Bishop Joe Morris Doss asks whether we really believe that Baptism is at the heart of Christian ministry in the Church. In thishistorical review, he warns us that recent General Convention actions are returning Confirmation to a central role we decided against over thirty years ago. As a companion piece to Doss’ article, Robert Brooks reports on recent years’ efforts to respond to the canonical actions of General Convention, and the amazing coalition of theologians, bishops, educators, parish clergy and others who have been energized to bring Baptism back to the center of our understanding of ministry, while addressing the needs of the Church for adequate formation and leadership training.
The full text of the two companion articles is online in Adobe PDF format here: Baptism or Confirmation?
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For another comment on the topic of baptism and communion, see Tobias Haller here.
Ormonde,
Thanks for the link above. I found it a helpful synthesis.
Here's a link that is more tangential, but I think it still gets at part of the move back on importance of confirmation. This is the rev. Michael J. Hanley's DMin in congregational development thesis for Seabury-Western on how parish visitations can be a means of congregational development. Oh, It's You Again: Episcopal Visitations as Congregational Development. It opens up some of what council has discussed of late in terms of what else parish visitations might accomplish beyond confirming people.
anyone know how to contact Joe Doss? He's an old friend of my family and i'm trying to find a phone number or email. Thanks
guionn@yahoo.com
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