Since this was all backdoors and backrooms without any information, input, or consultation, or any clergy or laity involvement, one is forced to do the back-channel work after the Cardinals' Conclave has acted.
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/a-word-from-the-lord/read/
About A Word from the Lord
A Word from the Lord is the teaching ministry of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Foley Beach, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the South and Rector and Pastor of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Loganville, GA. A Word from the Lord can be heard each week on radio stations throughout the United States and on the Internet. A Word from Lord's Weekly Broadcast is a 25-minute Biblical Teaching ministry, and A Word from the Lord's One-minute Messages offer a daily challenge from the Scriptures. Dr. Beach also writes a monthly newspaper column which can be found in several newspapers in Georgia.
Join Dr. Foley Beach each week as he opens the Scriptures sharing Biblical wisdom about living the Christian life in the 21st Century.
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/a-word-from-the-lord/read/
Join Dr. Foley Beach each week as he opens the Scriptures sharing Biblical wisdom about living the Christian life in the 21st Century.
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/a-word-from-the-lord/read/
About Dr. Foley Beach
Dr. Foley Beach has served as the Rector and Pastor of Holy Cross Anglican Church in Loganville, Georgia since it was planted in February 2004. This was when he officially left the Episcopal Church because of its departure from Biblical Christianity. He was ordained the first Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the South in October 2010 and oversees churches in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. A graduate of the School of Theology of the University of the South and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Dr. Beach has served in ministry for over 35 years in Youth and Pastoral Ministries. His passion is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus. He attempts to share the Word of God that those who don't know Jesus will be saved, and that those who do know Him will go deeper in their love and service to the Lord in the power of the Holy Spirit. He has been married for over 28 years and had two college-age children.
Related Links
Mr. Foley's parish is here.http://www.hcanglican.org/our-beliefs
They "confess" this:
Our Beliefs
With all Bible-believing Christians everywhere, and throughout the ages, we hold that the true faith concerning God and His son Jesus Christ has been handed down to us by the Apostolic band. As eyewitness and servants of the Word, they were uniquely equipped and empowered by the Holy Spirit to present the Gospel story and authoritatively to interpret its meaning and significance for us who live as disciples of Jesus.Therefore we hold the Scriptures as the supreme authority in the Church today. We further acknowledge and hold fast to what has been called “that which everyone, everywhere in the Church, has always believed.” This is summed up in three creeds: the Apostles’, the Nicene, and the Athanasian Creeds. These ensure we are reading and understanding Scripture just as the Apostles did.
Finally, as children of the world-wide missionary efforts of the Church of England, we hold to the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion. These encapsulate the sound teaching - especially concerning faith and justification - which was emphasized during the Protestant Reformation.
So at Holy Cross we attempt to make both our teaching and our living according to the Anglican Way: Reformed, Catholic (universal), Spirit-filled Christianity.
You can read our Common Confession here.
Our Common Confession
The following statement is meant to serve as a Confession of Faith for Holy Cross Anglican Church. It forms the basic theological and ethical standard for our common life as we serve Jesus Christ as Christians in the 21st Century.
A COMMON CONFESSION OF THE GOSPEL
TO THE GOSPEL AND THE TRIUNE GOD: We rejoice in the grace of the Triune God, who has forgiven our sins and given us redemption in Jesus Christ. We proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, who became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, lived a life of perfect obedience to his heavenly Father, died on the cross to atone for the sins of the world, and rose bodily in accordance with the Scriptures. God the Holy Spirit draws us to faith in Jesus Christ, through whom alone we are justified and found acceptable by God the Father.
TO CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE: We confess Jesus as the Lord to whom all authority in heaven and earth has been given by the Father. We commit ourselves to follow him and love him above all else and to conform our lives to his example and teaching by the grace of the Holy Spirit.
TO HOLY SCRIPTURE: We believe all Scriptures were "written for our learning" (Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16), that they are "God's Word written," and that we are to "hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them." We commit ourselves to regular Bible study and to preach and teach only that which is in accordance with Holy Scripture.
TO MISSION AND MISSIONS: The Risen Lord Jesus commissioned his disciples to preach the gospel and to follow his commandments. The mission of the Church includes both evangelistic proclamation and deeds of love and service. We commit ourselves and our resources to this mission, both locally and to the uttermost parts of the earth. We affirm our particular responsibility to know, love, and serve the Lord in our local settings and contexts. Since the biblical pattern of witness moves from the local to the global, we will endeavor to be well-informed about our local communities and active in church planting, evangelism, service, social justice, and crosscultural, international mission, with particular concern for the poor and the unreached peoples of the world.
TO HISTORIC FAITH, ECUMENICAL VISION: We affirm the Faith of the Anglican Church as it is set forth in the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds and in the classical Prayer Book tradition, including those documents contained in the "Historical Documents" section of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer (BCP, p. 864f). We further affirm the principles of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral (BCP, p. 876) as an expression of the normative authority of Holy Scripture and as a basis for our present unity with brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion and for the future reunion of all the divided branches of Christ's one holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
CONTEMPORARY IMPLICATIONS OF THE GOSPEL
Christian mission is rooted in unchanging Biblical revelation. At particular times, however, specific challenges to authentic faith and holiness arise which require thoughtful and vigorous response. We therefore speak to the following issues of our time and culture.
FOR THE UNIQUENESS OF JESUS CHRIST: While religions and philosophies of the world are not without elements of truth, Jesus Christ alone is the full revelation of God. In and through the Gospel, Jesus judges and corrects all views and doctrines. All persons everywhere need to learn of him, come to know and believe in him, and receive forgiveness and new life in him, as there is no other name given under heaven by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
FOR CHURCH AND STATE: Biblical social commandments and Christian ethical principles are foundational to the well being of every society. Recognizing the call of Christians to be faithful witnesses and a challenging presence in society, we are committed to seek ways to express these commandments and principles in all spheres of life, including the public life of the nation.
FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE: All human life is a sacred gift from God and is to be protected and defended from conception to natural death. We will uphold the sanctity of life and bring the grace and compassion of Christ to those who face the realities of previous abortion, unwanted pregnancy, and end-of-life illness.
FOR TRUE INCLUSIVITY: In grateful response to Christ Jesus, in whom there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, we will extend the welcome of the Church to every person, regardless of race, sex, social or economic status, sexual orientation, or past behavior. We will oppose prejudice in ourselves and others and renounce any false notion of inclusivity that denies that all are sinners who need to repent.
FOR MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND THE SINGLE LIFE: God has instituted marriage to be a life-long union of husband and wife, intended for their mutual joy, help, and comfort, and, when it is God's will, for the procreation and nurture of children. Divorce is always contrary to God's original intention, though in a fallen world it is sometimes a tragic reality. The roles of father and mother, exercised in a variety of ways, are Godgiven and profoundly important since they are the chief providers of moral instruction and godly living. The single life, either by call or by circumstance,is honored by God. It is therefore important for unmarried persons to embrace and be embraced by the Christian family.
FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY: Sexuality is inherent in God's creation of every human person in his image as male and female. All Christians are called to chastity: Husbands and wives by exclusive sexual fidelity to one another and single persons by abstinence from sexual intercourse. God intends and enables all people to live within these boundaries through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
(Adapted from The American Anglican Council's A Place to Stand for Holy Cross Anglican Church, Loganville, GA. Affirmed by the Holy Cross Anglican Church Leadership Team on February 9, 2004)
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