As the following news article explains, openly gay Bishop, V. Gene Robinson
of the Episcopal Church of the state of New Hampshire, has decided to retire
from the position of bishop in 2013, due to the huge amount of pressure that
it has brought upon himself, upon his male "lover" -- who he "married" in
2008 -- and upon his diocese. In fact, according to the article, Robinson
underwent treatment for alcoholism in 2006. And this man is a leader of his
church? Consider what the Apostle Paul teaches us in his first Epistle to
Timothy concerning the office of a bishop:

"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,
of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine..."
1 Timothy 3:2-3a, KJV

Paul wrote the very same thing to Titus, as we see here:

"For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not
soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;"
Titus 1:7, KJV

Robinson went to get help for his alcoholism, but he needs to do the same
thing for his homosexual tendencies, because this is an even greater sin
before the Lord.

All I have to say is good riddance to Robinson! He is an utter disgrace, an
abomination to God, and an embarrassment to our Christian faith. He is a
modern-day false prophet, just like Jesus forewarned us in Matthew chapter
twenty-four. If you doubt that this is so, consider this paragraph from the
article:

----- Begin Quote -----

But those who know Bishop Robinson say he has no intention of retiring from
public life. His status as a symbol in the international gay rights movement
means that after he steps down, he will have no shortage of platforms from
which to preach his message that God blesses gay relationships too.

----- End Quote -----

I don't know what Bible Robinson is reading from, but nowhere in my KJV
Bible does it say that God blesses gay relationships. Quite to the contrary,
God's Word condemns these sinful relationships in both the Old and the New
Testaments, as I have explained in Scriptural detail many times before.

Robinson's election to the position of bishop has resulted in a very serious
rift which has torn apart the Anglican Communion on a global scale. In the
Book of Proverbs we are told that those who sow division amongst the
brethren are an abomination to God, which He hates, as we see here:

"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto
him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An
heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord
among brethren." Proverbs 6:16-19, KJV

So again, good riddance to Robinson!


First Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop to Retire in 2013

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN - NYT

November 6, 2010


Bishop V. Gene Robinson, whose consecration as the first openly gay bishop
in the Episcopal Church set off a historic rift in the global Anglican
Communion, announced to his New Hampshire diocese on Saturday that he
intended to step down.

He plans to retire in January 2013 after nine years as bishop, to give the
diocese enough time to elect a new bishop and get the approval of the
national church, a process that can take two years.

The news took some by surprise because Bishop Robinson is an energetic
63-year-old, and mandatory retirement age for Episcopal bishops is 72. He
has led a relatively stable and healthy diocese, despite predictions by some
that his election would undermine the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire.

The reason to depart, he said in a speech delivered at the close of the
annual convention of his diocese, is that being at the center of an
international uproar has taken a toll on him and on the diocese.

"Death threats, and the now worldwide controversy surrounding your election
of me as bishop, have been a constant strain, not just on me, but on my
beloved husband, Mark" and on Episcopalians in the state, he said.

But those who know Bishop Robinson say he has no intention of retiring from
public life. His status as a symbol in the international gay rights movement
means that after he steps down, he will have no shortage of platforms from
which to preach his message that God blesses gay relationships too. (Through
a spokesman, he declined interview requests.)

Bishop Robinson has become a national figure. In 2009, he gave the
invocation for the opening event of the inauguration of President Obama. He
also sees himself as an evangelist to people alienated from Christianity.

The election of Bishop Robinson in a church in Concord, N. H., in 2003 was
the shot heard round the Christian world. It cracked open a longstanding
divide between theological liberals and conservatives in both the Episcopal
Church and its parent body, the Anglican Communion -- those churches
affiliated with the Church of England in more than 160 countries.

Since 2003, the Communion's leaders have labored to save it from outright
schism, not just over homosexuality, but also over female bishops and
priests.

The current strategy, pushed by the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev.
Rowan Williams, is for each regional province to sign a "covenant" of common
beliefs.

The covenant has been slowly making its way through laborious writing and
approval processes, which could take years.

Late last month, an international coalition of liberal Anglicans started a
campaign to reject the covenant, saying, "The covenant seeks to narrow the
range of acceptable belief within Anglicanism."

The group, Anglicans for Comprehensive Unity, said, "Rather than bringing
peace to the Communion, we predict that the covenant text itself could
become the cause of future bickering and that its centralized
dispute-resolution mechanisms could beget interminable quarrels and
resentments."

The church in New Hampshire suffered less fallout under Bishop Robinson than
the Episcopal Church or the Anglican Communion. Only one New Hampshire
congregation departed during his tenure, a congregation long unhappy with
the direction of the Episcopal Church, according to diocesan leaders.

The number of active members in New Hampshire fell 3 percent, from 15,259 in
2003 to 14,787 in 2009. In that period, the Episcopal Church, like most
mainline Protestant denominations, lost about 10 percent of its members. (It
had about two million in 2008, the last year for which statistics are
available.)

Bishop Robinson won critics over with a leadership style that was decisive
but collaborative, said Margaret Porter, moderator of the diocesan council.

"The people who were skeptics, that did not last," she said. "He was willing
to meet them where they were. There were churches that were reluctant to
have him visit as bishop for a time, and I think he now visits every
congregation and is welcomed."

But the pressure on Bishop Robinson became apparent in 2006. He took a
monthlong leave to be treated for alcoholism. He said Saturday that he was
in his fifth year of sobriety.

He and his partner of more than 20 years had a civil union ceremony in New
Hampshire in 2008.

Bishop Robinson is no longer the only openly gay bishop in the Episcopal
Church. Bishop Mary D. Glasspool was consecrated in Los Angeles earlier this
year.

In his resignation speech in New Hampshire, Bishop Robinson said: "This is
the one place on earth where I am not 'the gay bishop.' I believe that you
elected me because you believed me to be the right person to lead you at
this time. The world has sometimes questioned that, but I hope you never
did."



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