North Dakota Affirms Covenant

From The Living Church-

The Diocese of North Dakota’s annual convention has affirmed the Anglican Covenant. The convention met Oct. 30 in Bismarck. The vote to affirm the Covenant was 73-42.

The resolution adopted by convention said the diocese “affirms the principles of the Anglican Communion Covenant and urges the General Convention to adopt it for the Episcopal Church.”

A pre-convention issue of the diocese’s newspaper, The Sheaf, featured three reflections on the resolution.

The Rt. Rev. Michael G. Smith, Bishop of North Dakota, endorsed the Covenant in his “From the Bishop” column.

“I think to reject the Anglican Communion Covenant would be a grievous mistake and will mark the end of Anglicanism as we know it,” the bishop wrote. “Furthermore, such rejection will continue and further the split in the Episcopal Church.”

The bishop added: “Already so many conservative and traditional Christians have left the Episcopal Church that our discourse and discernment is unbalanced at the national level. My hope and prayer is that our participation in the Anglican Communion Covenant will help to keep us in the orthodox mainstream of Christianity, the diverse center of the Church, where we can hear both sides of any issue we might face.”

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http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2010/11/3/north-dakota-affirms-covenant