5 Scottish dioceses against covenant
From the blog, Not the same stream a report on the status of the covenant in the Scottish Episcopal Church:
From the blog, Not the same stream a report on the status of the covenant in the Scottish Episcopal Church:
I’m very disappointed that some Covenant supporters have tried to turn this into a contest about who loves the Communion more, like self-centred parents in some ugly divorce drama,” said Canadian Coalition member, the Ven Alan Perry.
The bishops have come together collectively. I can’t give you the names, but there’s a growing consensus on the part of the bishops that they had better toughen up and go out and buy some good lawyers to get tough. We don’t need altar boys. ~Donohue
“We believe that (sexual abuse) has occurred,” Smith said about the abuse allegations and the results of the internal investigation.
Gender identity and gender expression are issues that can easily be misunderstood and cannot be wrapped up in a neat little box. So our goal with “Out of the Box” is to answer some of the most frequently asked questions. ~IntegrityUSA
The fact that fifty years on [after the decriminalisation of homosexuality] the Church is seen as enemy No 1 of gay people is a disaster, both for our own morale and for our mission to the country. We have become the last refuge of prejudice. ~John
Peter Brierley, a collector of statistics on faith in Britain, reckons that 40% of Anglicans attend evangelical parishes these days, up from 26% in 1989.
What role should religion play in political discourse? How can candidates speak of their faith without alienating those who do not share it.
“The Anglican Communion is not an Anglican church; it’s a family of churches.”
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