Diocese of Quincy

Bulletin: Quincy members vote to leave Episcopal Church, align with Southern ConeBy Joe Bjordal, November 07, 2008
[Episcopal News Service, Quincy, Illinois] A majority of delegates to the 131st annual synod of the Diocese of Quincy voted on November 7 to leave the Episcopal Church and realign the diocese under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, which covers the southern portion of South America.
The action was carried out by the passing of two resolutions. The first formally annulled accession to "the constitution and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America."
The resolution stated that the General Convention and leaders of the Episcopal Church "have failed to uphold the teaching and authority of Holy Scripture, have challenged or belittled core doctrines of the Christian faith, have refused to conform to the agreed teaching and discipline of the Anglican faith, have refused to conform to the agreed teaching and discipline of the Anglican Communion, and have rejected the godly counsel of the leaders of the Communion."
Members of Quincy's leadership, including former diocesan bishop Keith Ackerman, who retired on November 1, have been at odds with the wider church over such theological issues as the church's attitude toward homosexuality.
The vote on the resolution to leave the Episcopal Church was taken by orders. Members of the clergy voted 41 to 14 in favor of the resolution. Lay delegates voted 54 to 12 in favor of the resolution.
The second resolution stated that the Diocese of Quincy "wishes to accept the gracious invitation extended by the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone in November, 2007, to offer membership to extra-provincial dioceses on an emergency basis."
On the resolution to join the Southern Cone, clergy voted 46 to 4 in favor. Lay delegates voted 55 to 8 to approve the resolution.
Immediately following the vote, delegates were read a letter from Archbishop Gregory Venables, primate, or national bishop, of the Southern Cone, welcoming the Diocese of Quincy into his jurisdiction.
In the letter, Venables announced that he has appointed the Rev. Canon Ed den Blaauwen, a member of Quincy's governing standing committee, as Vicar General of the diocese, in the absence of a sitting bishop.
The Southern Cone includes the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. It also includes former members of the San Joaquin and Pittsburgh dioceses of the Episcopal Church.
Episcopal News Service will update developments as warranted.

The Struggle for Truth

For many generations throughout the world, the Church has been minimised to a social Institution where their services come available who seek the "Rites of Passage"; Baptism,Marriage or a Funeral. This behaviour is encouraged by Liberal-minded by Clergy of the major Denominations, encouraging the continous belief that the "order" is kept, despite the decline in Church attendance each week. The result is, that churches are put up for sale & many retired clergy are taking responsiblity for the congregation. Some clergy take charches of up eight churches every week!
The flip side of this is, that Evangelicals are standing up for truth in this evil world of ours. The world, where the truth of Jesus Christ is being killed or limited by interfering governments who use the "seperate of Church & State" as their tool to be agents of the Devil and go again the truth of Jesus Christ.
"You are truly my Disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.And you will know the truth,and the truth will set you free". John 8:31(NLT)

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Bishop chosen after secret ballot

The Venerable Andrew John (right) will be the 81st Bishop of Bangor
After two-and-a-half days locked in a cathedral, members of the Church in Wales have named their choice for the next Bishop of Bangor.
The Archdeacon of Cardigan the Venerable Andrew John, 44, is the ecumenical officer for the St Davids diocese in west Wales.
The 46-member electoral college had been meeting in the city's cathedral since Tuesday.
Mr John now has 28 days to decide if he will take on the role.
He will be the 81st Bishop of Bangor.
The Electoral College of the Church in Wales made the decision on the third and final day of its meeting behind closed doors at Bangor Cathedral.
Bangor is a very special diocese in a beautiful part of the world
Venerable Andrew John, Bishop elect of Bangor
The election follows the death of the former Bishop of Bangor, the Right Reverend Anthony Crockett in June.
He said he was looking forward to leading the Bangor diocese.
"I am aware that I have a hard act to follow and that the diocese is still grieving for Bishop Tony.
"I am very honoured to have been chosen and I hope I will quickly gain the support and the confidence of the people I will serve.
"Bangor is a very special diocese in a beautiful part of the world and I am very much looking forward to beginning this new chapter in my ministry," Mr John added.
'Uncertain period'
The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan the president of the electoral college, welcomed the appointment.
He said: "Andy John is a talented, energetic and popular priest with a good understanding of the needs and challenges of a predominantly rural and Welsh-speaking diocese, having served from quite a young age as Archdeacon of Cardigan.
The archbishop said the Bangor diocese has been through a "difficult and uncertain period" after the long illness and death of the former bishop.
But he said he was confident the new bishop would "take the diocese forward with fresh inspiration and vigour".

Members of the electoral college met for a third day of deliberations
Mr John, a married father-of-four whose wife Caroline is also a church deacon, grew up in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion and is a fluent Welsh speaker.
He graduated in law at the University of Wales, Cardiff, in 1986 and in theology at the University of Nottingham in 1988.
He studied a Diploma in Pastoral Studies in 1989 at St John's College, Nottingham.
He was ordained as a deacon in 1989 and as priest in the Diocese of St Davids in 1990 and has served all his ministry so far within that diocese.
He has been vicar of Pencarreg and Llanycrwys since 2006 and Archdeacon of Cardigan since 2006.

Printed by the BBC,8th October, 2008.

When I was a student in Aberystwyth:1994-97, the then Reverend Andy John was the Vicar of Holy Trinity, a church that played "second Fiddle" to the more popular St.Michaels. But are Evangelical in the Anglican sense, but Holy Trinity has been a breading ground for ordinands who eventually become part of the "middle of the Road" party.

My contact with Andy John was good most of the time, but he changed very little in 2000 when we later bumped into each other at St.David's Cathedral at the ordination of a friend. While the promotion within the church has been rapid, for many of us, not totally surprising. I will watch to see how things develop, as Andy John was always proactive, yet also slightly unpredictable and yet I believe that being a Bishop will be more for his sense of ministry that the parochial one!