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Pushback in CoE to Nye’s letter to TEC marriage task force

April 27, 2018 11 Comments

“The letter [from William Nye, Secretary General of the Archbishops’ Council in the Church of England] refers to a majority belief in the Church of England that the only legitimate locus for sexual relationships is within heterosexual marriage. This sweeping assertion cannot, in fact, be substantiated, as the Church of England, to our knowledge, has never asked her regular worshipping community what it thinks and believes about this.” – The Bishop of Buckingham and others

Most Americans believe in a higher power

April 26, 2018 No Comments

Half of Americans believe God determines what happens to them all or most of the time.

Grace Cathedral’s Beyoncé Mass draws faithful crowd

April 26, 2018 No Comments

Church is over. So, of course, the Rev. is getting lit. – @myblackmindd

Senior gay cleric Jeffrey John shortlisted to be bishop

April 26, 2018 10 Comments

Jeffrey John, dean of St Albans Cathedral, has been shortlisted as one of four possible candidates to be bishop of Brechin, in the Scottish Anglican church. Another gay cleric, Chris Newlands, vicar at Lancaster Priory, is also listed as a candidate to be bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane.

Get in Formation with Beyoncé Mass

April 25, 2018 1 Comment

“It’s a way of saying to dominant culture, ‘We’re here.’ Nobody’s ignoring Beyoncé, and because of that, you can’t ignore black women and our contribution to the church and to society,” she continued. “This is our reality: being called the angry black woman or being called too sexual or too black. All these issues are embodied in one figure.” – The Rev. Yolanda Norton

Theology majors marry each other, a lot

April 23, 2018 No Comments

Theology majors are outstanding in their field when it comes to marrying each other.

Gafcon Primates Council meets, grumbles

April 23, 2018 4 Comments

“We are grieved.” – Gafcon Primates Council

Former Episcopal priest indicted on child sex abuse

April 18, 2018 1 Comment

The North Carolina charges against White pertain to two alleged victims — one male and one female: first-degree forcible sex offense, two counts of indecent liberties with a child, first-degree forcible rape, four counts second-degree forcible sex offense, and second-degree forcible rape. White is currently serving a sentence in Massachusetts for child sex abuse.

Theresa May ‘deeply regrets’ UK’s colonial criminalization of homosexuality

April 18, 2018 No Comments

Speaking at the summit of Commonwealth Nations, prime minister May said: “I am all too aware that these laws were often put in place by my own country. They were wrong then, and they are wrong now.”

Legal saga in Fort Worth continues: Iker’s ACNA diocese to appeal

April 10, 2018 2 Comments

The trial court initially ruled in favor of the Episcopal Church. On appeal, the state Supreme Court remanded the case to the trial court which then ruled in favor of Iker’s group. On Friday the Appeals Court remanded to the trial court. Iker’s group, in this press release, has announced it will appeal the Appeals Court decision to the state Supreme Court.

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Author: John Chilton