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Louie & Ernest Clay-Crew
Married February 2, 1974


12/21/1974
 
9/23/2009

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The 26th Presiding Bishop

Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori


 

 





See "With Bishop Desmond Tutu in Haiti"
Picture by Michael Kleinfeld
• The IRS Goes to Church, sermon by the Rev. Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints in Pasadena, California, in response to the Internal Revenue Service's harassment of the parish for their speaking the truth to power in both political parties.
• IRAN: Activists condemn execution of gay teens
• Audio Streams of the presentations at the Anglican Consultative Council by a team from The Episcopal Church
• Archbishop of Uganda refuses any funds from The Episcopal Church USA

   

   

  George Lord Clifton
  Balances in Virginia

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  Faces much in the news

  Archbishop Peter Akinola and a group of newly consecrated Nigerian bishops cut a church into pieces
  Evans Kisekka Bishop of Luwero	Henry Luke Orombi Archbishop & Primate of Uganda
  Bishops of Uganda

  
  

  Gay Episcopal Bishop
  Marries His Partner

• Louie Crew receives Doctor of Humane Letters and preaches at Church Divinity School of the Pacific Commencement (RNS)
• Following Jesus' command to shake the dust of inhospitable places from your feet: Gay priest flees the Diocese of Texas
• Eames Commission Asks Everyvoice.net to respond
• Conservative Parish in Fort Worth Caught Scapegoating Lesbians and Gays, as reported by Katie Sherrod
• Report of the Primate's Task Force for the House of Bishops Concerning Adequate/Alternative Episcopal Oversight for Dissenting Minorities (Canadian Primate's Office)
• The 11 dioceses 'affliliated' with the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes formed in Plano, January 20, 2004 by virtue of the endorsement of their ordinary:

  Albany	Central Florida	Dallas
  Fort Worth	Pittsburgh	Quincy
  Rio Grande	San Joaquin	South Carolina
  Springfield	Western Kansas

  
  Bishop Stephen Jecko (Florida) signed but retired 7 days later. His successor, Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard, has not affiliated with the Network.
• Plan to Supplant Episcopal Church USA Is Revealed By Alan Cooperman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 14, 2004; Page A04
  • Presiding Over Crisis--and Maybe Schism. Deborah Caldwell's Interview with the Presiding Bishop on beliefnet.com
  • Louie Crew's response: Being completely above board
  • The current issue of The Covenant ("my favorite underground journal in TEC" -- LC)
  • AAC backtracks on breaking the law. Kevin Jones' analysis of the new Network
  • Bishop Lipscomb Responds
  • U.S. Episcopal faction OKs charter, leader Chris Curtis in Planet Out
  • Call to repudiate the American Anglican Council and Network
  • Statement from Bishop James M. Stanton (Dallas)

  A few of the Episcopalians at the April 25, 2004
  March on Washington for Reproductive Rights

• Avenging Angel of the Religious Right, by Max Blumenthal. "Quirky millionaire Howard Ahmanson Jr. is on a mission from God to stop gay marriage, fight evolution, defeat "liberal" churches -- and reelect George W. Bush."
• Progressives in Schismatic Dioceses are Organizing
  Alert me to any others, with contact information if you have it. -- LC, lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
  1. Diocese of Albany.
     • Via Media
     • Concerned Episcopalians of the St. Lawrence Deanery
  2. Diocese of Central Florida. Episcopal Voices of Central Florida
  3. Diocese of Dallas. 'Via Media Dallas'
  4. Diocese of Fort Worth. `Via Media.' Contact Merritt C. Farren mertcf@earthlink.net.
  5. Diocese of Pittsburgh. Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh
  6. Diocese of Quincy. Contact person: Frank Mullen III frankmullen@earthlink.net
  7. Diocese of Rio Grande.
     • Episcopal Information Network, Box 36688, Albuquerque, NM 87176-6688 Email Contact: Pepper Marts
     • Via Media. Email Contact: Diane Butler on the Steering Committee
  8. Diocese of San Diego. Via Media contact: Michael Russell
  9. Diocese of San Joaguin.
     • Remain Episcopalian -- grassroots efforts by faithful Episcopalians
     • Stay ECUSA. A discussion group on yahoo.com
  10. Diocese of South Carolina. Episcopal Forum of South Carolina. See their initial press release
  11. Southwest Florida Via Media Episcopalians. A centrist group to support the Episcopal Church.
  12. Diocese of Springfield
      • EpiscopalFreeSpeech
  13. Diocese of Tennessee.
      • Tennessee Via Media
      • Samizdat publication called Covenant
  14. Diocese of Texas. Samizdat publication called Nevertheless, edited by the Rev. John Worrell jworrell@flash.net
• Diocese of Dallas Diverts Funds from The Episcopal Church
• Accounting for those who pledged to punish The Episcopal Church at the October 2003 Summit of American Anglican Council.
• Region funds Episcopalians' move to divide Steve Levin, Post-Gazette staff writer traces the big money funding the hostile reactions to the consents to the new Bishop of New Hampshire.
• Pastoral Letters following up GC 2003

