To: The Rt. Rev Kenneth L. Price, Jr.
Dear Bishop Price,
We were gratified to read, in your letter of January 20, that you were writing in a conciliatory spirit. As you know, a number of us in the Diocese have been working diligently with those in your fold to find helpful ways of moving forward in this difficult season. As the Standing Committee of the Diocese, we heartily endorse your desire for conversation with us, especially if it leads to concrete ways in which we might work through our mutual misunderstandings and divisions. For our part, we in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh continue to be eager to welcome back those parishes and clergy who have left our diocese. As you know, we continue to recognize the orders of those clergy who have left the diocese and make no claim on the property of parishes who are in your fold, making any transition back to us a simple transaction.
To this end, we would be grateful if a few of us, clergy and lay leaders in the diocese, could meet with you at your earliest convenience to see how we might together forge a better way forward, particularly concerning the litigation that is currently before the courts.
It would be most helpful to all if we could discuss our mutual hopes, desires and concerns for the future in a way that created space for reconciliation in the truth of the Gospel and mission in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
In Christ,
The Standing Committee, The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh
The Rev. Karen Stevenson, President
Mrs. Gladys Hunt-Mason
The Rev. Geoffrey Chapman
Mr. Kenneth Herbst
The Rev. Jonathan Millard
Mr. William Roemer
The Rev. Daniel Crawford
Mr. Stuart Simpson
3 comments:
I don't buy what Bishop Price is selling. His votes for radical resolutions in the recent convention showed me who he is, as did the epistle of Jude. Read it! Bp.Price is selling snake oil door to door. We know what TEC is about and he can't smooth talk away the truth about the TEC leaders and their damning resolutions. The only reason I see why he would go directly to the people is to look for allies for future attempts to take parish property?
What an interesting (?) "dance" the two sides are doing. Why don't they just cut to the case and say what they really mean! Wouldn't it have been easier for the TEC guy to say, "hey, let's talk about this" and the other to say, "sure". I, really, get tired of all the posturing.
Yes transparency would be refreshing but there is an underlying, unspoken controversy here.
Bishop Price does not recognize the ACNA Diocese as being legitimate and never offered to talk to them. The ACNA diocese is asserting their rights as the legitimate diocese that speaks for their member churches.
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