Walking With Integrity: Bishop Thomas Breidenthal

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Episcopalians plan summer dialogue

Congregations, bishops to discuss gays' role in church
Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:30 AM
By Meredith Heagney
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Rank-and-file Episcopalians will have the chance to talk to their bishops this summer on the role of gays and lesbians in the church, Presiding U.S. Episcopal Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said yesterday in a visit to Columbus.

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The summer discussions between bishops and their congregations will help inform a September meeting of the bishops in New Orleans, Jefferts Schori said. The Archbishop of Canterbury and other Anglican Communion leaders have agreed to attend, she said.

"We'll have some more conversation," Jefferts Schori said. "I can't tell you what's going to happen."

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A task force of the church's executive council has been assigned the job of developing a response to the Anglican leaders' concerns, which should be complete in June, House of Deputies president Bonnie Anderson said.

The document primarily will be for the Episcopal Church and its bishops, Anderson said, though she hopes it "will be circulated and understood and received by others in the Anglican Communion."

Breidenthal, 56, said he already has been in touch with gay and lesbian members of the diocese, which is based in Cincinnati and includes Columbus.

He has said that he is "convinced that a faithful same-sex union, like any covenanted relation, is a way of following Jesus."

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Bishop-elect will seek input of parishioners

Columbus Dispatch
Friday, April 27, 2007 8:11 AM

The incoming spiritual leader of 25,000 Ohio Episcopalians is clear about where he stands on the most pressing issue facing the denomination: Same-sex unions are consistent with religious teaching.

"In my view, a committed, faithful, loving covenant between two men or two women in service to one another is not prohibited by Scripture; therefore, I believe the church should honor such covenants," said the Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, who is scheduled to become bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio on Saturday.

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Breidenthal, 56, also said that the church should honor gay clergy members who are single or in committed relationships.

Read the rest at: http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/faith_values/stories/2007/04/27/bishop.html

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