Letter to the editor : Amen to That
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article42837
- Author
- Carnie, Candace
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 March
- Author
- Carnie, Candace
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2012 March
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- "In the article 'General Synod balances budget' (Jan. 2012, p. 1), I read the following on the page 6 turn: 'Of major concern is the decline in proportional gifts from dioceses .. [these] are currently falling at an annual rate of three per cent .. There is no indication that this decrease .. will be reversed'. Then, I was struck by the review of the book by the Rt. Rev. John Spong on page 9. In it, he is quoted as saying, 'If people believe they have to be literalists to be Christian but cannot bring themselves to [be] so, they simply drop out'. I am a dropout and it seems I am not alone. General Synod can balance the budget the budget all it wishes, but it seems the solution exists at a more (non) fundamentalist level. On page 4, Bishop Mark MacDonald refers to trying to go through regular channels to implement urgently needed change, 'Now we realize that we've got to do it ourselves', he says. 'Now we're saying, "We will take control, whether you like it or not".' Amen". [Text of entire article.]
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Anglican Church of Canada