Documents

Documents, papers, essays, and reports. All documents are from Via Media USA, except as noted.

Date	Title	Description	File
03/15/2005	Take Heart, But With Reservations	Thoughts on the Anglican Communion primates’ February 2005 communiqué by Via Media USA facilitator Christopher Wilkins. He outlines five specific difficulties with the communiqué’s attempt to surreptitiously change the foundation of the Anglican Communion.	facile.pdf
03/07/2005	Notes from a Verbal Report Given by the Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield to the Clergy of the Diocese of San Joaquin on March 7, 2005	A report from the Rev. Rick Matters on what Bishop John-David Schofield told the clergy of the Diocese of San Joaquin after the recent meeting of the Anglican primates.	sfield.pdf
02/23/2005	In Our Many Voices	A report prepared by Via Media USA about the state of diocese hosting Via Media groups prepared for the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church.	voices.pdf
01/30/2005	The Center Still Holds	Joan R. Gundersen, Vice President for Policy of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, wrote this essay for the January 30, 2005, issue of The Living Church. It appeared in the “Reader’s Viewpoint” column on pages 13–14. Gundersen argues that The Episcopal Church is in better shape than its critics suggest.
10/13/2004	History Revisited: Historical Background of the Proposed Amendment to Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh	Proponents of “realignment” have had to create their own version of Episcopal Church history and polity. This scholarly rebuttal of “orthodox” revisionism was written by historian Joan Gundersen for Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh as the Diocese of Pittsburgh moved inevitably toward schism. (See also Gundersen’s more recent paper, “A Response to Mark McCall’s ‘Is The Episcopal Church Hierarchical?’”)	revisited.pdf
08/26/2004	Property Constraints	Lionel Deimel, president of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, wrote this essay for the September 4, 2004, issue of The Living Church. It appeared in the “Reader’s Viewpoint” column on pages 38–39. Deimel argues against letting disgruntled congregations remove property from the church, both in general and in the specific case of The Episcopal Church.
07/03/2004	Yes +Dallas, There Is a Via Media	The Rev. Michael B. Russell wrote this essay for Via Media Dallas on the nature of the Via Media.
03/29/2004	A Speech to Fort Worth Via Media	Barbi Click, a representative of Fort Worth Via Media, gave this speech about her experience at the Via Media USA organizational meeting in Atlanta.
03/25/2004	Presiding Bishop’s Greeting to Participants in Via Media USA Organizational Meeting	Faxed letter from Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold to participants in the organizational meeting of Via Media USA in Atlanta, Georgia.	ftg_letter.pdf
12/06/2001	A Church at Risk: The Episcopal “Renewal Movement”	Even before New Hampshire elected the Rev. Canon Gene Robinson, Institute for Democracy Studies wrote this report on the threat to The Episcopal Church from the right.	risk.pdf