Representatives from 20 Japanese churches, including the Nippon Sei Ko Kai have called on the Japanese government to “eliminate racial discrimination” in the country, come to terms with it’s colonial past, and to introduce laws to “outlaw hate speech and other forms of discrimination.”
This coming Sunday, on the feast of St. Nicholas, Bishop Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury, will hand off the mitre and crozier to a 12 year old member of the choir, following a tradition that dates back to the middle ages. For the first time in cathedral’s long history, that Chorister Bishop will be a girl.
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Canada was visiting Brazil, and while visiting a mission in an impoverished neighborhood, was robbed at gunpoint.
The Archbishop of Canterbury supports military action against ISIS and also asks to counteract the ideas that are behind these kinds of organizations.
Texas Governor Greg Abbot told non-profits agencies and faith-based organizations to stop work with Syrian refugees or he will pull funding to those groups that come through the state.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial board strongly supports St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond as they come to terms with their Confederate past.
Presumably the Crawley family is Church of England, but the only time you’ll see anything religious on “Downton Abbey” is during a wedding.
UPDATED: Here is a sample of some of the Episcopal Bishops who have responded to the governors who have closed the doors of their states to Syrian refugees.
Jonathan Merritt says that Christians need to get a clue about transgender issues and provides a useful introduction to gender identity issues and ways to think about gender theologically and biblically.
According to a new study, some mainline Protestant churches are much more likely to reply to an email from a potential new member with a white-sounding name than a black-, Hispanic- or Asian-sounding name.