Question: In 2003, the Lambeth Commission on Communion was appointed by the Anglican Communion to study problems stemming from the consecration of Gene Robinson, the first noncelibate self-identifying gay priest to be ordained as an Anglican bishop, in the Episcopal Church, in which country?

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Anglican realignment: The term Anglican realignment refers to a movement among some Anglicans to align themselves under new or alternative oversight within or outside the Anglican Communion.  This movement is primarily active in parts of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada.  Two of the major events which contributed to the movement were the 2002 decision of the Diocese of New Westminster in Canada to authorise a rite of blessing for same-sex unions, and the nomination of two openly gay priests in 2003 to become bishops.  Jeffrey John, an openly gay priest with a long-time partner, was appointed to be the next Bishop of Reading in the Church of England and the General Convention of the Episcopal Church ratified the election of Gene Robinson, an openly gay non-celibate man, as Bishop of New Hampshire.  Jeffrey John ultimately declined the appointment due to pressure.

Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion: Since the 1990s, the Anglican Communion has struggled with controversy regarding homosexuality in the church.  In 1998, the 13th Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops passed a resolution stating that "homosexual acts" are "incompatible with Scripture".  However, this is not legally binding.  "Like all Lambeth Conference resolutions, it is not legally binding on all provinces of the Communion, including the Church of England, though it commends an essential and persuasive view of the attitude of the Communion."  "Anglican national churches in Brazil, South Africa, South India, New Zealand and Canada have taken steps toward approving and celebrating same-sex relationships amid strong resistance among other national churches within the 80 million-member global body.  The Episcopal Church in the U.S. has allowed gay marriage since 2015." " Church of England clergy have appeared to signal support for gay marriage after they rejected a bishops’ report which said that only a man and woman could marry in church."

George C. Schneller: George C. Schneller was the second presiding bishop of the Anglican Orthodox Church and Metropolitan of the Orthodox Anglican Communion.  He was born on February 22, 1921, in St. Louis, Missouri.  He was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1973, by James Parker Dees, and served as the rector of Holy Cross Anglican Church in St. Louis, Missouri for over two decades.  He was consecrated to the episcopate on October 27, 1991, by Hesbon O. Njera, Presiding Bishop of Kenya and Laione Q. Vuki, a bishop in Polynesia, both were bishops of the Orthodox Anglican Communion.  Schneller served his "alma mater" (1973) as the second president of Cranmer Seminary during the same period.  Following the death of his wife and having health difficulties of his own, on January 9, 1993, he resigned his position as presiding bishop.  He died on June 8, 2000, bequeathing his episcopal vestments, library, and holy vessels to the Orthodox Anglican Church.

Gene Robinson: Vicky Gene Robinson (born May 29, 1947 in Fayette County, Kentucky) is a bishop emeritus of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.  Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as diocesan bishop in March 2004.  Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary to the VIII Bishop of New Hampshire.

American Anglican Council: The American Anglican Council is an organization of theologically conservative Anglicans from both the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and The Episcopal Church in the United States.  According to its membership brochure, it was founded "as a response to unbiblical teachings that crept into The Episcopal Church and the larger Anglican Communion."  The organization believes that "the Episcopal Church (and a few other parts of the Anglican Communion, including the Anglican Church in Canada) faces an extreme crisis of belief centered on the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as Savior and the authority of Scripture.  This crisis has resulted in conflicts over specific behavior and practices that are informed by Scripture, including issues concerning human sexuality and marriage, though these issues are in reality symptoms of the deeper issues."

James Parker Dees: James Parker Dees was the founder and first bishop of the Anglican Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Anglican Communion.  Dees was born in Greenville, North Carolina on December 30, 1915, the son of James Earle Dees and Margaret Burgwin (Parker) Dees.  He graduated in 1938 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in political science and economics, then took a year of graduate study in international relations.  From 1939 until 1942, he worked for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Greenville, North Carolina.  For two years after the Second World War, he was a baritone soloist with the New York Opera Company.  He then studied at the Protestant Episcopal Church’s Virginia Theological Seminary for his Bachelor of Divinity degree, graduating in 1949.  He was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 29, 1949; and as a priest by Thomas Henry Wright, Bishop of East Carolina, at the Church of the Holy Cross, in Aurora, North Carolina, on January 19, 1950.  As a member of the Diocese of North Carolina, he served in charges in Aurora, Beaufort, and Statesville.  His concerns about advancing liberalism caused him to withdraw from the denomination in 1963.  Dees was discouraged from joining the Reformed Episcopal Church by Carl McIntire because of their association with groups perceived as being neo-evangelical.  The decision to form a new jurisdiction was made.  Dees founded the Anglican Orthodox Church on November 17, 1963 - the first religious body to withdraw from the PECUSA in the modern era.  On Passion Sunday, March 15, 1964 Dees was consecrated a bishop by Wasyl Sawyna of the Holy Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church of North and South America, assisted by Orlando Jacques Woodward, a bishop of Old Catholic succession.

