… the Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, Bishop of Southeast Florida, has authorized his clergy to provide pastoral blessings—but not to preside over same-sex weddings—within about a month.
…faith leaders will gather in Washington on Tuesday to pray for an “end to hateful rhetoric that creates a toxic environment for immigrant families.”
Archbishop Nicholas Okoh has been chosen as primate-elect of the Church of Nigeria to replace Archbishop Peter Akinola, the current primate
These new surveys provide first-ever comparative portraits of two groups of highly religious, politically engaged activists who are often rivals in national politics and opponents on key issues of the day. Analysis includes demographics, civic engagement, general attitudes, and positions on major public policy issues.
Despite their higher educational attainment and movement to senior leadership positions, female pastors typically have smaller compensation levels than do male pastors. The average package for female pastors in 2009 is $45,300. The median compensation for male pastors is $48,600.
Episcopal Life Online notes that September 27 is Back to Church Sunday in the UK. The Church of England and Episcopal/Anglican churches around the world
The problem with applying the imagined community to Anglicanism is that it implies two contradictory things – an imagined community of identification that does not need and should not have an enforced reality (people imagine a Communion that is otherwise loose and made of of autonomous Churches) and then an imagined community that magnetically calls forth a project for governance.
With respect to Mr. Chisholm’s capacity as a preacher, his finished and almost elaborate style of rhetoric, his brethren uniformly spoke in high terms. With respect to manner, there was an expression of deep reverence in his face, distinctness and earnestness in his tones of voice, never at any time absent from his public ministrations,