The Facebook group “Anglicans who want THIS statement from Canterbury” has already gathered over three thousand members and attracted the attention of the MSM.
The transparency of the Episcopal Church’s elections contrasts favourably with the still opaque processes by which Church of England bishops are appointed. The candour of the candidates about their personal lives and the maturity of the church they serve is a glowing example to the Church of England where such openness is not possible in the present climate of denial and double standards.
While the Church renders itself a laughing-stock over sex, it hasn’t got a hope of converting the young. At the moment some leading clerics come across as befrocked weirdos with one-track minds. And I’m not talking about their belief in God.
As his brother did before him, the Dean of the Sydney Cathedral, Phillip Jensen, been given a 5 year extension beyond the diocese mandated retirement of 65.
The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order has issued a Communique´ on the Covenant and weighs in on the election in Los Angeles of Mary Glasspool but says nothing about the proposed laws in Uganda.
Colin Coward feels betrayed by the “Dr Rowan Williams’ new-found opposition to gays and lesbians in the ordained ministry of the Anglican Communion.” His interview in the Times today talks about his sense of Williams own inner turmoil.
The new media and the mainstream media continue to cover reactions to the news of Canon Mary Glasspool’s election as Suffragan bishop over the weekend.
The Chicago Consultation has released a response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s reaction to the election of Canon Glasspool as one of the Suffragan bishops of the Diocese of Los Angeles. The statement calls for the Communion to recognize the ministries of gay and lesbian Christians as the only way it can, “in the end”, remain faithful to the Gospel.
A member of the clergy of the Anglican Church of Uganda has compared homosexuals to cockroaches. The occasion was a funeral. According to the Monitor the clergyman in also on the faculty of the Uganda Christian University. The vice chancellor of the university is Stephen Noll and the executive director of Uganda Christian University Partners is the spouse of the Bishop of Dallas.
The Rev. Canon Gideon Byamugisha said gay people were being used as “scapegoats” for Uganda’s social problems, such as the breakdown of the family unit