Bishop Robinson isn’t the real issue
November 9, 2007
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An article in the Concord Monitor claims that the real issue in the Episcopal Church isn’t the election and consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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Year: 2007
Four British bishops back Duncan
November 9, 2007
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Four British bishops have written in support of Bishop Duncan of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and have taken the American Presiding Bishop to task for the tone of her recent letter to him. From the article, the Presiding Bishop’s letter is “‘aggressive, inappropriate, and unfortunate’. ‘They are acting as if it is the OK Corral. This is the North American culture: it is a managerial rather than a pastoral approach.”
A Nigerian response to Akinola
November 9, 2007
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Davis Mac-Iyalla, the director of Changing Attitude Nigeria, has published a response to the letter published earlier this week by the primate of his church, Archbishop Akinola. Changing Attitude rejects the reasoning put forth in the letter by Akinola as calls on the Church of Nigeria to honor its commitments to the Anglican Communion’s listening process.
The stigma of AIDS in
the Global South
November 9, 2007
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Both as a Christian believer and as a U.S. Episcopal priest, I want the church in the global North to hear voices like Fletcher Kaiya’s. Secular media’s simplistic reporting of the great church divide – North vs. South, liberal vs. orthodox, culture Christians vs. Biblically faithful Christians – misses the real anguish and struggle of Christian leaders like Fletcher coming to terms with AIDS.
Christ loves childhood
November 9, 2007
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One day when the disciples were asking among themselves as to who was of greatest importance in the kingdom of heaven, the evangelist recounts that Jesus “called a little child over and stood the child in their midst and said: ‘I assure you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of God.
“Black Jesus Church”
November 8, 2007
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Claudia Mair Burney, writes of her search for a spiritual home and how an Episcopal Church, and the artwork it had on the side of
Same sex unions could split Anglican Church of Canada
November 8, 2007
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My own personal position is that there’s an urgency in many places where it would be appropriate for parishes to move ahead on blessing same-sex unions,” Archbishop Hiltz said… But, he said, some in the Church will not be able to live with same-sex blessings happening anywhere under the Anglican name and will leave.
Diocese of Virginia property dispute documents available
November 8, 2007
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Trial Regarding Virginia Division Statute (Va. Code § 57-9) By agreement of the parties, the Court determined that it would first address issues related to the applicability and interpretation of the Virginia statute under which the congregations claim to be entitled to the property. The trial is scheduled for trial November 13-15, 19-21, 2007.
WWJT?
November 8, 2007
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One might think that Christians, whatever their theological or political differences, could agree on the immorality of torture. Um, no. Andrew Sullivan has been following a debate which has taken place largely on Evangelical Outpost.
Southern Cone offers to take in Pittsburgh
November 8, 2007
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Archbishop Venables unveiled the decision of his bishops and other leaders after the plans were overwhelmingly approved by his provincial synod during a meeting in Chile last night the British-born Archbishop, who is the Primate of the Province of the Southern Cone, told the Telegraph.
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