Thank you for this. Three years ago when the issue was commented on in regard to Nigeria, there was some comment on this side of the pond that the 3rd world churches could not afford to risk losing support from ECUSA. At the time I opined that the 2/3rds World Christians would be insulted by such talk. The launching of missions into this heathen land by the 2/3rds world Anglicans in Nigeria and elsewhere, and the response of Tanzania's bishops as well as others speaks volumes. Charles+ --- "bishopray.anglican@..." <bishopray.anglican@...> wrote: > > > Please note: forwarded message attached > > For your information. +bishopjoe > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month! > Unlimited Internet Access with 1GB of Email Storage. > Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today! > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > > To: bishopjoe@... > From: Anglican Communion News Service > <acnslist@...> > Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:11:10 -0000 > Subject: ACNS4227 Statement from The House of > Bishops, Tanzania > > ACNS 4227 | TANZANIA | 12 DECEMBER > 2006 > > Statement from The House of Bishops, Tanzania > > A statement concerning the current situation in the > Episcopal Church > (USA), in light of their June 2006 General > Convention. > > 1. Mindful of the fact that the Anglican Church of > Tanzania issued > statements in 2003 following the election, > confirmation and eventual > consecration to the Episcopate of Gene Robinson a > practising homosexual > clergyman, whereby we declared that henceforth we > are not in communion, > namely, communio in sacris, with: > > i. Bishops who consecrate homosexuals to the > episcopate and those > Bishops who ordain such persons to the priesthood > and the deaconate or > license them to minister in their dioceses; > > ii. Bishops who permit the blessing of same sex > unions in their > dioceses; > > iii. Gay priests and deacons; > > iv. Priests who bless same sex unions; > > 2. And because in their June 2006 General > Convention, the Episcopal > Church (USA) did not adequately respond to the > requirement made to them > by the Anglican Communion through the Windsor Report > by their failure to > register honest repentance for their actions that > were contrary to the > dictates of the Holy Scripture and the teaching of > the Anglican Church > as expressed in Resolution 1.10 of the 1998 Lambeth > Conference and > thereby indicating that they were deliberately > choosing to walk apart > from the rest of the Anglican Communion; > > 3. Therefore after its meeting on 7th December 2006 > in Dar es Salaam, > the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of > Tanzania hereby declares > that its communion with the Episcopal Church (USA) > is severely impaired > but the Anglican Church of Tanzania remains in > communion with those who > are faithful to Biblical Christianity and authority > of Scripture who > remain in the Episcopal Church (USA) or have left or > are considering > leaving that church body for the same reasons that > we have stated above. > > 4. Further to the consequent state of the severely > impaired communion, > the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of > Tanzania declares that > henceforth the Anglican Church of Tanzania shall not > knowingly accept > financial and material aid from Dioceses, parishes, > Bishops, priests, > individuals and institutions in the Episcopal Church > (USA) that condone > homosexual practice or bless same sex unions. > > 5. The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of > Tanzania declares that > we are committed to concerted prayer for renewal in > the Anglican > Communion that will further the mission of Jesus > Christ and will render > greater glory to God. > > 6. Finally, the House of Bishops of the Anglican > Church of Tanzania > hereby mandates the Primate of the Anglican Church > of Tanzania to > forward this statement to the Presiding Bishop of > the Episcopal Church > (USA), to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to all > the Primates of the > Anglican Communion. > > Dar Es Salaam > > >From The Anglican Church of Tanzania > > ___________________________________________________________________ > ACNSlist, published by Anglican Communion News > Service, London, is > distributed to more than 8,000 journalists and other > readers around > the world. > > For subscription INFORMATION please go to: > http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/acnslist.html > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your address, please click > here: > http://mh.epicom.org/scripts/c.php?L=acns&E=bishopjoe@... > > For daily updates on local, national and > communion-wide news stories > please visit the ACNS Digest page: > http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm