The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America News Service has several news releases on events from Day 2 of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly. The ELCA and The Episcopal Church are in full communion.
All of which raises the hypothetical, could the Church of England choose to be in communion with ACNA without ACNA being part of the Anglican Communion?
Once a beacon of hope for thousands of Black students denied access to higher education by predominantly White institutions, historically Black colleges and universities have educated generations of Black scientists, doctors, lawyers, educators and social activists. But today, these institutions face serious challenges.
Minnesota Public Radio carries a discussion with the Revs. Susan Russell and Kendall Harmon on gays and lesbians in ordained ministry. Listen to podcast.
Mother Mary Clare Millea, leader of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has been deputized by Rome to lead the four-step process to investigate US Roman Catholic women’s orders that culminates in her confidential report to headquarters.
“Students who want to do serious study of Western civilization need to know the Bible,” says Barbara Newman, Northwestern University professor of English, Religion and Classics. “They need to know the Bible, even if they do not believe the Bible.”
UPDATE: see below The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is holding its Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis this week. The topic of interest in the media
Elfred Hughes, an officer of one oldest mission agencies in the Anglican Communion asserts in an interview that the challenge to the Communion at present is to “find ways of ‘being together despite – and even because of – our diversity'”.
This week the Alban Institute is featuring a resource and discussion on how clergy can effectively minister in congregations experiencing significant anxiety about their future.
Conservative activists have begun a push to change the textbook standards used in schools across the state of Texas to express their particular views of American History in a way similar to what anti-evolutionists accomplished in the ’80’s and ’90’s.