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Archive for April, 2009

It’s time we reclaimed our patron saint, says Dr Michael Nazir-Ali

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Ruth Gledhill, Timesonline A Pakistani-born bishop is calling for celebrations to mark St George's Day to be held throughout England today, led by flag-flying clergy. The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael ... Read more..

No Truth Without Love, No Love Without Truth

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler The church's engagement with the culture involves a host of issues, controversies, and decisions--but no issue defines our current cultural crisis as clearly as homosexuality. Some churches and ... Read more..

First TV advert for the morning-after pill to be screened tonight despite furious opposition

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education, youth culture | Comments Off

From Mailonline The UK’s first television advert for the morning-after pill is due to be screened tonight. It will be shown after the 9pm watershed on ITV, Channel 4 and Sky among ... Read more..

Commentary on leaked draft Communion Partners Statement

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off

From Baby Blue Episcopalian progressive activists are positively giddy that they have gotten a hold of what appears to be a final draft of the Communion Partners Statement dated April 18th ... Read more..

Russian Church Asks to Have Christianophobia Listed as Form of Discrimination

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Faith, Intolerance | Comments Off

By Thaddeus M Baklinski, LifeSite News A delegate of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), being held in Geneva this week, ... Read more..

German Parents Convicted after Withdrawing Daughter from Explicit Sex-Ed Program

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education | Comments Off

From LifeSite News Alliance Defense Fund attorneys are representing two German parents in an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights filed Tuesday. The two parents were convicted under German ... Read more..

Bishops’ Statement on the Polity of the Episcopal Church

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

From ACI We write as Bishops of The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion and the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.  We are joined by distinguished theologians known for their long ... Read more..

Statement from the Anglican Communion Institute

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Communion | Comments Off

From ACI The Rev’d Mr Harris has released via his blog confidential emails not addressed to him. We assume him to be a man of civility and honor, in view of ... Read more..

Rick Warren to Address Breakaway Anglicans

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By Lilian Kwon, Christian Post Pastor Rick Warren, among several other Christian leaders, has agreed to address thousands of breakaway Anglicans in June when they meet for their first official assembly ... Read more..

Hushed report: gay adoption puts kids at risk of bullying

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Children adopted by same-sex parents are likely to face bullying, according to a report that the Scottish Government tried to keep secret. However, same-sex parents are likely to ... Read more..

Archbishop: sex ed should teach love, not mechanics

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Sex education | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Government policy addresses the “mechanics” of teenage sex and pregnancy but fails to teach children about commitment, the Archbishop of Wales has said. Young people should be taught ... Read more..

Sex and the City Conference

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

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New province is a sad reflection on Canterbury & Co

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Consultative Council, Global Anglican Future Conference | Comments Off

By Glenn Davies, Sydney Anglicans (H/T ACL Sydney) Last week the GAFCON Primates met in London to deliberate on a number of significant issues. However, the most far reaching of their decisions was ... Read more..

Evangelicals fights back in row over gay clergy

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Civil Partnerships, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Mike Wade, Timesonline The dispute over homosexual relationships and clergy threatening schism in the Church of Scotland worsened yesterday with the evangelical wing of the Kirk accusing its house magazine ... Read more..

GAFCON – Game Over or New Game?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

One of the most interesting people I ever listened to was an advertising executive, talking to a class studying Fashion and Design with Marketing, back in the 1980s. This man ... Read more..

UK kids amongst worst in Europe for wellbeing

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Children/Family | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute Smoking, drinking, sex and drugs have been named among reasons why British children are ranked almost bottom of a European table of wellbeing. The Netherlands came top while ... Read more..

More Scenes from the Sex Wars

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Culture, Gay Marriage | Comments Off

By Bill Muehlenberg There is never a shortage of news items on the sexual side of the culture wars. Everyday new battles are reported, and the war over sexuality continues unabated. ... Read more..

Church of Scotland magazine backs gay partnerships

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Civil Partnerships | Comments Off

By Mike Wade, Timesonline  A potential rift within the Church of Scotland over gay relationships emerged yesterday after the Church’s house magazine backed civil partnerships and openly gay ministers. Accusing religious traditionalists ... Read more..

Abortion Linked to Higher Rates of Domestic Violence: New Research

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Hilary White, LifeSite News When a woman gets an abortion, the couple is more than twice as likely to argue when discussing future children, and nearly three times as likely ... Read more..

Dean Slee and the English Sect – the Global Anglican Rift Widens

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Church of England, Global Anglican Future Conference | Comments Off

By Charles Raven, SPREAD The Very Rev’d Colin Slee, the Dean of Southwark, has alleged that the Bishop of Rochester’s recently announced resignation is the first step in setting up an ... Read more..