The homophobic response from the Secretary General of the Archbishops’ Council in the Church of England, William Nye, to a request from TEC’s marriage task force continues to draw the ire of CoE members.
In a hospital built in 1922 in Navajoland, Hozho Chapel has just been reopened as the building continues to be revisioned as a women’s and children’s
That letter from Mr. Nye, Provincial Secretary of the Church of England and General Secretary of the Archbishops’ Council. Who did he consult over its contents? A spokesperson for the Church of England contradicts Mr Nye’s letter. Nye’s letter said he consulted with staff. The spokesperson says he consulted with ABC, ABY and +Coventry.
Weekly observances of Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, have been discontinued at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, following base chaplains’ abrupt dismissal of the Jewish lay leaders.
It is unclear why the next House chaplain could not be a family woman since that rules out Catholic clergy anyway.
Anglican News covers the story. A picture is better than a 1,000 words: Facebook posts by Bishop of Huron from the Anglican Church of Canada,
“The letter [from William Nye, Secretary General of the Archbishops’ Council in the Church of England] refers to a majority belief in the Church of England that the only legitimate locus for sexual relationships is within heterosexual marriage. This sweeping assertion cannot, in fact, be substantiated, as the Church of England, to our knowledge, has never asked her regular worshipping community what it thinks and believes about this.” – The Bishop of Buckingham and others
Half of Americans believe God determines what happens to them all or most of the time.
Church is over. So, of course, the Rev. is getting lit. – @myblackmindd
Jeffrey John, dean of St Albans Cathedral, has been shortlisted as one of four possible candidates to be bishop of Brechin, in the Scottish Anglican church. Another gay cleric, Chris Newlands, vicar at Lancaster Priory, is also listed as a candidate to be bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane.