Rio Grande Drops Network Affiliation

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/12/11/rio-grande-drops-network-affiliation

[The Living Church] 12 Dec 2008--The standing committee of the Diocese of the Rio Grande has voted unanimously to disaffiliate from the Anglican Communion Network.

The decision, which was also endorsed by the area and cathedral deans, was made following the Network’s annual council meeting in Overland Park, Kans., Dec. 8-9.

“In 2004, the standing committee had expressed support for the work of the Anglican Communion Network in providing a place within The Episcopal Church were those of a more conservative outlook could find a place of encouragement for their mission and ministry within the church,” the standing committee said. “As the Diocese of the Rio Grande looks toward the future, and particularly as it works toward electing its next bishop, the standing committee felt increasingly that the work of the Anglican Communion Network no longer served the constructive purposes hoped for in the 2004 resolution.

“The support of the Anglican Communion Network for the creation of a separate Anglican church in North America, announced on Dec. 3, served as the catalyst for the action of the standing committee at its meeting this week.”