Dr. Hutchens is a senior editor of Touchstone.

"The question is whether this church will have women presbyters or not. The answer is Yes or No: tertium non datur. Here we have enthusiastic but murky bishopspeak and other forms of religious talk, much of which claims that what is going on among indecisive bishops on one hand and partisans of women's ordination on the other is being carried out under the direction of the Holy Spirit. This is either true or it is blasphemy. Just how long are the more orthodox members of the ACNA going to tolerate bishops whose job is to decide which path to take but either cannot or will not?"