Bishops Gene Robinson of New Hampshire and Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda spoke yesterday in Washington at the Center for American Progress. The event included remarks by Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
The Church should press more urgently than she has hitherto done upon her laity the solemn fact that the slaves of the South are not merely so much property, but are a sacred trust committed to us as a people. While under this tutelage, he freely gives to us their labor, but expects us to give back to them that religious and moral instruction which is to elevate them in the scale of being.
Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Nicholas Oko on Thursday in Awka, Anambra State capital, endorsed the ordination of women as deacons in specific areas
Thinking Anglicans has a fresh and thorough twothree-part roundup of reactions to the Kearon and Williams letters asking Americans to stand down from ecumenical committees
Even some Christians who are intolerant of homosexual behavior worry about the practice. “It is dangerous,” says the Reverend DL Foster, a preacher in Atlanta who defines himself as ex-gay, though he still acknowledges homosexual desires, and preaches against tolerance of the gay lifestyle. “It can fuel lots of self-destructive behavior . . .
We ask that you resist this misguided process that is formally excluding those who speak for people the Communion should urgently be seeking to include. – Canon Giles Goddard, Chair, Inclusive Church, in an open letter to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
Today’s theme: News of or about the Church of England.
Raised a Presbyterian, exploring Quaker practice and Transcendentalist walks around the pond on Sunday mornings, I was drawn into the Episcopal church by friends who invited me to come play the guitar, and by clergy who wondered whether I’d be willing to direct a youth choir there. When I think of myself then, I realize that I was beginning on the same journey that I’m still on.
Alone with none but Thee, my God,
I journey on my way;
What need I fear, when Thou art near,
O king of night and day?
More safe I am within Thy hand,
than if a host did round me stand.
Bishop Christopher Senyojo–a courageous spokesperson for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in his native Uganda–is scheduled to visit the White House this evening.