Episcopal Church Nullifies Election of Priest with Buddhist Ties
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Episcopal Church Nullifies Election of Priest with Buddhist Ties
Jul 29 by Admin
You may recall Rev. Ann Holmes Redding of Seattle, who was an Episcopal priest and a Muslim simultaneously,
and now in this story Christian Post informs us:
An Episcopal priest who practices Zen Buddhist meditation was not approved to lead the Diocese of Northern Michigan. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said on Monday that the Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester
did not receive the required consents from bishops and standing committees to be consecrated.
His election was thus “null and void.”
“I have been extraordinarily blessed and honored to walk with my friends from the Diocese of Northern Michigan over these past months as their bishop-elect,”
Thew Forrester said in a statement, according to the Episcopal News Service.
Thew Forrester was elected in February to succeed James Kelsey,
who died in June 2007, as bishop of the Diocese of Northern Michigan.
He was the lone candidate presented by the search committee. But his ties with Buddhism and views on core Christian doctrines raised concerns among many in The Episcopal Church.
His revisions to the denomination’s Book of Common Prayer were also questioned…
One would hope that faulty views on core Christian doctrines would still be enough to raise concerns within any church group.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Matthew 6:21)
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