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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..

The Way Forward or The Ways Forward – Dr Michael Ovey

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

Presentation at NEAC 5 on November 15. There’s an old theological principle that says the nature of the disease determines the nature of the remedy. So, if you think your headache ... Read more..

Rochester, not Canterbury, is the voice of authority in the Anglican Communion

Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Church of England | Comments Off

By Damian Thompson, Telegraph Moral authority in the Anglican Communion is rapidly passing from the floundering Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, to the braver and more perceptive Bishop of Rochester, Michael ... Read more..

A response to Stephen Kuhrt on the Church of England Evangelical Council becoming a ‘Rump Parliament’

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in News | Comments Off

A couple of weeks ago on the Fulcrum ‘Open Evangelical’ website, John Martin, one of the founding members, raised a question about bias against Conservative Evangelicals. Pointing to a report ... Read more..

Mario Bergner Responds to Lucy Bannerman’s Article in The Times

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Homosexuality, News, Proselytization | No Comments »

From Sarah Hey, Stand Firm Last month, we noted the objectivity-challenged article Lucy Bannerman wrote for The Times on her daring infiltration of an Exodus Retreat for those seeking to end ... Read more..

Archbishop Peter Jensen on attending Gafcon and not attending Lambeth

Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

As I look back over the tumultuous months of June and July - tumultuous for me at least - I am more certain than ever that the path we chose ... Read more..

Anglican bishop seeks OK to bless same-sex marriages

Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

If approved, rite could be offered at designated parish     Hat-tip: Anglican Church League, Sydney Jennifer Green, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Friday, October 24, 2008 An Anglican church in Ottawa may soon be the second ... Read more..

How did the Indabas go at Lambeth? – a report from Australia

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

Indaba process - a process to address communal conflict Bishop Harrower of Tansmania A question, 'How do 650 bishops effectively engage about highly controversial matters?' The Conference organizers adapted a Zulu process, ... Read more..

Questions to Bishop Bob Duncan -1: on what could happen in the UK, the role of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Windsor Continuation Group

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 Posted in News | 2 Comments »

The first questions to Bishop Bob Duncan at his press conference covered the following: Rev James Rosenthal:  A question about whether there would be a continuing propensity to split. Answer:  The history ... Read more..

Where is Anglicanism heading after GAFCON and Lambeth? Vinay Samuel

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »

A presentation to the Reform Conference, October 14, by Vinay Samuel Why did GAFCON happen – the long view In the fifties and sixties of the last century John Stott and Jim ... Read more..

Lucy Bannerman’s ‘Disgusting’ take on Ex-Gay Ministries

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in News | 3 Comments »

Mario Bergner responds to Lucy Bannerman's article in the Times Redeemed Lives and Living Waters UK gave a fringe event at Lambeth 2008 entitled Pastoral Care After the Sexual Revolution.  Together, ... Read more..

Bishop Michael Nazir Ali supports Bishop Duncan and calls for steps for new province in North America

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

'We believe that Bishop Duncan is a bishop in good standing. We hope that our belief is correct. 'The first thing is to express huge admiration for Bishop Bob, because for ... Read more..

Statement from Bishop Wallace Benn and others supporting call for new province in America

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »

"The Jerusalem statement from almost 1200 confessing Anglican leaders urged the Archbishops of Nigeria, Kenya, Southern Cone, Tanzania, Uganda, West Africa and Rwanda to recognise a new Anglican province for ... Read more..

“How sincere is TEC?” Archbishop Chew of South East Asia

Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

  Statement from the Province of Southeast Asia on the Deposition of the Bishop of Pittsburg 22nd Sept 2008 We received with great distress the news of the deposition of the Rt Revd ... Read more..

Letter from Bishop P.K.Samantaroy (Amritsar Diocese), where riots recently occurred

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in News, suffering church | No Comments »

Dear Friends,  Greetings from Amritsar Diocese, India!  It was wonderful to meet persons like you and spend some time in fellowship during the Lambeth. I have been thinking of writing to ... Read more..

Bishop Venables: Canadian Primate’s Proposal a ‘Publicity Stunt’

Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Recife -Southern Cone | No Comments »

By Steve Waring, The Living Church Presiding Bishop Gregory Venables, primate of the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone, expressed dismay and suspicion after Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of Canada, went ... Read more..

Wales ‘will respect Lambeth Moratorium’

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury, Church In Wales, Homosexuality | No Comments »

By George Conger, CEN SUPPORT for the election of Dean Jeffrey John to be Bishop of Bangor in the Church in Wales appears to be drying up in the face of conservative ... Read more..

Lambeth, from a distance

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Communion, Lambeth Conference, Listening Process | No Comments »

The Rev’d Dr Michael Pountney, Honorary Assistant, St Matthias Anglican Church, Victoria, BC I suppose I have long now been embarrassed to be an Anglican, or, more pointedly, when I have ... Read more..

Lambeth cease-fire ‘collapses’

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Anglican Network in Canada | No Comments »

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence The Lambeth ceasefire has collapsed in Canada after the Diocese of New Westminster moved to reassert “control” over two conservative congregations who had broken with Bishop ... Read more..

MODERN LIBERALISM — RELIGION WITH POLITICS AS SACRAMENT

Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in Culture | No Comments »

By Gary L'Hommedieu, VirtueonLine I guess I'm just not that interested in the Church Wars these days. Observing Lambeth was like spending three weeks watching paint dry and then at the ... Read more..