Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth Seeks Full Status of Diocese in ACNA

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  1. Ananias

    Ananias Well-Known Member Anglican

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    This might sound bad but lets get some away from C4SO and lets hope and pray that they do not allow WO
     
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    Ananias Well-Known Member Anglican

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    I'm no fan of WO either, but I think the bigger fight by far right now is pushing back against Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the homosexual activist agenda. WO is in my view an issue that wait for another day (or even another generation); we need unity as orthodox Christians more than anything to fight against a culture that is increasingly hostile to us (Christian men and women both). We need to pull young people away from a culture that seems bent on destroying them, and in order to do that we must act with as much unity and singleness of purpose as we can bring to bear.
     
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    I can't prove it but I think there is a direct line between WO and cultural liberalism. But I agree with the rest of what you wrote but getting away from C4SO is good for all
     
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    Wait is this different from the currently-existing ACNA diocese of Fort Worth?
     
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    I think this is another case of David Virtue's crew attaching a sensational title to a mundane article. My reading was that Ft. Worth is trying to shore up their geographical territory. Part of the plan to do this is to make Dallas its own deanery and amalgamate some C4SO churches into that deanery.

    I'm skeptical of whether that is a pragmatic or functional idea. There's a reason ACNA has several non-geographical dioceses and it's usually because people in those congregations don't want to be part of the geographical diocese.