bible, and pray to the an active and personal deity. He himself described "a same God .... [L]et us judge not that we be not judged . .. process of crystallization" in his belief. .The Almighty has His own purposes. " He certainly practiced Christian virtues . His honesty , So what finally is God's will? In this, his greatest speech , charity , humility and temperance spawned legends. He Lincoln gave us his answer: "With malice toward none ; constantly visited hospitals , and the wounded knew real with charity for all .. . to bind up the nation's wounds ." compassion when they saw it. Above all, picture him, the Six weeks later Abraham Lincoln would be dead from an whole load of managing the war on his shoulders, spend­ assassin's bullet Biographers often sum up his life with ing days on end poring over the records of hundreds of Secretary Stanton's epitaph: "Now he belongs to the ages ." soldiers accused of failing their duty. To the chagrin of his But, from a Christian point of view, Secretary Seward may generals , he found ways to pardon and save the lives of have said it even better: "His magnanimity is almost super­ many. human. " 0 Some noticed that the president turned more to God for comfort when his beloved son Willie died in the White Boyd Wright is a retired newspaper editor who lives in House at age 11. To one sympathizer , Lincoln promised, "I Mendham, N.J.

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Don'tRepeat the Past As I watch the sad saga of our bishops' present feelings of distrust and fear. Both legalistic and punitive response to "tradi­ would also be encouraged to grow by tionalist" bishops, dioceses, and parishes teaching the doctrines and practicing the that are attempting to leave The Episcopal liturgies in which they believe, which they Church in order to form a new North could proceed to do with conviction and American province, I am reminded of the enthusiasm. We could, for instance, con­ defensive and dismissive response of the tinue to share the Church Pension Fund Church of England bishops to the and Episcopal Relief and Development , Methodist movement in the 18th century. and our primates and bishops could con­ The result was, of course, the founding tinue to meet on an annual basis to look Did You Know ... and development of a separate Methodist for areas of agreement, common witness , Church, which is now much larger than shared costs and joint projects, but in a Thepractice of offering the "Anglican" Church (at least as we are way which is more representative, more invocationsand benedictions now constituted) on this conducive to collegiality, and at presidentialinaugurations continent . more focused on results than beganin 1937. Imagine the strength and our present General Conven­ witness of Anglicanism tion. I also wonder if it would today if the Methodists not be appropriate for the were welcomed as a Archbishop of Canterbury preaching order within the and the Anglican Consulta ­ Quote of the Week Church of England. Surely tive Council to ask us to do they would be more "ortho­ this in one final attempt at TheRev. Rick Warren when dox" and we would be more unity and civility before they askedif he wouldsay "vibrant," and together we are forced by our actions to the nameof Jesusin his would be much larger and actively establish or pas­ inauguralinvocation: much more effective for the sively recognize a permanent "I'm a Christianpastor so gospel in the world than we state of schism between us. are divided. This, by the I would hope that the tradi­ I will praythe onlykind of way, is exactly what Inno­ Such an action would tionalists would find such an prayerI knowhow to pray." cent ill achieved when he show true Christian arrangement better than embraced St. Francis and humility and a more what is now proposed, as it welcomed his friars into the genuine openness to would allow clergy, congre­ ministry of the Roman the power of the Holy gations and dioceses to reor­ Catholic Church at the Spirit ... ganize without the loss of beginning of the 13th cen­ their properties and the cost tury, despite the fact that they were of legal action. The risk for the Presiding preaching such a dangerous "new" doc­ Bishop, of course, is that too many will trine. want to leave, but at least they will not be Now what I wonder is this: What would leaving completely, and no one will remain happen if the Presiding Bishop, with the because they have been bullied and threat­ support of the House of Bishops, were to ened into submission. There is also the welcome the formation of a new province obvious advantage pointed out by others for "traditionalists" within The Episcopal who have written to this magazine before Church, allowing every diocese, parish, me that such an action by the Presiding and church institution to join this Bishop and by the rest of the House of province with a two-thirds vote by the Bishops would show true Christian humil­ appropriate parish meeting, convention, ity and a more genuine openness to the or governing body? She could even stipu­ power of the Holy Spirit to build the late an acceptable window of a year dur­ church and thus to lead the church in his, ing which this vote would be required to if not necessarily our own, direction. happen. . In this way, both "sides" of our church Our guest columnist is the Rev. D. Stuart could continue in dialogue from protected Dunnan, headmaster of St. James Sclwol, positions of mutual respect without the St. James, Md.