  Lesbians & Gays Protest at the Synod of Church of England, 7/12/03 Click on picture for full size

• Gay Priest Rejects Bishop's Job in The Guardian. See also the BBC account and the account of the Anglican Communion News Service
  • The Archbishop of Canterbury's Response to Jeffrey John's Withdrawal
  • How Do We Discern? by The Rev. Hays Junkin, President of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of New Hampshire.
• The Decision of the Supreme Court Decriminalizing Homosexuality
• Australian collection of links to stories about the appointment of gay bishop Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading in England
• BBC radio interview on the new westminster blessing. Requires Real Player
• Louie Crew awarded a Doctor of Divinity Degree at the General Theological Seminary, May 14, 2003.
• Response to the May 27, 2003 Pastoral Letter from the Primates of the Anglican Communion. By The Rev. Susan Russell and the Rev. Michael Hopkins
• Executive Council Member Says Presiding Bishop Does Not Collaborate with Council Members of Color in The Witness for January 2003
• Report on Confessing the Faith Conference by Kevin Jones
• Bishops Letter Complaining to Bishop William Smalley regarding his blessings.
• The Dioceses of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela seek to enter the Episcopal Church See especially the controversial response by the church in Cuba.

  Good news! Growth in the Decade of Evangelism

  
  The new trend reverses the pattern of recent decades. The bad news is that ECUSA has lost 15.9% of our communicants since 1970. In 1970 we were 1.11% of the US population. By 2000 we were only .66% of the USA population, or only 59.2% of the share we had thirty years ago:

  See the completely revised Quean Lutibelle's Book of Numbers for a more extensive report

• Job Description for the new Director of Ethnic Congregational Development at The Episcopal Church Center
• Fraud in Two Bishops' Misappropriation of ECUSA Funds Given in Mexico
• Dean's Episcopal Authority Removed. 12/19/01
  • Essays by Dean Furlong
• Allegations at Yale/Berkeley
• Materials to help respond to the 9/11 Crisis from the Office of the Bishop for Armed Forces
• Episcopal Church Center REsponses to the Attacks on NYC and Washington
• Rwanda Church Calls for Joint Effort to Fight Rape
• A Parishioner of Christ Church in Accokeek, Maryland, Writes
• Lionel Deimel's resources on Accokeek -- includes the Iker/Duncan brief

  "As one might expect, it has not always gone unchallenged, but the challengers occasionally have overstated their case, asserting for instance that the Bishop ultimately cannot prevent the call to a parish in his diocese of a priest of whom he does not approve -- an assertion which, though still made at times, is untrue." from The Call of the Rector The Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities of the Vestry and Bishop. Condensed from a monograph by the Rev'd David M. Baumann, SSC (January 1994) and adapted from To Find a Shepherd by the Rev'd. Samuel L. Edwards (January 1986). 1997 Revision.

