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Gafcon Primates meet the Archbishop of Canterbury

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Common Cause, Global Anglican Future Conference, News | Comments Off

By Stephen Sizer It is time for plain speaking: The Episcopal Church in the USA and the Anglican Church of Canada have prostituted the Christian faith and authorized that which God ... Read more..

Legal framework set for new Third Province in North America

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence Leaders of the Third Province movement sidestepped the contentious issue of women clergy last night, and have endorsed a provisional constitution and canons governing the emerging ... Read more..

Statement from The Episcopal Church

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, TEC | Comments Off

The Rev. Dr. Charles K. Robertson, Canon to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, has issued the following statement: We will not predict what will or will not come out of this ... Read more..

Greetings from the Anglican Church League, Sydney, to the new Province of North America

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Sydney Anglicans | Comments Off

From ACL Sydney THE COUNCIL OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH LEAGUE SENDS GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS GATHERED IN THE NEW PROVINCE OF ... Read more..

Breakaway Anglicans Aim for Less Division with New Province

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, TEC | Comments Off

By Lillian Kwon, The Christian Post FAIRFAX, Va. – As breakaway Anglicans prepare to introduce a draft constitution for their new conservative province in North America on Wednesday, many within the ... Read more..

Summit will not debate Gafcon

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Global Anglican Future Conference | Comments Off

By George Conger, CEN Members of the Joint Standing Committee [JSC] of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council are scheduled to meet this week, Nov 25-27 at St. Andrew’s House ... Read more..

Canada: Conservative Anglicans determined to stay within church

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada | Comments Off

By Keith Knight, Anglican Journal About 50 conservative Anglican leaders, including eight young theological students, gathered in Toronto for a one-day consultation on Nov. 25 and emerged with a determination to ... Read more..

Plans to create a conservative province ‘disturbing,’ says primate

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, TEC | Comments Off

By Leigh Anne Williams, Anglican Journal News of a plan to create a new North American Anglican province that would be defined by conservative theology rather than a geographic location may ... Read more..

Anglican Network in Canada pushes for creation of North American province

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada | Comments Off

From Anglican Journal Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) representatives are working with American colleagues in the Common Cause Partnership to create a new North American Anglican province, one that would be ... Read more..

Stick with true Anglican beliefs, breakaway bishop tells St. John’s flock

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada | No Comments »

From CBC News Canada A leader of Canada's dissident Anglicans told members of newly formed parishes in St. John's Sunday night to adhere to their traditional beliefs, as a rift deepens ... Read more..

Canada Anglican to proceed with gay blessing rites

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Gay Marriage | No Comments »

From Reuters OTTAWA, Nov 3 (Reuters Life!) - A Canadian Anglican bishop signaled Monday he would defy the wishes of the global Anglican church and start drafting a ceremony for blessing ... Read more..

Canada: Statement from the House of Bishops

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, News | No Comments »

Anglican Church of Canada We being many are one body for we all share in one bread. (1 Cor 10:17) The meeting of the Canadian House of Bishops which concluded today was ... Read more..

An Emerging North American Province- by Bishop Bob Duncan

Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion Network, Ecclesiology, News | 1 Comment »

From The Church of England Newspaper  31 October 2008 by Bishop Bob Duncan The twin trajectories of The Episcopal Church and of the Anglican Church of Canada away from any Communion-requested restraint ... Read more..

Rising to the challenge: supporting targeted Anglicans in Vancouver

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

by Lisa Severine Nolland in the Church of England Newspaper It is instructive to track change and analyze people’s behaviour. The recent situation in Vancouver is a case in point. While ... Read more..

More Canadian defections in gay row

Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada | No Comments »

By Judy West, Religious Intelligence Four more congregations have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and to join the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). They will fall under the ... Read more..

Common Cause Partnership leaders meet this week to discuss plans for new Anglican province

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Common Cause, News, TEC | No Comments »

 I've learned this afternoon that the leadership of the Common Cause Partnership is meeting this week to discuss the mission and vision of a new orthodox Anglican structure in North ... Read more..

“Life after Lambeth – taking stock of the position of Evangelicals in the Church of England”

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

A number of meetings reflecting on the Anglican Communion after GAFCON and Lambeth are now taking place. Bishop John Ellison spoke at the Ripon and Leeds Diocesan Fellowship's Day Conference, ... Read more..

Two more Ontario parishes join the Network

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada | No Comments »

From Anglican Essentials Canada The congregations of St George’s in Ottawa and the Church of St Peter in Hamilton both voted with overwhelming majorities today to come under the episcopal oversight ... Read more..

Canada: Dealing with Lambeth moratoria

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada | No Comments »

By Marites N Sison, Anglican Journal The Canadian house of bishops will discuss this month how best to respond to renewed proposals for moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ... Read more..

Anglicans to merge Island churches

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Canada, News | No Comments »

by Joanne Hatherly,  Times Colonist Shrinking attendance at Island churches is forcing the Anglican Church of Canada to close one Victoria parish and merge eight others in an effort to shore ... Read more..