Diocese of Albany Endorses Covenant

From The Living Church-

The Diocese of Albany’s annual convention endorsed the Anglican Communion Covenant in a 314-76 vote June 12.

Albany joins the dioceses of Central Florida, Dallas, South Carolina and Western Louisiana in endorsing the Covenant.

Albany Via Media opposed the endorsement, and posted a statement from the vestry of Christ Church, Hudson, N.Y., that said the Covenant is “about the exercise of group power through bargaining and voting.”

The Rt. Rev. William H. Love, Bishop of Albany, welcomed the vote.

“As I have stated on earlier occasions, by endorsing the Anglican Communion Covenant, the Diocese of Albany is sending a strong message and signal to the rest of the Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican Communion that we greatly value our Anglican heritage and relationships throughout the world, and that we intend by the grace of God to honor that which is asked of us in the Anglican Communion Covenant, worshipping and serving our Lord Jesus Christ, sharing the Gospel in cooperation and close relationship with our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the Anglican Communion,” he wrote to clergy and laity of the diocese.

The bishop added that the Covenant does not ask the diocese “to do anything that we are not already doing” or “to be anything other than who we are.”

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2010/6/29/diocese-of-albany-endorses-covenant