“We are to love the people of the world no matter what they believe; we are to not love the value system of the world. And the problem today is lot of Christians are getting that reversed. They love the value system and hate the people.” – Rick Warren
[W]hat about those 100,000 members that ACNA claims? Shortly after it launched, the group actually lowered that number to 81,311 people in the pews every Sunday. In June, ACNA lowered that number again to 69,197.
We’ve been alerted by a number of readers today that the Diocese of Accra (in Ghana), part of the Anglican Province of Western Africa, has
Robin Eames, the retired primate of the Church of Ireland, or Rt Revd the Lord Eames of Armagh, as he is called when he is at home, was chair of the panel that produced the Windsor Report. In a recent lecture, he spoke of reconciliation and looked back at his committee’s handiwork.
It said 24 per cent of the accused were dead by the time the complaint was made to the church or died during the investigation. The study found three-quarters of complainants were male, most aged 10 to 15 at the time of abuse.
Progressives in the Episcopal Church have been unhappy for some time with the Listening Process, which has been subverted from its original intent. It has been widely ignored by the provinces in which anti-gay prejudice is most violent and most deep-seated.
Anglicans in Pakistan and Afghanistan care for the sick and injured and the refugees of war, most of whom are Muslim, and many members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. They continue to do this even in the midst of persecution and the constant threat of violence from the people they serve.
In listening to various debates on various subjects over the last 17 years, ever since I became an Episcopalian, I have been appalled at the abject level to which much discourse descends on a regular basis. The name-calling, the demonization, the decided lack of grace toward anyone who disagrees … it is shameful, really, how low we will go in order to try to “win.”
The Waters of Hope cycling tour is the brain child of a campus Episcopal minister from Columbia, Mo. Last year’s ride raised $65,000, and this year organizers hope to top that.
They are: The Most Revd Dr John Neill, Archbishop of Dublin (Chair); The Most Revd Dr John Chew, Primate of South East Asia; Dr Eileen Scully, Anglican Church of Canada; The Rt Revd Dr Gregory Cameron, Bishop of St Asaph in the Church in Wales and former Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican Communion.