From The Living Church-Bishop George Wayne Smith of the Diocese of Missouri will visit and assist at three Dallas-area parishes that wish to celebrate weddings for same-sex couples:
General Convention passed Resolution B012 on July 13, 2018, to give all Episcopalians the ability to be married by their priests in their home churches.
One part of
Resolution B012 resolves that if a bishop “holds a theological position
that does not embrace marriage for same-sex couples,” that bishop “shall
invite, as necessary, another bishop of this Church to provide pastoral
support to the couple, the Member of the Clergy involved and the
congregation or worshipping community in order to fulfill the intention
of this resolution that all couples have convenient and reasonable local
congregational access to these rites.”
Bishop
[George] Sumner wrote, “I am confident that we will be working
collegially for the sake of the thriving of all the parishes in the
Diocese of Dallas. I have provided Ascension, Transfiguration, and St.
Thomas with a protocol for Bishop Smith’s work with them. Both he and I
share the hope that the three parishes will continue to invite me
annually to come to preach, teach, and share in worship.”
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