Trial Regarding Virginia Division Statute (Va. Code § 57-9) By agreement of the parties, the Court determined that it would first address issues related to the applicability and interpretation of the Virginia statute under which the congregations claim to be entitled to the property. The trial is scheduled for trial November 13-15, 19-21, 2007.
One might think that Christians, whatever their theological or political differences, could agree on the immorality of torture. Um, no. Andrew Sullivan has been following a debate which has taken place largely on Evangelical Outpost.
Archbishop Venables unveiled the decision of his bishops and other leaders after the plans were overwhelmingly approved by his provincial synod during a meeting in Chile last night the British-born Archbishop, who is the Primate of the Province of the Southern Cone, told the Telegraph.
Bishop Cox served as Bishop Suffragan of Maryland and assisting Bishop of Oklahoma. He previously admitted ordaining two priests and a deacon at Christ Church in Overland Park, Kan., in 2005. A month later, he returned to Christ Church and led a service of confirmation. Disciplinary investigations of the Rt. Rev. Andrew Fairfield, retired Bishop of North Dakota, and the Rt. Rev. David Bena, former Bishop Suffragan of Albany, are in process.
As the United States Senate began floor debate on the nation’s Farm Bill, Washington Bishop John Bryson Chane and five other faith leaders spoke at
When the researchers tested their hypothesis on managers who were asked to make a judgment call involving a conscientious employee who needed to go home early one day, they found that the managers who believed most strongly that they were good people came to extreme conclusions: They either let the employee off for the rest of the day with full pay, or insisted the employee stay and work full hours.
This is one of those man bites dog stories:
“We owe our existence as a parish to the Soup Kitchen,” says the Rev. William A. Greenlaw, rector of Holy Apostles’ (Chelsea, NYC). “It has put us on the map. Many who are now vestry members began as Soup Kitchen volunteers.”
Peter Akinola, individually, and in concert with eight other Primates or former primates alleging to speak for the Global South, is attempting to pressure Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, into postponing the Lambeth Conference and calling an emergency meeting of the Primates.
Grassley, who in recent years has forced changes in such nonprofit organizations as the American Red Cross, the Nature Conservancy, American University and the Smithsonian Institution, said in a statement that the allegations involve such amenities as private jets and Rolls-Royces. He has also asked for credit card records, clothing and jewelry expenses and any cosmetic surgery expenses.
Is the agenda for Lambeth in play? Archbishop Rowan Williams has said Lambeth 2008 will not be a business meeting, but a gathering to build