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Archive for July, 2009

Bishop John Ellison: Has Greenbelt lost the will to be counter-cultural?

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

To the Church of England Newspaper  for July 31 (Unpublished) Sir,   I write to express my concern that Greenbelt, "as an independent Christian charity", working at the inter-face of contemporary culture and ... Read more..

An Honest look at the Archbishop of Canterbury’s essay on General Convention 2009: “Communion, Covenant and our Anglican Future”

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, General Convention, TEC | Comments Off

Rev Philip Ashey, American Anglican Council There is much to affirm in the Archbishop of Canterbury's reflection on the 76th General Convention of The Episcopal Church: - In response to assurances by ... Read more..

Rowan’s Reflections: Unpacking the Archbishop’s Statement

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Anglican Covenant, Archbishop Of Canterbury, TEC | Comments Off

(This slightly amended version supercedes that posted yesterday.) Written by: Dr NT Wright (in collaboration with ACI and Fulcrum)   Introduction 1. In the two days since the Archbishop released his ‘Reflections’ on TEC’s ... Read more..

Statement by Bishop of Port Elizabeth, Church of the Province of South Africa

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in General Convention, News, TEC | Comments Off

Gay Unions and blessings Anglican Bishop of Port Elizabeth, the Rt Rev Bethlehem Nopece made the following press statement today... PRESS STATEMENT The Episcopal Church General Convention adoption of resolutions D025 and C056 ... Read more..

NT Wright on GC09 and the Archbishop of Canterbury: Unpackaged or Repackaged?

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, TEC | Comments Off

Charles Raven, SPREAD It has been said of the great twentieth century theologian Karl Barth that his was ‘a maverick ego that never lost the sense of continuity with itself’. Whether ... Read more..

Statement by Province of Southeast Asia Standing Committee

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Global South, Same-sex blessings, TEC | Comments Off

From Global South Anglican The Standing Committee of the Synod of the Province of the Anglican Church in Southeast Asia, meeting in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia on 29 and 30 July 2009, ... Read more..

Death of Ian Smith, member of General Synod and Director of CMS Ireland

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

7 months after being diagnosed with cancer, Ian Smith, CMS Ireland’s Director of Mission, died at home, on Wednesday 29th July. During his two years with the Society Ian’s passion for ... Read more..

Churches battle in California courts

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence The California courts have handed the Episcopal Church and the ACNA a mixed bag of legal decisions this month in the battles over parish property. While ... Read more..

Judge rules in favor of LACC student defending traditional marriage

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Injustice, Intolerance, Religious Liberty | Comments Off

From Examiner.com (Hat Tip: IMaPP) A California court has ruled in favor of a Los Angeles Community College student who said he was called a "fascist bastard" by his teacher for defending ... Read more..

65,000 Americans Sign Petition Demanding Congress Exclude Abortion from Health Care Bill

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Politics, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

From LifeSite News About 65,000 Americans have signed a national petition in just one week calling on Congress to exclude abortion as a mandatory health benefit as part of any health ... Read more..

Quakers ‘to allow gay marriages’

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

From BBC News One of the UK's oldest Christian denominations - the Quakers - looks set to extend marriage services to same-sex couples at their yearly meeting later. The church has already ... Read more..

Two-track Communion will not exclude, says Williams

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Anglican Covenant, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

By Pat Ashworth, Church Times BROKEN bridges to the wider Anglican Communion will not be repaired by recent actions of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States, ... Read more..

Law Lords of death rule for assisted suicide

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

From Cranmer's Blogspot Debbie Purdy is fearfully and wonderfully made. The joy in her face is the thrilling exuberance of life: the ecstasy, the vibrancy, the vitality. It is life in ... Read more..

Is The Gay Marriage Debate Over?

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Gay Marriage, Marriage | Comments Off

By Mark Galli, Christianity Today One could become wistful about the time in history when marriage was a settled affair, when everyone agreed on what it was, when no nation on ... Read more..

Assurances on Convention Actions ‘Unpersuasive,’ Archbishop Says

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, General Convention, TEC | Comments Off

By George Conger, The Living Church The adoption of resolutions D025 and C056 by the 76th General Convention speaks to an unhealthy degree of theological ignorance and ecclesiastical incoherence at ... Read more..

Of Orthodox Anglicans Still On-Board the Sinking TEC Ship

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, TEC | Comments Off

By Randall Foster (H/T Barbara Gauthier) (Clip) To me it’s like TEC is a large, ocean-going vessel that has developed a massive breach beneath the waterline. Water is pouring in. It is ... Read more..

Q & A: Robert Duncan

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By George Conger, Christianity Today What is going on here in Bedford? Bedford for us Anglicans is the end of the beginning. We have struggled, some of our congregations for over 30 ... Read more..

Christians Challenged to Be More Proactive in Strengthening Marriage

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Marriage | Comments Off

From Christian Post With the institution of marriage weakening in American society, Christians are left with three options.   "They can yield to the trends devaluing marriage. Or they can admit defeat in ... Read more..

Info on homosexual health risks squelched

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in AIDS, Children/Family, Homosexuality | Comments Off

From OneNewsNow A pro-family activist group is calling for a federal study of the health risks of homosexual conduct. Americans for Truth about Homosexuality president Peter LaBarbera tells OneNewsNow it only makes sense ... Read more..

MS woman wins right-to-die fight

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

BBC News A woman with multiple sclerosis has made legal history by winning her battle to have the law on assisted suicide clarified. Debbie Purdy wanted to know if her husband would be ... Read more..