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 Bishop Mwamba 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 and the future of the Anglican…
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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 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 of Mexico…
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Anglican Women’s Empowerment Confronts Plight of the Girl Child More than 80 Anglican delegates gather for United Nations Commission on the Status of Women By Nan Cobbey Monday, February 26, 2007 [Episcopal News Service] It is by investing in the girls of today “that we empower the women of tomorrow,” declared Rima Salah, deputy executive…
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A Personal Manifesto Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Posted by Father Richard The Diocese of California is a place within the Church — not alone, but prominently — where gay and lesbian people have been freer to offer their gifts: Both professional gifts and those of lay and ordained ministry. As a result, the Diocese of…
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Archbishop of Canterbury: Presidential Address at General Synod 26 FEBRUARY 2007 After the debates at the American General Convention last summer, I wrote directly to all the primates of the Communion to ask about their reaction and the likely reaction of their provinces as to whether the resolutions of Convention had met the proposals of…
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Bonnie Anderson issues statement on Primates’ communique Episcopal News Service February 23, 2007 [ENS] Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of Deputies, has issued a statement on the recently concluded Primates’ Meeting and the resulting communique. The full text of Anderson’s statement follows. As I read the Communique from the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es…
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Archbishop of Canterbury: comments at the final press conference in Tanzania 20th February 2007 May I echo the thanks for your patience which Philip has already shared with you – we’re very appreciative of the fact that it is late and we’re all tired. Also before I start, I went from one session just to…
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Letter from the Bishop of Maryland To One of the Primates Who Wouldn’t Receive Holy Communion With the Presiding Bishop. Thanks to Jim Masters The Most Reverend Justice O. Akrofi Archbishop of West Africa and Bishop of Accra Bishopscourt, P.O. Box GP 8 Accra, Ghana February 17, 2007 Dear +Justice, It is with sadness that…
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Primates Endorse Pastoral Council, Primatial Vicar in Closing Communique Presiding Bishop Comments on Actions; Further Rreflection to Follow Episcopal News Service February 19, 2007 By Matthew Davies [ENS] The Primates of the Anglican Communion have called for the formation of a “Pastoral Council” that would work in cooperation with the Episcopal Church to negotiate the…
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The Communique Of the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam 19th February 2007 1. We, the Primates and Moderators of the Anglican Communion, gathered for mutual consultation and prayer at Dar es Salaam between 15th and 19th February 2007 at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury and as guests of the Primate of Tanzania,…
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Design Group Releases Text of Draft Anglican Covenant Presiding Bishop Elected to Primates’ Standing Committee Episcopal News Service By Matthew Davies [ENS] The text of a proposed Anglican Covenant, intended to affirm the cooperative principles that bind the Anglican Communion, was released February 19 toward the end of the Primates’ five-day meeting. The full text…
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Report of the Covenant Design Group — Excerpts January 18, 2007 The Covenant Design Group, appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury on behalf of the Primates of the Anglican Communion, held its first meeting in Nassau, the Bahamas, between Monday, 15th and Thursday, 18th January, 2007. The Archbishop of the West Indies, the Most Revd…
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In Zanzibar, Anglican Primates Join in Repentance at Former Slave Market See realities of suffering, Archbishop of Canterbury says in sermon Episcopal News Service article February 18, 2007 By Bob Williams [ENS, Zanzibar] A slave market whipping post once stood where the high altar now rises inside Zanzibar’s 127-year-old Christ Church Cathedral. Here the Archbishop…
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