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Category: The Lead
A #mitregate update
Q. Does the House of Bishops have an ‘agreed approach’ to ‘the issue of vesture’ for women bishops from other Anglican provinces when preaching or officiating in England, and if so will this be made public? The Archbishop of Canterbury to reply: …
In a welcome move, ACO Standing Committee reports on its activities
Sensing perhaps that it has a significant public relations problem, the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion has begun to offer reports on its activities. This constitutes a welcome step in the direction of transparency, even if the need for the existence of this body remains opaque.
Don’t give me the facts,
I’m reactionary
People ignorant of the facts could simply choose not to vote. But instead, it appears that misinformed people often have some of the strongest political opinions.
A third way on the Covenant?
Can there be a “third way” to approach the Anglican Covenant grounded in listening and trust?
A house church near you
A study by the Barna Group estimates that 6 million to 12 million Americans attend house churches with some regularity and the Pew Forum found last year that 9 percent of American Protestants only attended home services.
Bus ads for women’s ordination
Religious (and non-religious) groups in Great Britain love to use ads on big red buses to make their point. The UK group Catholic Women’s Ordination (CWO) will be running ads on buses when the Pope comes to town.
Another fight over “the plain reading of scripture”
One group of Christians cite plain reading of the Bible. The other side looks to Scripture’s grand narrative toward freedom and inclusive love. The argument boils over into the wider culture. The search for middle ground proves futile. Denominations split. Is this the 21st century…or the 19th?
Sound familiar? It could be 2010—or the mid-19th century.
Tutu to retire from public life
“Time has now come to slow down, sip Rooibos tea with my wife in the afternoon, watch cricket, and travel to visit children and grandchildren rather than to conferences and conventions and university campuses,”