An analysis of the recently published response highlights a number of the areas that Church of England has concerns. It is likely useful to remember that Church of Ireland published their response to the same proposal earlier this year, and they also found a number of substantive concerns.
Imagine a Huck vs. Obama general election: the two candidates most comfortable at a pulpit fighting it out for the hearts and minds of American evangelicals. That’s right — Obama has almost as much of a shot at a big chunk of the evangelical vote as Huckabee. Huckabee may be a pastor, but Obama talks more like a prophetic preacher, writes Jeff Sharlett.
Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen is planning on traveling to Jerusalem next week and hopes that he and Archbishop Akinola, the primary organizers of the meeting will have a chance to meet with the Bishop of Jerusalem.
In Gatineau, Quebec, the oldest Protestant church in the Ottawa Valley stands deconsecrated and empty since late 2006. The century-old stone building is the third church to stand on the site; previous ones had burned down in fires. Now, a businessman wants to buy the church building and convert it into a brewpub and entertainment site, but the remnants of St. Andrew’s congregation aren’t keen on the idea.
Over the last few years, Dr Rowan Williams has sometimes looked criminally innocent; sometimes merely well-meaning but powerless; very occasionally he has looked as if he is working to an angelically cunning plan. This week has been a good week for the cunning plan interpretation, writes Andrew Brown.
Five days after President Mwai Kibaki unexpectedly defeated Raila Odinga, ethnic violence continues to ravage the country and its attorney general has called for an independent verification of the vote tallies. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has gone to Kenya to help mediate the explosive situation, which has turned the generally stable nation on its ear.
The Anglican Journal of Canada reports on the meeting and plans of the breakaway Anglican Network of Canada. According to the article by Solange de
One is a retired priest; the other is a retiree that became a priest. Two separate stories in two different regions of the country, yet both resonate the theme that we never need retire from faith.
Congratulations to Father Jake Stops the World which crossed the 1,000,000 mark in total visits yesterday evening. Jake is a worthy Thorn in the Anglican
On the fourth Thursday of each month volunteers from St. Stephen’s Episcopal and The Church of Hope ELCA gather to prepare lunches to take to the HIV and AIDS patients at the Los Angeles County Hospital and USC Medical Center. The group has been preparing lunches for over five years. The luncheon project was started 20 years ago by a Los Angeles synagogue.