IRELAND: VANCOUVER PRIEST WHO DEFIED PRO-GAY BC BISHOP TO ADDRESS IRISH CLERGY

Rev. David Short, rector of St. John’s, Shaughnessy, Vancouver—who led opposition to same-sex blessings in the Diocese of New Westminster—is to address Church of Ireland clergy in Portadown.

His parish, with ten others, formed the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW), recognized by successive Archbishops of Canterbury and representing ~25% of the diocese’s worshipers. Their chief concerns: departure from traditional Biblical Christian faith and morals, and threats to orthodox believers.

Short stated: “I believe that we are in a Diocese that has unilaterally severed its connection with the global Anglican Communion by being the first to officially bless same-sex unions.”

The ACiNW has drawn support from 358 Anglican clergy, bishops, and archbishops worldwide. The event—“Thinking for the Future”—was organized by the Evangelical Fellowship of Irish Clergy to help Irish clergy understand life in a “church structure hostile toward Biblical faith.”

The Anglican Communion faces crisis: New Hampshire elected a practicing homosexual bishop; New Westminster pioneered same-sex blessings. Archbishop Robin Eames (Armagh) chairs a commission seeking ways to hold the Communion together.

—Evangelical Fellowship of Irish Clergy

(www.acinw.org )

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