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Episcopal seminaries under stress

March 12, 2008 No Comments

Daniel Aleshire, of the Association of Theological Schools pointed out that the United Methodists have about four times the membership of Episcopalians but only two extra seminaries. “All of these seminaries have operated a very similar program….They’ve all done a residential program, theological education in the most expensive way it can be done. The resources available to do an expensive form of education at 11 different sites at the level it ought to be funded is increasingly under stress.”

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Canadian Anglicans and abuse in Indian schools

March 11, 2008 No Comments

“I represent a church that was complicit in a system that took children far from home and family, took their clothing, cut off their hair and punished them when they spoke their own language. Some of our staff abused children. The Anglican church has so much for which to be so sorry…

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Daily Report from the House of Bishops, March 11

March 11, 2008 No Comments

The House of Bishops report of their Monday session includes a report from Bishops Working for a Just World with information from the Office of Governmental Relations, a report from the Title IV working group which deals with disciplinary matters and working for a safe church, a report of the steering committee dealing with seminaries and theological education, Healthcare coverage by Church Pension Group, and the Windsor study group.

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Sustaining unity in times of disagreement

March 11, 2008 1 Comment

The Kuala Lumpur Report demonstrates the underlying foundations upon which Anglican identity is built – attention to the Bible, the vocation towards holiness, respect for local cultures, the gifts of discernment and diversity, mutual accountability and the development of appropriate competencies to articulate the mind of the Church.

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Global South Anglicans at crossroad

March 11, 2008 3 Comments

… global South Anglicans are at a crossroad in 2008. Whither it goes should not be left to the primates. It is a matter of prime concern for all Anglicans in the Southern Hemisphere. Our homes are at stake; our Communion is at stake

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Bishop Gene Robinson responds

March 10, 2008 4 Comments

Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire responded to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision not to invite him to the Lambeth Conference today at the House of Bishops meeting: “One workshop on one afternoon and being interviewed by the secular press was not anything I was seeking. I wasn’t going to Lambeth to have another interview with the secular press.”

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Full invitation for Robinson “not possible”

March 10, 2008 6 Comments

The House of Bishops was informed March 10 that full invitation is “not possible” from the Archbishop of Canterbury to include Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire as a participant in this summer’s Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops. Robinson, addressing the House, urged the other bishops of the Episcopal Church to participate fully in the conference, and thanked all who are willing to “stay at the table.”

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