American bishops reject primates' communiqué | The House of Bishops has declined to participate in a pastoral initiative designed by the primates to care for congregations and dioceses which for reasons of conscience cannot accept the Episcopal ministry of their bishop or primate. (Anglican Mainstream)
Anglicans closer to schism as US bishops reject gay ultimatum | The Anglican Church took another step towards its apparently inevitable schism when US Episcopal bishops rejected the ultimatum from primates of the Anglican Communion to fall into line over homosexuals. (The Times)
Bishops' 'Mind of the House' resolutions | Mind of the House of Bishops Resolution Addressed to the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church (Episcopal News Service)
Episcopal bishops in U.S. defy Anglican Communion | The nation's Episcopal bishops have rejected a key demand from the larger Anglican Communion, saying a plan to place discontented U.S. parishes under international leadership could do permanent harm to the American church (The Washington Post)
Episcopal bishops reject Anglican demands | In a clear message that could jeopardize the Episcopal Church's standing within the communion, the resolutions rejected the so-called "pastoral scheme" that resulted from a meeting of Anglican leaders, or primates, last month in Tanzania, saying "it would be injurious to the Episcopal Church" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Episcopal bishops reject Anglican ultimatum on gays | They branded the Communion's demands "spiritually unsound" and called for an urgent meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Communion leadership (USA Today)
Episcopal Church rejects demand for a 2nd leadership | Bishops rejected a demand to create a parallel leadership to serve the minority who oppose their church's liberal stand on homosexuality (The New York Times)
Global Anglican dispute remains after U.S. meeting | U.S. Episcopal Church leaders said on Wednesday they wanted to remain in the global Anglican Communion but rejected a demand they give up authority over conservative American parishes opposed to their stance on gay issues. (Reuters)
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