{"id":167,"date":"2010-01-25T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoc.wwwsr11.supercp.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2014-08-08T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:35:47","slug":"gods-call-and-our-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicagoconsultation.org\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Call and Our Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 2010: \u00a0The Chicago Consultation&#8217;s publication &#8220;God&#8217;s Call and Our Response,&#8221; considers theological and historical perspectives on the Episcopal Church&#8217;s process of electing and consenting to bishops. The essays are intended as a resource for reflection Resolution D025 of the 2009 General Convention, which affirms both the Episcopal Church&#8217;s commitment to continue its participation in the Anglican Communion and its understanding that God may call to any order of ministry a person living in a lifelong, committed monogamous same-sex union.<\/p>\n<p>Download &#8220;God&#8217;s Call and Our Response&#8221; in pdf format.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Table of Contents<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Introduction<br \/>\nRuth Meyers \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 1<br \/>\nContributors&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 3<br \/>\nResolution D025 and\u00a0Canon III.1: Of the Ministry of All Baptized Persons&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. 5<br \/>\nThe Logic of the Consent Process<br \/>\nGary R. Hall\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 7<br \/>\n\u201cIt Seemed Good to the Holy Spirit and to Us\u201d: \u00a0Discernment and Ordination in the Episcopal Church<br \/>\nJay Emerson Johnson \u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230; 11<br \/>\nThe Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion: \u00a0Unity and Autonomy<br \/>\nJohn L. 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