The Zacchaeus Fellowship Response to the St Michael Report

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[Anglican Mainstream] October 22, 2005--The Zacchaeus Fellowship commends the Primate’s Theological Commission on their thorough and timely efforts in The St Michael Report—a response to the question whether or not the blessing of same gender relationships is doctrinal. We too hope the ensuing discussion will be “sustained, prayerful, respectful and non-polemical” and “will lead to a clearer discernment of ‘sound doctrine’ and to “our goal of wholeness in Christ.” [#1; p.1] The Commission also asks the important question as to whether or not a same gender union would “enable or impair our relationship in the life of God, through Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit.” It is also true that in the current discussions, a same gender union is “closely analogous to marriage.” [#2, 3; p.1]