General Synod Issues

Well there are many issues at General Synod but one catches the headlines and spurs conversations at the dinner table: same sex blessings. There is much to digest, Scripture, Theology, Doctrine, Creation, Relationship, Sexuality, Authority in the Church and a myriad of others issues.

This list is just some of the information that we as clergy have received to read through and consider in prayer. Please read through this at your leisure and consider what this all means, prayerfully considered of course:

• The Diocese of Fredericton Response to the St. Michael Report
• Motions to General Synod 2007 RE Windsor Report
• Motions to General Synod RE St. Michael Report

Reference and Background ...

Windsor Report

• The Windsor Report
• Canadian Bishops’ Response April 2005
• Statement of the Primate’s Theological Commission on the Discussion of the Authority of Scripture in the Windsor Report
• The draft General Synod Response to the Windsor Report
• A Response prepared by a group of ECUSA Bishops - “To Set Our Hope on Christ”

The St. Michael Report

• St. Michael Report web | St. Michael Report PDF
• The Communiqué of the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam
• The Report of the Covenant Design Group
• Faith Seeking Understanding Conference Papers
• Unofficial reports of Council of General Synod meeting
• Theological Commission’s response to resolutions proposed by Council of General Synod

Recent Developments (as I have gleaned)

• Archbishop of Canterbury: Church Needs to Listen Properly to the Bible
• Conservative Anglican Theologians Good Friday 2007 Letter to the Bishops
• A Statement to the Anglican Church of Canada from the House of Bishops of Rupert's Land