New Orleans, Munich, Nehemiah and Lencioni by David Holloway

http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/index.php/2007/09/27/new-orleans-munich-nehemiah-and-lencioni-by-david-holloway/

[Anglican Mainstream] 28 Sep 2007--The pro-gay leadership in the Western Churches, especially in TEC, is doing untold damage to the cause of Christ world-wide and frustrating the work God has called us to do. So surely the talking must now stop and action must be taken as a consequence of the current reality. To repeat, the Primates have said that a failure to give the reassurances required would “at best” continue the existing damage and this “has [not will have] consequences for the full participation of the Church in the life of the Communion”. Communion is broken. Does it not, therefore, mean that it is quite inappropriate for TEC Bishops to be represented at the Lambeth Conference 2008 or on other Anglican bodies? As soon as there is an unambiguous change of heart and mind, immediately, representation could again take place.

What happens now to some extent will be a test of our current leadership. It will be a test of the credibility of the Primates now evaluating this American response. Hooker said that the church is “a society and a society supernatural”. Since it is a human “society”, the requirements for good leadership need to be met in the church as well as in the wider society.