THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH HAS ABANDONED NOT ONLY TRUTH, BUT ALSO THE FAITH

By Bonnie J. Fisco

You scramble to agree on an Oversight Plan that will enable you to stay in the Episcopal Church. You have identified yourself as "conservative." Well, I ask you this — would Jesus or Paul or Peter or any one of the apostles describe themselves as "conservative"? Webster says conservative is "tending to oppose change." "Cautious and restrained." The church of Jesus Christ is militant, opposing the enemies of God in constant spiritual warfare. We are Christian soldiers who are not timid about carrying the cross of our Lord, Jesus Christ until He comes.

And what about your frantic struggle to obtain "Alternate Oversight" so that you can remain in the Episcopal Church that has become exceedingly corrupt over the past years. The sin of the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church far exceeds the single issue of ordaining a homosexual Bishop. This is a manifestation of its most egregious sin, which is its lack of faith. The Church is willing to revise the truth for the sake of unity.

The Episcopal Church is puffed up and proud about what it is doing. It is lifted up by tolerance, prideful about its inclusivity, pleased with itself for celebrating and accepting that which God has clearly revealed is disgusting to His own heart. The Church has revised and interpreted scripture that has sustained us and fed us for thousands of years. She has arrogantly challenged His word with as much deceit and cunning as Satan when he said to Adam and Eve, "Yea, Hath God said ye shall not?"

But in the Episcopal Church and yea, even revealed in the writings of Archbishop Rowan Williams, there is no toleration for the Word of God. Its "Inclusivity" has left TRUTH knocking at its door and it cannot get in. There is no celebration or joy over a loving and committed relationship with Scripture. There is no acceptance of the New Covenant, and Scripture is no longer exalted and extolled as being the absolute and unchanging Word of God.

And to my beloved brethren, I say this: "Scramblers" — you make haste to negotiate a Delegated Episcopal Oversight (DEPO) but fail to see and perceive that you already have the most excellent and perfect oversight. He is among you now. The one who shed His blood on Calvary's hill is the Bishop and Shepherd of our souls and He is our oversight.

You scramble for Alternate Oversight in order to keep your place in the Anglican Communion which has become as a "harlot." Your faith is misplaced. You are putting your trust in a DEPO Plan while you ignore what is already yours.

And, again, when asked why you don't leave the Episcopal Church, you say: "Where would I go?" Don't you trust the same God that leads you each day? Cannot God bring you to another place? What about Abram when God called him out of the land of Ur to a place He would show him? What about Noah when he and his family closed the doors on the ark and they didn't know where they would be going?

Can you identify with the souls that went before you and never lived to see the promise, but left their homes and families to follow Christ and the commandment of the Father? Do you trust Him who is able to deliver you and keep you? This is FAITH. (Action, based upon belief, sustained by confidence.)

Shouldn't you be more terrified about where you would STAY? Don't be afraid of where you'll go. Be of good courage.

Bonnie J. Fisco has attended Christ & The Epiphany Church in East Haven, CT since 1997. She recently left the church with a number of other Episcopalians two months ago and has formed a small group where they are studying the Scriptures discerning God's will for their future.