Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, has joined the Catholic Church. For many years he was a leader in criticism of “liberal innovations” within the Anglican Communion.
Applications are open for two grant opportunities offered annually by The Episcopal Church—Constable Fund grants, which focus on religious education, and Roanridge Trust grants, which support leadership development in small towns and rural communities.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Denver wants to use its parking lot for overnight parking for the homeless sleeping in cars. The Uptown on the Hill neighborhood organization endorsed the plans for the safe parking site in August, and a good neighbor agreement will need to be completed before a site could open.
In an effort to strengthen and not to whither (sic) our bonds of affection, we also wish to record our strong objection to the recent consecrations of women in provinces of the Global Anglican Future Conference and to the classification of the action as a “secondary issue.” … Issues that touch upon the salvation of souls are always primary issues…. – ACNA’s Diocese of Fort Worth
The candlelight vigils will be held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Brown Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa, Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Gadsden, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Montgomery, and All Saints Episcopal Church in Mobile.
Religious Dispatches: The New York Times adds a kinder, gentler anti-gay authoritarian Christian to its roster. A member of the Anglican Church in North America
“Whilst we recognise that the Church of England has historic reasons for its fragmented organisational ecology, we have nonetheless been confident from the outset that the status quo in its current complexity is not sustainable or suitable for the Church’s future mission.”
The Rev. Wilda Gafney, PhD, Episcopal priest and the Right Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, has created a new Sunday lectionary, a Woman’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, from Church Publishing.
Women in the episcopate threaten to rend the fabric of the conservative Anglican movement known as Gafcon or Global Anglican Future Conference.
“It is with great sadness that we announced the death of the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong. He died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday morning,” St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, where Spong had once been pastor, announced on Sunday (Sept 12).