Letter to the editor: Unhappy with decision

Notes: "Re: 'Worley will not serve as bishop of Caledonia, rules provincial HoB' (May 15, 2017, anglicanjournal.com). The shocking decision to block the Rev. Jake Worley, bishop-elect of the diocese of Caledonia, does not serve the cause of Christ. When politics rule in the church and entrapment is used to accomplish its biased ends, the church and Christ suffer. The question posed by the provincial bishops does not represent a concluded issue in the Anglican Communion. Witness the January 2016 Primates' Meeting where Archbishop Foley Beach of ACNA (Anglican Church in North America) was included [for part of the meeting] with the Anglican Communion bishops. Was he dismissed because he represents another jurisdiction of Anglicanism ? Of all people, he represents this jurisdiction as its head. Yet, the provincial bishops have done what not even the Archbishop of Canterbury ventured to do: they have prematurely drawn a conclusion on that issue without due regard to these larger Communion developments nor those who elected Worley. Whose ends were they serving ? How disrespectful to Christ and the people of Caledonia". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Worley, Jake (Jacob Christopher Dodd), 1969-; Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Caledonia - Bishops; Anglican Church of Canada. Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. House of Bishops; Anglican Church of North America; Anglican Church of North America - Relations - Anglican Communion; Anglican Communion - Relations - Anglican Church of North America; Beach, Foley (Foley Thomas), 1958-; Anglican Communion. Primates Meeting (2016 : Canterbury); Anglican Communion - Parties and movements - 21st century