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Proposed North American Province Rocks Anglican Boat

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion & Democracy “While disaffected groups have split from the Episcopal Church in the past, the fact that many of these groups are now unifying is unprecedented.” — ... Read more..

ALTERNATIVE ANGLICAN PROVINCE FORMED IN NORTH AMERICA

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By David Virtue, VOL An historic moment in the life of North American Anglicanism took place this week. In Wheaton Illinois, the home of American evangelicalism, a new North American Anglican Province ... Read more..

ACNA – It’s About Theology, Not Territory

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America | Comments Off

By Albert Mohler Christian leaders formerly associated with the Episcopal Church have announced the creation of a new denomination -- the Anglican Church in North America.  The announcement came Wednesday as ... Read more..

Schori says Common Cause Partners ‘are no longer Episcopalians’

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, TEC | Comments Off

From LA Times by Duke Hefland Responding to the creation of the Anglican Church in North America over the role of gays, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says that she thinks 'we're ... Read more..

Archbishops hold Canterbury summit over threat of schism

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

By Ruth Gledhill, Timesonline Anglican archbishops will hold an emergency meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury today to discuss the unfolding schism in the Church in America. The meeting between Dr Rowan ... Read more..

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..

New American Province looms

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

Church of England Newspaper  December 5 By George Conger A THIRD Province movement in North America will be the topic of a special meeting at Lambeth Palace today (Dec 5). The Archbishop of ... Read more..

Lambeth Palace on new province as Gafcon primates fly in for summit

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Archbishop Of Canterbury, News | Comments Off

By Ruth Gledhill, TimesonLine  Lambeth Palace on new province as Gafcon primates fly in for summit As the Washington Post reports, conservatives from The Episcopal Church 'have voted to form their own ... Read more..

Lambeth Palace responds to Common Cause Partnership announcement

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Common Cause | Comments Off

From Episcopal Life Online [Episcopal News Service] A spokesperson for Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has responded to the Common Cause Partnership's December 3 release of a provisional constitution and canons ... Read more..

Anglican row spills into US as Episcopal church splits over homosexual priests

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

By Tom Leonard, Telegraph.co.uk Conservatives and liberals within the Anglican church in North America are to split following a five-year battle over the ordination of homosexuals.    The formation of a new traditionalist ... 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..

Compass Rose Society hears Archbishop of Canterbury review Communion’s work, Lambeth Conference

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Anglican Covenant, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Lambeth Conference | Comments Off

From Episcopal Life Online Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams told the annual meeting of the Compass Rose Society (CRS) in November that the tensions within the Anglican Communion are not going ... Read more..

‘Lightning rod for anti-Semites’

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Faith, News | Comments Off

By Ruth Gledhill, Timesonline As we report, the row over the 'alternative lessons and carols' at St James' Picadilly last Wednesday is escalating as the implications begin to sink in of ... Read more..

World AIDS Day

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in AIDS | Comments Off

Archbishop of Canterbury video for World ... Read more..

Christina Baxter: Hopes we won’t fracture, but believes ACC not competent to handle Covenant discipline

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Covenant | Comments Off

By John Richardson Christina Baxter, Principal of St John's Theological College, Nottingham Addressing the Chelmsford Diocesan Evangelical Association, Saturday 29 November 2008 at St Michael's, Galleywood The Anglican Church: Where now?  (NB: These are notes ... 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..

Joint Standing Committee plans for 2009 ACC meeting

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury, News, TEC | Comments Off

By Matthew Davies, Episcopal Life Online [Episcopal News Service, London] The Joint Standing Committee of the Primates and Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) has devoted much of its November 24-26 meeting to ... Read more..

The suspension of ++ Venables and his province: Being decided upon now

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Church of England, News, TEC, suffering church | Comments Off

November 25, 2008  Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent Senior bishops are now considering suspending the Latin American Province A conservative province in the Anglican church faces “punishment” this week for offering a safe ... Read more..

Joint Standing Committee (JSC) of the Primates and Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) Meeting

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From ACNS Primates, bishops, lay people from the various regions of the Anglican Communion are meeting this week at the Anglican Communion Office and Lambeth Palace in London. The group meets ... Read more..

Understanding Rowan Williams for the first time

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

By A S Haley, Anglican Curmudgeon, Hat Tip Barbara Gauthier Archbishop Rowan Williams has proved to be a complete enigma. As a theologican he can uphold the traditional church teachings on the ... Read more..