Kimsey, Rustin. Eastern Oregon

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Thu, 20 Jun 1935 12:28:39 EDT

Rustin Kimsey
Retired Bishop of Eastern Oregon
420 E. 11th St.
The Dalles, OR 97058
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rustin@gorge.net

#745 consecrated in 1980
Bp of EO 1980-2000.
Interim Bishop of Navajoland, 2004-2006
Born: 6/20/1935, Bend OR

U OR BS 57. ETS BD 60. Coll ID DD.
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Ordained deacon: 6/60, Priest: 12/60
Marriage: 27 Dec 61 Gretchen Beck Rinehart c2.

Assignment when elected: St. Paul's, The Dalles. R. Size of Parish.
2 Rank of size: .61

Current interim body membership: The Standing Commission on Ecumenical
Relations
Legislative committee at the 97 General Convention: Ecumenical
Relations.

Law on homosexuality in OR: +

Law:
'+' = No sodomy law
1 = Sodomy is a felony for lbs & straights
2 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor for lbgs & straights
3 = Sodomy is a felony, but only for lbgs
4 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor, but only for lbgs

Statistics for Diocesan bishops:
2,035 communicants in 1995, Rank: 95
1,941 communicants in 1996. Rank: 97

Median Congregation: 96
Average Congregation: 75
Number of congregations with 1,000+ members: 0

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How votedYrThe Issue
1=Yes
0=No
blank=not known
ne=Not eligible
99 e.g. Actions in green are votes that if 'yes' are favorable to lesbigays
Actions in red are votes that if 'yes' are unfavorable to lesbigays
Actions in black are votes that are neutral to lesbigays

Voting Record
ne 79 Voted "Not appropriate to ordain."
79 "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain.
0 88 Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E).
0 90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
0 91 Voted for the Frey resolution (via Howe).
0 94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
0 95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
1 95 Voted for C004sa to empower women's ministries in all Sees.
96 Signed letter condemning all gays as promiscuous as Penthouse said.
97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
1 97 Voted to insist on women's ministries in every diocese.
97 Voted to oppose homosexuality at Lambeth
98 Signed "Declaration" to disassociate from Bishop Spong's Call for a New Reformation
1 98 Signed A Pastoral Statement to Lesbian and Gay Anglicans from Some Member Bishops of the Lambeth Conference
1 01 Signed a statement supporting Bishop Jane Dixon regarding her actions in Accokeek