Windsor Report: In 2003, the Lambeth Commission on Communion was appointed by the Anglican Communion to study problems stemming from the consecration of Gene Robinson, the first noncelibate self-identifying gay priest to be ordained as an Anglican bishop, in the Episcopal Church in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions in the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster.  The Commission, chaired by Archbishop Robin Eames, published its findings as the Windsor Report on 18 October 2004.  The report recommended a covenant for the Anglican Communion, an idea that did not come to fruition.

Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil: The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (Portuguese: "Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil – IEAB" ) is the 19th province of the Anglican Communion, covering the country of Brazil.  It is composed of nine dioceses and one missionary district, each headed by a bishop, among whom one is elected as the Primate of Brazil.  The current Primate is Francisco de Assis da Silva, from the South-West Diocese, elected in 2013.  IEAB is the oldest non-Roman Catholic church in Brazil, originating from the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed in 1810 between Portugal and the United Kingdom which allowed the Church of England to establish chapels in the former Portuguese colony.  In 1890 American missionaries from the Episcopal Church established themselves in the country aiming to create a national church; unlike the English chapels, they celebrated services in Portuguese and converted Brazilians.  The Anglican community of Brazil was a missionary district of the Episcopal Church until 1965, when it gained its ecclesiastical independence and became a separate province of the Anglican Communion.  Twenty years later, IEAB began to ordain women.  It preaches a social gospel, being known for its commitment to fight against problems that affect vast portions of the Brazilian society, such as social inequality, land concentration, domestic violence, racism, homophobia and xenophobia.  Its stance as an Inclusive Church has caused both schisms and the arrival of former Roman Catholics and Evangelicals in search of acceptance.

Mark Lawrence (bishop): Mark Joseph Lawrence (born March 19, 1950, in Bakersfield, California) is an American Anglican bishop.  He has been the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina since 2008.  In November 2012, the diocese under his leadership withdrew from the national Episcopal Church to become an independent Anglican diocese and eventually came under the oversight of the Anglican Global South.  The national Episcopal Church does not recognize this diocesan withdrawal.  Instead, national leaders of the Episcopal Church consider Lawrence to have abandoned the Episcopal Church and his position as diocesan bishop.  According to the official website of the global Anglican Communion, the independent diocese under Lawrence's leadership is not a member of the communion.  However, the Steering Committee of Anglican primates of the Global South recognized Lawrence as bishop over a diocese "within the Anglican Communion" in December 2012 and recognized the diocese as part of the Global South in August 2014.  The status of the Diocese of South Carolina is currently the subject of state and federal lawsuits, but is settled in terms of canon law.  [Some debate this, as ACNA canon law does not apply to assets belonging to The Episcopal Church.]  Lawrence and other bishops in the Diocese are now formally affiliated with the Anglican Church in North America upon the unanimous admittance of the Diocese of South Carolina on 27 June 2017.

Scott McLaughlin (bishop): Scott Earle McLaughlin was the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion, and the Chancellor of Saint Andrew's Theological College and Seminary.  On 1 May 1999 McLaughlin was consecrated as a bishop by Herbert M. Groce, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas, assisted by Bishop Larry Shaver of the Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas, and Bishop Robert J. Godfrey of the Orthodox Anglican Communion.  His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox.  McLaughlin served as suffragan bishop until 30 April 2000, when Bishop Godfrey retired.  He was then elected Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion.  He was the fourth archbishop to lead the Orthodox Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Anglican Church.  He is married with four children; two sons and two daughters.

Supporting paragraphs: Windsor Report Gene Robinson
Answer: United States