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Archive for June, 2010

Mexico adopts the Anglican Communion Covenant

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Anglican Covenant | Comments Off

From ACNS Mexico has become the first Communion Province to adopt the Anglican Communion Covenant following its VI General Synod in Mexico City on 11 and 12 June. Secretary General Kenneth Kearon ... Read more..

Church Appeal over Lap Dance Club in Oxford Rejected

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Morality | Comments Off

Issued by St Ebbe’s Church, Oxford and the Christian Legal Centre Press Release  30 June 2010 AN OXFORD congregation has lost its appeal at Oxford Magistrates today to overturn the variation of ... Read more..

Resources from Reform for the Debate over Women Bishops

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Women Bishops | Comments Off

The General Synod debate over the proposals of the Manchester Commission on women bishops is taking place in York on July 9th to 13th. This debate will gain publicity and ... Read more..

Church of England looks to attract more ethnic minority Christians

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Riazat Butt, Guardian Initiatives come amid claims of south Asian Christians feeling unwelcome in mainstream congregations The Church of England is launching several initiatives to draw more ethnic minorities to its ... Read more..

New wine in old church buildings

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Alex Klaushofer, Guardian All over the country small churches are growing while the large buildings that once housed them decay This week saw the publication of the first national survey of England's ... Read more..

Continuing Attempts to Discourage Therapy for Unwanted Homosexuality

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Healing, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By David Pickup,  NARTH The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Considers a Proposal to Deny Membership to Therapists and Religious Counselors who conduct Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), and ... Read more..

Chelmsford Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans steering group meets

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), News | Comments Off

The Chelmsford FCA steering group met yesterday (29th June) to consider our future aims and programme. Feedback from the launch meeting on the 16th June suggested that many of those who ... Read more..

Black woman Chaplain to Commons denies ‘political correctness’ claims

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Political Correctness, Politics | Comments Off

By Martin Beckford, Telegraph The Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin denied that she was a “victim” or a “token”, and insisted she could perform well in the high-profile role. She defended herself following ... Read more..

Thousands oppose Scottish euthanasia Bill

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Euthanasia | Comments Off

From Christian Today The Catholic Church in Scotland has delivered the first batch of campaigning cards opposing Margo MacDonald’s euthanasia Bill to the doors of the Scottish Parliament. Representing thousands of voters ... Read more..

Study: Divorce Spreads Through Social Networks

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Culture, Divorce | Comments Off

By Thaddeus M Baklinski, LifeSite News A study published by the Social Science Research Network has found that likelihood of divorce is influenced by the social network in which a person ... Read more..

BBC increases religious programming

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Faith, Media | Comments Off

By Riazat Butt, UTV Richard Bacon and Susanna Reid are to present a new religion and ethics programme on BBC1 from next month. Sunday Morning Live will feature short films and discussions ... Read more..

Kagan’s abortion distortion

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in News, Politics, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

by Shannen Coffin for National Review hat-tip Jackie Bruchi for StandFirm When President Obama promised in his inaugural address to “restore science to its rightful place,” he never explained what that rightful ... Read more..

Must Israel Die?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Anti Semitism, News | Comments Off

by Marvin Olasky of World Magazine The anti-Israel press regularly gives us only half the story. We hear repeatedly, "If Israelis were more reasonable, peace would come." True, but a second ... Read more..

TEC Announces Members of Task Force to Create Liturgies for Same-Sex Blessings

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Gay Marriage, TEC | Comments Off

By Greg Griffith, Stand Firm It's a source of frustration for me - and no doubt a source of joy for our Worthy Opponents - that no matter how brazen or ... Read more..

Richard Dawkins’s backwards logic over atheist schooling

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Atheism, Faith | Comments Off

By Andrew Brown, Guardian Richard Dawkins's belief that any properly brought up child will naturally be an atheist leads him into absurdity Richard Dawkins on Mumsnet came up with a remark to ... Read more..

Living thankfully before God: living fairly before each other

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

The Church of England has put out a teaching document called Living thankfully before God: Living fairly before each other (http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/papers/ltbgprint.pdf It sets out a Christian approach to the purpose ... Read more..

The cure for homosexuality

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Healing, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Stephen Bennett, World Net Daily (Clip) As I look back on all those years of Tuesday TV nights with my boyfriend, I realize the homosexual lifestyle was a deceitful counterfeit ... Read more..

Outing of Anti-Gay Pastor Draws Criticism

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Ethics, Gay Activism, Media | Comments Off

By Elizabeth Jensen, New York Times The reaction was swift when Lavender Magazine, a biweekly for Minneapolis’s gay and lesbian community, reported in its current issue that an outspokenly anti-homosexual local pastor ... Read more..

More Theological Revisionism

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Gay Activism, Theology | Comments Off

By Bill Muehlenberg Homosexual activists both within and without the church are seeking to rewrite the Bible to push their agenda. They use many ploys to convince us that the Bible ... Read more..

One to watch?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Media | Comments Off

By Edward Tomlinson A new sitcom for the BBC will revolve around the life of a parish priest who finds himself out of his depth when moving from a sleepy country ... Read more..