In excluding members of the Episcopal Church from Anglican bodies engaged in ecumenical dialog Rowan Williams was no doubt trying to send a message to…
The heads of several denominations in Uganda have called the bill “unwarranted” and “unnecessary.” Is that politically savvy or politically submissive?
The decline is not helped by a few successful and somewhat deluded media churches, dotted here and there, nor even by the odd successful suburban church. Go to Bradford where evangelical churches struggle, because there is one media church that acts as a kind of vacuum cleaner over what’s left.
Do CoE Anglicans and Methodists have what it really takes to mutually engage “the needs of the Kingdom”?
A significant “uncertain middle” of Mainline clergy who would show leadership on LGBT issues if they were not afraid of stirring controversy in their congregations. A new campaign aims to jump start this missing conversation and to create space in American Christianity for a true welcoming of LGBT people and their families.
The pope has defended his widely ignored initiative to bring disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic Church in a way that provides insight into his definition of ecumenism.
World Council of Churches general secretary, The Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in Kenya has written a Letter to the Uganda President. The letter raises concerns regarding the Anti Homosexuality Bill. The WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries.
The Russian Federation may soon enter into full diplomatic relations with the Vatican, which will have significant ecumenical implications.
Pierre Whalon, Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe respond to the recent Apostolic Constitution issued by Pope Benedict XVI aimed at disaffected Anglicans and praised the Archbishop of Canterbury’s response to it.
The scheduled visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Vatican and a meeting with the Pope has taken on greater significance after the release of the Apostolic Constitution. People reading between the lines of the diplomatic language see clear signs of tension.