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Outgoing and incoming chairmen of GAFCON at loggerheads

February 3, 2019 18 Comments

These elections did not follow the Protocol between the Anglican Church in North America and the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), and were not made in consultation with the College of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America. … Conversations between Archbishop Beach and Archbishop Okoh are ongoing as they seek a way forward that honors Christ and his Church, and builds up the Gafcon movement. – ACNA press release

Reconciliation in the Midlands

February 2, 2019 No Comments

Eighteenth century remains from a dissenters graveyard unearthed during construction in the English city of Wolverhampton were recently re-interred in a moving service at St John’s Church adapted from the 1662 BCP

Court of Appeal Upholds Bishop Bruno’s Sentence

February 1, 2019 3 Comments

From Episcopal News Service: An Episcopal Church court has concluded that retired Diocese of Los Angeles Bishop J. Jon Bruno was properly suspended from ordained

Bishop of Liverpool Advocates for Greater Hospitality to the Marginalized

February 1, 2019 No Comments

The Rt. Rev. Paul Bayes, the bishop of Liverpool, has recently published a new book. Titled The Table, the book advocates for a wider vision

Archbishop’s Task Group plans Season of Repentance and Prayer

January 31, 2019 1 Comment

“We’ve been very clear when we first proposed a season of repentance that this is about the biblical admonition that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and that every one of us has areas in our lives individually, and corporately that require repentance…some of that repentance is around how we treat one another, how we have worked with, or not with one another. And that we believe that all of us can examine ourselves in the season of Lent,” says Bishop Linda Nicholls of the Diocese of Huron.

Breakaway bishop to Europe takes leave due to “very difficult personal matters”

January 31, 2019 3 Comments

The Autumn and early part of this new year has (sic) been a particularly demanding and stressful time for me and for my family. Demanding, because there is so much to be done in my different responsibilities, and operating in the midst of fast-moving events in our Anglican churches. Stressful, because in addition to my mother’s deteriorating health, I have been confronted with very difficult personal matters. – Andrew Lines

In Canada, former bishop’s residence is repurposed as homeless shelter

January 29, 2019 2 Comments

This past fall, the Anglican Church of Canada’s Diocese of Fredericton offered the six-bedroom residence to use as an overnight shelter for those experiencing homelessness in their city, which is the capital of the province of New Brunswick. At the time, they estimated that there were 35 people sleeping on the streets in the city of approximately 60,000.

How2charist: Digital Instructed Eucharist premieres at Forma conference

January 24, 2019 No Comments

“Being at Forma has been so fantastic because this was always meant to be a communal resource for formation and evangelism, and that’s been evident here: folks have come up to me beaming with pride because they were one of the project backers, or bubbling with excitement about the ways in which they’re dreaming of using it.”

Grieving the American Bible Society

January 24, 2019 7 Comments

Ever since my freshman year, I have toted around the same dog-eared, taped up, Revised Standard Version Bible that I bought in a college book store. It is an old friend, and I am deeply grateful to the American Bible Society for introducing us. Now when I see it, there is a pang of hurt and heartbreak.

Scottish Episcopal Church continues to face dissent from marriage equality decision

January 21, 2019 26 Comments

Conservative parish in Aberdeen votes to leave the SEC

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