ENS is reporting: A group of Anglican women, as an expression of their faithfulness to the church's mission, issued a statement March 3 reiterating their unequivocal commitment "to remaining always in 'communion' with and for one another," and emphasizing that "rebuilding and reconciling the world" is central to their faith. The statement came as more than 80 Anglican women are meeting in New York February 26-March 9 for the 51st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).
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Read the whole report here ... but here's the "take away" for me this morning ... and let's imagine what a different and more hopeful place we would be in if these voices were part of the conversations in Tanzania and at Lambeth:
Given the global tensions so evident in our church today, we do not accept that there is any one issue of difference or contention which can, or indeed would, ever cause us to break the unity as represented by our common baptism. Neither would we ever consider severing the deep and abiding bonds of affection which characterize our relationships as Anglican women.
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A good dose of feminism could teach the Church a thing or two. Sisterhood is not contingent on agreement. Nor should the bonds of affection which unite brothers and sisters in Christ.
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