• Accokeek, a poem by Dr. Lionel E. Deimel
• Four New Bishops to be Consecrated for the Anglican Mission in America (AMIA), this time in Colorado. See background on the earlier ordinations in Singapore
• A wake-Up Call: Hispanic Ministry
• On Thursday, May 10, the Rt. Rev. John Ashby, retired bishop of the Diocese of Western Kansas, died.
• Louie Crew's 'Queer Christian On the Road in Uganda'
• A Response to Bill Fishburne's Attack on All Soul's

• Bishop Ci Jones, Montana, resigns. 2/15/01
• One person responds to the eviction of Project Safe Space from St. Mary the Virgin at Times Square in NYC
• Mark Harris Named Executive Director for GEM Network
• Louie Crew's account of the 11/26/2000 service at Good Shepherd Parish/Rosemont in the Diocese of Pennsylvania.
• Canon Elizabeth Kaeton's account of the same service
• South Bend Report of the New Commandment Task Force from the November 13-17 meeting at St. James Cathedral.
• The Episcopal Church responds to the conflict in the Holy Land
• The Presiding Bishop's Letter to President Clinton regarding current violence in the Holy Land. 10/9/2000
• Bp. Jelinek Responds to Four Resignations in Diocese of Minnesota
• A Circular Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Other Primates of the Anglican Communion from a group of bishops upset with ECUSA and GC 2000
• Missionary Bishop John Rodgers Reflects on General Convention 2000
• American Anglican Bishops Given "Full" Authority to Proceed. Includes First Promise's Press Release, Louie Crew's Query of Bishop Robert Duncan Duncan, and Bishop Duncan's Reply Posted on 8/7/2000.
• Letter to the Archbishop of Rwanda from bishops of SW Va and E Carolina
• The Dallas Report of the New Commandment Reconciliation Task Force, June 12-16, 2000
• Funding request for debt relief by Tom Hart, Director of The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations.
• Bishop Jones Resigns
• The Text of the Court Decision
• The Bishop of Montana Faces a Church Trial
. [See my data on Bishop JOnes. ]
• Bishop Denies immorality accusations
• Bishop apologizes, vows to press ahead
The charges
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• The Verdict
• Want to kibitz on bishops and deputies discussion?
• Final Communique from the Primates Meeting, March 2000
• Integrity's Response to the Primates' Communique
• Dr. Dan Beck's Response
• Archbishop Rowan Williams' Response
• New Commandment Task Force Announced
• State of Vermont House Passes Civil Unions Law for Lesbigays 3/16/2000
• Pam Epting, R. I. P. 3/16/2000. Funeral to be on March 20th.
• Bishop Karam Masih of the Church of North India wins Gandhi Peace Prize



Statement of the Presiding Bishop on Human Rights for Homosexual Persons I have read with alarm and deep concern accounts of statements by th e presidents of Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe which have become a provocation for the harassment and persecution of homosexual persons. Here I am put in mind of the Lambeth resolution which reminds us that homosexual persons are "loved by God and that all baptized, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ." Within the Anglican Communion we are seeking to discern a common mind on the issue of homosexuality in the life of the church. However, regardless of one's views on the matter, there should be no debate among us about human rights for all people which are enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I have conveyed this concern to the primates of Central Africa, Kenya, and Uganda, and am ready as their brother in Christ to share their burden, which belongs to everyone who has been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection, and thereby called to proclaim and uphold the dignity of all persons. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church USA October 8, 1999

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• PECUSA, Inc. What's in a name? The attempt to purloin the name of the Episcopal Church. Crisis concluded on 1/5/99.
• The Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns. (Crew is secretary.)
• Cyber Survey at General Convention, 1997. A report of the Communications Legislative Committee
• The Virginia Report
• Episcopal Synod of America May Be on Decline, by Detective Jack H. Taylor, Jr. Added on 2/16/98.
• Episcopalians United Is Operating Illegally, a report by Jack Taylor. Added on 3/18/98.
• The Long Island Affair. A collection of reports related to charges brought against The Rev. W. Lloyd Andries. Penthouse Issues a Retraction. 6/24/98
• Response to 2 Bishops in a hot tub. Louie Crew to Bishop Jack Iker (Ft. Worth) and Most Rev. George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Updates on ECUSA diocesan legislation regarding Same-Sex Unions
• Beyond Inclusion: A Conference Celebrating LBG relationships. Held at All Saints in Pasadena, California, April 11-14, 1997.

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