In spite of what Peter Akinola tells Rowan Williams the Anglican Communion will not break up. What is the future of the Anglican Communion? I was asked this recently by a thoughtful observer of our laundry yard. Two things convince me that the Anglican world will not break up. After all it was founded in…
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Progress Halted on Same-Sex Bill in Nigeria By Ekklesia Staff Writers 30 Mar 2007 The progress of a bill in Nigeria that that would impose brutal penalties on shows of affection between lesbian and gay people has been halted in the face of national elections in the country. It has been suggested that the Same…
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Day Care Debate Misses the Point By Ruth Conniff March 28, 2007 From the headlines about the latest day care study you’d think something big had happened. For the report click here; The Fox News story was typical: “Study Links Child Care and Bad Behavior”. Click here for Fox story: Â Local television news ran teasers…
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What’s Going to Happen As we Start Running out of Cheap Gas to Guzzle? By JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER Thanks to Dick Atlee A few weeks ago, the price of oil ratcheted above fifty-five dollars a barrel, which is about twenty dollars a barrel more than a year ago. The next day, the oil story was…
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From Apology…to Moral Action on Slavery By Pearl Duncan on Ekklesia 28 Mar 2007 Duncan lives in New York is Author of the book-in-progress, “DNA Birthright Says Nobles, Slaves, Rebels & Roots.” You can visit her website at: http://www.pearlduncan.com/ My ancestors had a folk saying, “One hand don’t clap.” In that respect, words without actions…
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Reports from the Provinces The Facilitator of the Listening Process has collated relevant research studies, statements, resolutions and other material on human sexuality from the various Provinces. Summaries of the responses are here available for study, discussion and reflection across the Communion. For the summaries click on: http://www.aco.org/listening/reports/provinces.cfm This was called for by ACC 13…
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The Anglican Communion: Crisis and Opportunity BISHOP MUSONDA TREVOR SELWYN MWAMBA MAR. 26, 2007 — The following is the text of a speech by Bishop Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba of Botswana, delivered at a recent meeting of the Ecclesiastical Law Society. Far too many preachers and speakers find themselves in the position of having too…
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Email the Most Rev. Peter Akinola Ask Him to Stop Persecuting Gays See the Ekklesia Article Below His web site gives the following email address: The Rev. Canon Akintunde A. Popoola 24 Douala Street, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, Nigeria. Tel:+234 9 5236950, 5230987, 5230989 Fax: +234 9 5231527 E-mail: communicator1@anglican-nig.org Tell us what you think…
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Bishops Comment on Invitation To Archbishop of Canterbury, Other Actions News conference held at close of House of Bishops’ spring meeting By Jerry Hames and Nan Cobbey, March 22, 2007 [Episcopal News Service] In a news conference on March 21 that immediately followed the semi-annual meeting of the Episcopal House of Bishops near Houston, Texas,…
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NO! Katrina’s Dream is NOT a Democratic Site. Both Parties are Nightmares H O W E V E R If you would like to put a blowtorch to gutless Democratic Representatives and Senators (who speak against the stupid war and still keep it going) — check out: http://capwiz.com Their home page is at: http://pdamerica.org/index.php
Archbishop Says He is Ready to be Shot Whilst Resisting Mugabe By Ekklesia Staff Writers 22 Mar 2007 Pius Ncube A Roman Catholic Archbishop has said he is ready to face bullets in anti-government street protests in President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Pius Ncube, archbishop of the southern Bulawayo diocese who has called for a nonviolent…
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A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Gene A Letter to the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire from your Bishop March 21, 2007 I write to you on the last day of the week-long meeting of the House of Bishops, in Navasota, Texas. While an official “word to the church†will come from the House as a…
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Reforming Bishop to Head up Prison Monitoring Group By Ekklesia Staff Writers 21 Mar 2007 A network of prison monitoring groups is to be headed up by the Bishop of Worcester when he leaves his current post. Dr Peter Selby’s move will take place when he retires in September after 10 years in charge of…
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Bishops’ ‘Mind of the House’ Resolutions Tuesday, March 20, 2007 [Episcopal News Service] The following resolutions were passed by the House of Bishops March 20 during its annual Spring retreat meeting in Navasota, Texas. Mind of the House of Bishops Resolution Addressed to the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church Resolved, the House of Bishops…
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“Listen to the majority African voice of grace.” Pat Ashworth reports from the Ecclesiastical Law Society Conference –The Church Times Emphasising humility: Bishop Mwamba Photo by ian faulds LOUD voices from Africa, aided by the “almighty dollar†and internet lobbyists, are distorting the true picture of what Africa’s 37 million Anglicans really think about sexuality…
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Are Anglicans Facing a Great Schism? “Adopting same-sex marriages need not split the church,” says REGINALD STACKHOUSE From Monday’s Globe and Mail Will Canada’s Anglicans split if their governing body opts for blessing same-sex unions? If these nearly one million church members are true to the history of their centuries-old communion, they will agree to…
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Slavery not yet Abolished, Say Archbishops By Ekklesia Staff Writers 17 Mar 2007 Forsaking the formalities of officialdom in their attempt to reach a new audience, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have gone online to talk about the nature of the slave trade in readiness for the Walk of Witness to take place in…
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Most Mother’s Day Flowers Will come from Exploited Workers says Report By Ekklesia Staff Writers 15 Mar 2007 Flowers handed to mothers this Sunday will come from workers in developing countries who have risked their health for unsafe, insecure jobs supplying UK supermarkets, a new report suggests. ‘Growing Pains’ by anti-poverty charity War on Want…
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New Report Estimates 65,000 Lesbian and Gay Americans Serving in Armed Forces WASHINGTON, DC A new report from the Urban Institute estimates that, by even conservative counts, 65,000 lesbian and gay Americans are serving in the United States Armed Forces, on active duty, in the reserves and the National Guard. The report, Gay Men and…
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Archbishop of Mexico, Patron of Inclusive Church By Ekklesia Staff Writers 12 Mar 2007 Carlos Touche-Porter The Anglican Archbishop of Mexico, the Most Rev Carlos Touche-Porter, is to be a Patron of the movement Inclusive Church, which works for an open Christian community. The announcement was made in a press statement today. The Anglican Church…
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