Bishop Defrocks Episcopal Priest Who Practices Islam
KTVL.COM: SEATTLE -- An Episcopal priest who lives in Seattle has been removed from her position for refusing to recant her faith in Islam.

Rev. Ann Holmes Redding served as director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle until 2007 when she announced she also was a Muslim.

She believes the faiths are compatible at a fundamental level and practices both. But she was defrocked today by her Bishop, Geralyn Wolf in Rhode Island where Redding was ordained.

Wolf called Redding "a woman of utmost integrity" but said her open practice of Islam meant she abandoned the Episcopal church. [Source: KTVL] | Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The Rev Ann Holmes Redding Inhibited by Her Episcopal Bishop
THE SEATTLE TIMES: SEATTLE — An Episcopal priest who announced last month that she is also a practicing Muslim has been suspended from the priesthood and other Episcopal leadership roles for a year.

The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, who until March was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral here, should "reflect on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and what I see as the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity and Islam," the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf, bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island, wrote in an e-mail to church leaders.

For the next year Redding "is not to exercise any of the responsibilities and privileges of an Episcopal priest or deacon," Wolf added. Episcopal priest suspended after saying she also is Muslim (more)

Mark Alexander

The Reverend that Ought to Be Ex-Communicated!
With many thanks to Judah of Judah's Journal for alerting me to this absurd story some days ago:

Photos of Rev Ann Holmes Redding courtesy of The Seattle Times

Doesn't this silly woman realise that these two faiths are totally and utterly incompatible; and doesn't she realise, too, that this will be viewed as an affront to Muslims throughout the world. Christianity states that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and was crucified for our sins, to save our souls. Muslims state categorically that Jesus was NOT the Son of God, for they believe that Allah begets not and is not begotten. Further, Muslims state that Jesus was NOT crucified. There are many other differences, too; but these two tenets alone show major and incontrovertible differences between the faiths. It is clearly impossible for this woman to be both a practising Christian AND a practising Muslim at one and the same time.

WORLD NET DAILY: SEATTLE – A veteran Episcopal priest says she became a Muslim just over a year ago and now worships at a mosque Fridays – but that hasn't stopped her from donning her white collar Sunday mornings.

"I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I'm both an American of African descent and a woman. I'm 100 percent both," Rev. Ann Holmes Redding told the Seattle Times.

Redding, a priest for more than 20 years, until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, the paper reported. Now, she's telling the world about her adherence to Islam, provoking bewilderment from Christians and Muslims. Priest goes Muslim, but remains Christian: Episcopalian prays at mosque Fridays, joins in church service Sunday mornings (more)

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I am both Muslim and Christian

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