One of the many pieces of legislation to be considered by General Convention this summer is the full-communion agreement between the Northern and Southern Provinces of the Moravian Church and the Episcopal Church. If adopted, the agreement would represent a historic achievement of the first trilateral agreement between denominations.
“The money is just drying up,” says John W. Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association. “And it’s not being replaced.” EMI-CMG’s John J. Thompson is more blunt: “In the last four years, the sky has fallen. The industry is not what it was, and will never be what it was.”
Contemporary (post-modern) “permission evangelism” or “participation evangelism” is much more about a relationship in which a person’s real need is discovered and the gospel is found to be “Good News” for their real need.
Unwed pregnant teens and 20-somethings who attend or have graduated from private religious schools are more likely to obtain abortions than their peers from public schools, according to research in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Thomas Berg, writing in Christian Century, discusses the issue of religious liberty and marriage equality:
UPDATED The House of Bishops Theology Committee is refusing to release the names of members of a sub-committee it has appointed to study same-sex relationships. The existence of the panel was first reported in the Blue Book, which is prepared before each General Convention. However, Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama, chair of the committee has refused several requests to disclose the names of its members.
This 10-minute video by Integrity USA explains why the Episcopal Church needs to move forward on marriage equality during General Convention 2009 in Anaheim.
This 7-minute video by Integrity USA explains why the Episcopal Church needs to move beyond its de facto moratorium on additional gay and lesbian bishops during General Convention 2009 in Anaheim.
There’s a very provocative article by Wesley Wildman and Stephen Chapin Garner posted on the Alban Institute’s site. It discusses the harm that our over-attachment to certain images of God can cause. They point the finger at both “sides” of the contemporary church.
More details are emerging today about the killing of Dr. Tiller who was killed as he was serving as an usher at his Lutheran congregation. Dr. Tiller’s murder is thought to have happened because of his work providing late-term abortions. Today the pundits are starting to weigh in as well.