Talk:Diocese of Nelson

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[edit] New Zealand's only evangelical diocese?

The page used to say that Nelson was NZ's only evangelical diocese and this was flagged with (citation needed). It is beyond doubt that Nelson is an evangelical diocese: for example:

“Nelson,” he says, “is unique. It is, very strongly, an evangelical diocese. We believe in Biblical orthodoxy...

but although there is some evidence to suggest it - see below - , I'm reluctant to perpetuate the page's claim that Nelson is the only NZ evangelical diocese.

I want to honour and affirm that. I also want to do that in a way that doesn’t isolate us. I want to be in warm communion with the other Anglican Bishops of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia – while saying, at the same time: ‘This is the truth that we hold to in this diocese.’ Bishop Derek has done this with so much grace, and I hope I can do the same.”

Quotations from the press release on his appointment, currently on the Diocesan home page at http://www.nelsonanglican.org.nz/index.aspx Ringbark 07:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)