A communications manager doesn’t think it was smart for the Episcopal Church to essentially strip its South Carolina bishop of his ministry credentials for taking a stand for biblical principles and values.
Officials with the national church have “inhibited” Bishop Mark Lawrence, taking away his clearance to perform ministry functions for 60 days — the time allotted for him to respond to allegations having to do with the division between the liberal, dominate faction of the church and biblically based members like himself. In response, his diocese has severed its relationship with the Episcopal Church.
Jeff Walton of The Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD) tells OneNewsNow the move began as the Episcopal Church approved same-sex blessings and embraced transgenderism, among other things.
“The diocese separated itself from those actions and says, We don’t recognize thisand We’re not going to participate in many of the different functions of the broader church that are proclaiming what Bishop Lawrence referred to as a ‘false gospel of indiscriminate inclusivity,’” Walton reports.
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