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Forgoingan Opportunity In the Exammation portion of the Ordination of a Bishop, candidates are asked whether they will "boldly proclaim the Gospel of Christ, enlightening the minds and stirring up the conscience of your people." Given the opportunity to present the invo­ cation at a pre-inaugural event to an audience of thousands at the Lincoln Memorial and millions more watching on television, the Bishop of New Hampshire made the conscious decision not to spread the gospel. To be sure, the four-minute invocation Bishop Robinson presented was designed to stir up consciences. He offered petitions for a litany of gifts for God to give our new president and to the nation. These included tears, anger and discomfort at a long list of injustices and social ills, followed by patience, humility, and "freedom from mere tolerance." The invocation ended with calls for God's guidance and protection for the president and his family. But from the time his invitation was announced, Bishop Robinson repeatedly told the media that he would not be offering a Christian prayer or quoting from scripture. He said he was "horrified" that previous inaugural prayers were "specifically and

fl! Bishop Robinson was given an opportunity to witness for Christ and he squandered it. ·1 " ¾- aggressively Christian." He said that because he wanted all Americans to feel that "this is their prayer," he would address the invocation to the more general "God of our many understandings ," language he adopted from 12-step recovery programs. The inaugural committee said that Bishop Robinson was chosen, in part, for his work on behalf of the church. Yet while he refused to use the inaugural spotlight to share a Christian prayer, Bishop Robinson emphasized that this civic ceremony was a critical time to advocate for gay rights, calling it "important for any minority to see themselves represented in some way, in our case a sexual minority." Prayers offered at state occasions and civic ceremonies are almost invariably non­ descript. But Bishop Robinson was given an opportunity to witness for Christ and he squandered it, and announced his intention to squander it in advance.

EarlyEcumenists As we look ahead to this summer's vote by General Convention on whether to enter into full communion with the Northern and Southern provinces of the Mora­ vian Church in America, it is a fitting time to honor the ministries of St. Cyril and St. Methodius , whose feasts we celebrate on Feb 14. Though perhaps these broth­ ers are best known for Cyril's invention of an alphabet for their native Slavonic lan­ guage , they also are considered patron saints of ecumenism . It was to the disputed territory of Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) that the brothers were sent as leaders of a missionary delegation in 862. Though their mission was a success , they were caught in the crossfire of a theological dispute between Eastern and Western churches . They were welcomed and honored in Rome, where Cyril died, and Methodius was later consecrated archbishop of Moravia Political sea changes later led to his arrest and the banning of the Slavonic liturgy, but Pope John VIII eventually secured his release and restored the liturgy to use. Near the end of his life, Methodius returned to Constantinople where his ministry was approved by the patriarch. In recognition of their devotion to the gospel and willingness to risk persecution in times of political and theological turmoil , these brothers are honored in both the Eastern and Western churches. Their lives are examples of Christian leadership we all would do well to emulate.

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Irony in a Call for Unity

We cannot ignore the clear parameters the scripture places around God's gift of sexuality.

