The Anglican Diocese of Kumasi has ordained its first woman priest of the Church, the Rev Mrs Priscilla Lovia Owusu-Asiedu. And at a commissioning of lay ministers in the Diocese of Accra, Archbishop Akrofi observed that women outnumbered men in attendance, and that women are in the majority among the graduands. He said this justifies the decision to ordain women into the priesthood,
The gender of a priest or bishop cannot possibly stand in the way of God’s will to nourish us and bless us.
The dog days of summer have produced a flap over a priest who in a moment of outreach gave a communion wafer to a dog.
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Not all church coffee is bad, but the issue that poor church coffee raises is deeper and more troubling. It is that much of what we do as churches can often be described as substandard, second best, mediocre or weak.
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When this partnership suffers, congregational worship suffers. When the partnership is flourishing, the way is clear for us to foster dynamic worship.