ENS: CARING FOR ALL THE CHURCHES: A RESPONSE OF THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 ENS 032304-1

[ENS] In response to the different points of view that exist in the dioceses and congregations of the Episcopal Church concerning issues of human sexuality, the House of Bishops, meeting March 19-25 in Camp Allen, Texas, have issued a document entitled "Caring for all the Churches." The full text follows:

CARING FOR ALL THE CHURCHES

A Response of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church to an expressed need of the Church

The church is the Body of Christ. Our life in this Body is a continuing action of God's grace among us, by whose power alone we are "joined together" in Christ and grow "into a holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). Through the church's common life in Christ, God intends to signify to the world the beginning of a new and reconciled creation.

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The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church 23 March 2004

BRAZIL: PRIMATE ESCORIATES FELLOW BISHOP FOR OHIO ACTION

A Letter from the Primate of Brazil to the Most Revd Frank Griswold

March 22, 2004 (ACNS) PORTO ALEGRE

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Most Revd Orlando Santos de Oliveira Primate of the Province of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil.

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WASHINGTON, DC: EPISCOPAL SAME-SEX RITE WILL BE DEVELOPED BY REVISIONISTS

By Julia Duin THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Episcopal bishop of Washington has named two priests — the former national chairman of the church's homosexual caucus and a divorced mother of two sons — to head a new diocesan task force on same-sex blessings.

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ECUSA: OFFICIAL PASTORAL CARE STATEMENT BEING CONSIDERED BY HOB

Submitted by David W. Virtue

SUPPLEMENTAL EPISCOPAL PASTORAL CARE

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CAMP ALLEN: NEW OVERSIGHT PLAN 'DEAD ON ARRIVAL'

BISHOPS OFFER NEW PLAN TO GAY DISSENTERS

RICHARD N. OSTLING Associated Press

Winding up three days of closed-door talks, the Episcopal Church's bishops offered a new plan Tuesday for ministering to conservative congregations that feel bound to reject the leadership of bishops who support gay clergy.

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NACDP: HOB OVERSIGHT PLAN WILL TAKE 'EXTRAORDINARY NEW LEVELS OF TRUST'

NACDP NETWORK: HOB OVERSIGHT PLAN WILL TAKE 'EXTRAORDINARY NEW LEVELS OF TRUST'

3/24/2004

Network members, moderator, respond to ECUSA plan

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