By Russell Levenson,Jr. suggest that some members of the body are more equal than others. In these As I read the remarks of the Presid­ comments rest a few of the great mis­ ing Bishop to the National Press Club understandings of the revisionists' as reported by Peggy Eastman [TLC, agenda as it stands against that of those Jan. 11], I had to ask, "Has the Presid­ who oppose it. ing Bishop considered that the idolatry Those who are conservative around against which she warns is a fruit of the issues of human sexuality do not the revisionist's agenda, not the suggest that those Christians who are response of those who disagree with living in a lifestyle not consistent with her and her position?" the teachings of holy scripture are "less The Presidmg Bishop emphasizes equal" than other Christians. It is true that the church's role is to strive contin­ that we see an evolutionary and pro­ ually for unity, based on the belief that gressive teaching around human sexu­ all God's children are one. I agree with ality from Genesis to the gospels and her on the goal of unity, but it must be through the epistles. This trend begins noted that those who have continued to with relationships we would not, nor promote an agenda around human sex­ could we, endorse today - polygamy uality inconsistent with holy scripture, for starters . Jesus holds up no other tradition and Lambeth 1.10have contin­ model for human sexuality than het­ ued to thumb their noses at the vast erosexual marriage or the gift of majority of the Anglican Communion chastity; the New Testament notes that by suggesting "prophetic voice" is more clergy should have but one spouse. important than church unity. Neither of these teachings denied that One cannot have it both ways. You other expressions of human sexuality cannot suggest and promote unity existed in Jesus' day (or in our own), when you are the very cause of disunity. but neither endorses those lifestyles, I disagree that our unity is based upon and in no way commends them to the belief that all God's children are receive a sacrament of the church one. Our unity comes from our relation­ (albeit blessing or ordmation). ships grounded in Jesus Christ, the fruit The overstated argument that "Jesus of which should be our unity. You can­ never said anything about homosexual­ not build unity when there is not first ity" as a suggestion that he had no prob­ that relationship in Christ, (a la 1 lem with alternate lifestyles simply Corinthians 12). does not hold water. The Church must, In the Presiding Bishop's comments, of course, admit that God's love cancer­ she also noted that when it comes to tainly and does certainly embrace inclusion of gays and lesbians within Christians who live out their sexuality The Episcopal Church, she has heard a in a wide variety of ways, but we cannot ignore the clear parameters the scrip­ prophetic voice and that there are some ture places around God's gift of sexual­ very odd images of family values in the ity. When our sexuality breaks those Bible. She said that to not consider the parameters (regardless of our orienta- possibility of alternate lifestyles is to

n Tl-IF l lVING CHURCH · FEBRUARY 8. 2009 tion), we must be willing to offer that to and have for two millennia in the holy out of trying to tear down the first one. God's guidance, redemption , and grace. scriptures. If the Presid ing Bishop really Do we not now deny ordination to Last, let me return to the point where believes that the Church's role is to heterosexual persons who are promis­ I began. The P.B. has suggested that "strive continually for unity," then she cuous or living without the benefit of when congregations focus excessively - and her brother and sister bishops sacramental marriage? Do we not on human sexuality , "it becomes an - will at all costs do what they can sometimes deny maniage to hetero­ idol," and idols are against biblical publicly and privately to prevent a sexual coup les based upon what is teaching . I have to offer a hearty breach of the requested moratoria on learned in pre -marital counseling? "amen" to that. But the near-obsessive issues around human sexuality, and Would we honestly consider ( or compulsion of those promoting a revi­ not attempt to push (or allow) the should we) a candidate for bishop who sionist agenda on human sexuality are Church to attempt to pole vault over has a pattern of serial monogamy? If the ones who began tossing the pre­ our current crisis and divisions until we do not in these cases, what is the cious jewels of the church to be melted there is a viable solution that allows basis for our decision if not the moral down to create the idol. for greater unity. If that time never theology we find in the holy scriptures anives , then perhaps we just honor and the traditio n of the Church? Just Loss in Outreach and Mission the unity by putting our idols around because some might be, in some way, We have witnessed the continued human sexuality aside, in favor of our denied access to ordination or mar­ building of this idol at the cost of relationships with Jesus Christ. He in riage does not mean they are consid­ global, national, diocesan , and parish the end is the only one who can, ered "less." It does not mean they are unity, with the result being the hemor­ indeed , make us one. 0 not a child of God, nor does it mean rhage of members, diversion from evan­ they do not have the fullness of his gelism, and the loss of millions of The Rev. Russell Levenson, Jr., i,s the love. It means that sacraments also dollars in support of outreach and mis­ rector of St. Martin's Church,Houston, require standards, and we find those sion. Others have built their own idol Texas.

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