At
a business meeting of the ACNA Provincial Assembly last week (about 1 hour 22
minutes into this video), Canon David Roseberry acknowledged online concern
about “someone that we have in our lineup” for The Matthew 25 Gathering in
September and promised to “get to that right after the first of next month
[i.e. July].” Likely, that someone
is Dr. Rah.
I
appreciate Canon Roseberry seeing the need to address concern about The
Gathering lineup, and he should be given the space to do so. I will say my main concern is not Dr.
Rah himself. It is hardly his
fault he was invited to be the keynote speaker.
Most
mainline denominations, including The Episcopal Church, have confused ministry
and lib/left political advocacy.
That has greatly harmed those denominations (and was a factor in my
leaving the mainline Presbyterians) and would harm the Anglican Church in North
America if we repeat that error.
And it would harm the Matthew 25 Initiative as well. I am not alone in withholding donations
until I am confident funds will not go to lib/left advocacy I oppose.
I
pray God is using this episode to steer us and ACNA leaders away from that ministry
error and will wait for Canon Roseberry’s statement with that hope.
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