Bryan Stevenson, NYU law professor, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, spoke at Christ Church, Charlotte, NC, describing segregation as child abuse,
We have a Gospel imperative to be sure they know they are not forgotten behind the headlines or because of the distractions in our own lives.
“As long as we, the Bishops of this Province, know unity in Christ in this way, human sexuality is not, and cannot be allowed to be, for us a church-dividing issue.”
With the sharp rise in Islamophobia and ideologues issuing statements about religions they have never studied, some professors at Harvard University have come together to educate
Folks with no religious affiliation, Jews and Buddhists were most in favor of nondiscrimination laws. However, majorities of most all Christian groups were also in favor to varying degrees as demonstrated in the breakout chart above.
They are calling it the queer Eucharist. It is sparsely attended some evenings. The service is the idea of the parish priest, the Revd Samantha Caravan. Last fall she suggested the service to her parish to reach out to folks who have felt alienated by the Church’s historic opposition to sexual minorities.
In modern times, many cathedrals and churches have choirs of mixed voices, both male and female. Now, in a first for the Southern hemisphere, the St Paul’s Cathedral in the Diocese of Melbourne in Victoria Australia has added an all-girls choir.
Bronwen Speedie, of God’s Design (Perth), ministry based in Perth, Western Australia, is an evangelical who strongly disagrees with the recent statements by the Most. Rev. Glenn Davies, Archbishop of Sydney.
Yes, this is a Coen brothers’ movie so you won’t get to be moved very long before they’ll take a quick turn. But Clooney’s soliloquy staring at the crucified Christ—who we never see—may be one of the best sermons Hollywood has ever put on film
The Primates Meeting in January 2016 called for sanctions against TEC. Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon said that the primates’ decision has this result: “the three-year absence of a gifted priest, ecumenist, and Bible scholar who serves on our dialogue with the World Communion of Reformed Churches” That is, although the primates’ resolution “applies to the TEC as a whole,” it “practically involves” just one person.
I am the person to whom the Secretary General referred.