Without Light -- Darkness

When the light of the gospel and the word of God are ignored -- Apostasy reigns supreme. The church is in trouble, it is sad when the evangelical church is destroying itself from the inside out. Of course this is nothing new, any reading of Jude makes this all very clear and unfortunately expected.

News Story below:

Caution urged in electing gay bishops

An Episcopal Church panel studying the furor over the denomination’s first openly gay bishop proposed Friday that dioceses use "very considerable caution" from now on in electing bishops with same-sex partners, but stopped short of the moratorium critics demanded.

The commission also recommended that the American church offer "apology and repentance" for the turmoil its actions caused within the global Anglican Communion, and said dioceses should stop creating blessing ceremonies for same-gender couples, at least temporarily.

The suggestions are among several that will go before a June meeting of the top Episcopal legislative body, called the General Convention, which can revise or reject the proposals. The outcome of their debate will be critical, shaping not only the future of the American church, but also its role as the U.S. representative of world Anglicanism.

The Communion has been in disarray since 2003, when delegates to the last General Convention approved the election of V. Gene Robinson as New Hampshire bishop. Robinson lives with his longtime male partner, and his consecration was greeted by many Episcopalians as a triumph for gay acceptance.

The 14-member Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, comprised of American bishops, clergy and lay people, was formed to lay the groundwork for the church’s response to what is known as the 2004 Windsor Report.

That report came from Anglican leaders seeking ways the 77 million-member Communion could stay unified despite the rift over homosexuality.