Membership in the continuing diocese is growing with 17 congregations remaining with TEC and the possibility of more. Some are start-up and some are continuing congregations. About five others are also considering continuing with TEC. 42 of 47 diocesan congregations voted in December to leave TEC and to realign with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.
The United Church of Christ is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service over a speech Senator Obama gave at a church conference in June:
Following on earlier news that the constitution and canons of the Southern Cone pose impediments to those who would propose to create US-based affiliates, the
On Monday The Lead covered the op-ed by Joe Feuerherd appearing in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post. Today the Post has a response by the director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: “The bishops never align themselves with any party or any candidate, yet Feuerherd declares them for McCain. He puts the bishops in the Republican Party despite that fact that on many positions they could be considered Democrats.”
Denominations must be aware that many Americans change their religious affiliation/identity. They must be open and welcoming to those who are inclined to switch. They should also be prepared to part with a significant portion of their adherents on a regular basis. They should also take comfort in the fact that Americans are more religiously identified than their European counterparts
The Living Church has examined a newly available English translation of the constitution and canons of the Southern Cone and sees impediments: The situation seems
In the back of a collection of letters of Ignatius of Antioch, handwritten pages from a letter of Clement of Alexandria (150-215 CE) to Theodore identify three versions of Mark known in antiquity: a gospel written in Rome; an expansion of the gospel written in Alexandria by Mark for those “being perfected in the faith;” a further expansion of Secret Mark by Carpocrates that Clement rejected as false.
Herbert had a particular fondness for the imagery of bees and herbs. Bees represent productive lives not least when Herbert expresses his deep desire to serve God usefully (‘Employment I’) or when he laments his spiritual weakness (‘Praise I’).