Christianity is paying an enormous price for its numbers who fixate on the few scriptural passages that address sexual behavior in an ancient, oppressively patriarchal culture. This fixation diminishes Christ’s life. It erodes the moral authority of Christianity, and that in turn, does harm to a wider society that needs all the moral authority it can get.
Among the decisions coming out of those reflections was a unanimous decision to cancel next year’s usual meeting of the Provincial Council and instead dedicate the $40,000 budgeted for it to the organization of an event “that will further God’s mission.”
One congregation in Chitungwiza had just completed building a church in Unit M when two weeks ago police with “orders from above” pounced. They ordered the congregants to leave the church and Bishop Nolbert Kunonga possessed it. Now he has given one of his followers the right to the property.
UPDATE: The Café’s own Torey Lightcap comments
Public debate builds trust. Stitch ups breed cynicism. ~~Bishop Alan Wilson
House of Bishops to Charles Bennison: “We exhort Charles, our brother in Christ, in the strongest possible terms, to tender his immediate and unconditional resignation as the Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania.”
On September 21, 2010 the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth against its former bishop, Jack Leo Iker, seeking damages and an injunction against his use of the name “Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth” and the diocesan seal, both continually in use by the Diocese since 1983.
Bishop Rwaje was quoted as saying after his election: “I will put emphasis on what I have been doing, which is spreading the gospel, promoting community development initiatives, and fighting poverty in general.”
We want to appeal to our governments not to step back from the commitments they have made, to make the best use of their own resources and to build up the resources of others for work together towards a world that we can be proud to live in – a world in which our responsibility for each other is truly and fully exercised, where we can really celebrate the life and welfare of all.” ~~Archbishop of Canterbury
As a result of the resolutions at their last National Convention, gay and lesbian pastors with partners/spouses can now serve in ELCA congregations. Watch the