Lambeth Conference – Page 17

Robinson, McKellen to speak at UK premier of For the Bible Tells Me So

May 16, 2008 1 Comment

There will be a British premiere of the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So, on Monday evening, July 14, at Queen Elizabeth Hall, at the SouthBank Centre for the Arts, in Central London, on the Thames. In addition to the filmmaker, Daniel Karslake, speakers will include Sir Ian McKellen and Bishop Gene Robinson. The evening will be a celebration of the lives and ministries of gay and lesbian people, on the eve of the Lambeth Conference

Rowan Williams’ Pentecost Letter

May 12, 2008 3 Comments

The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to the bishops of the Anglican Communion in a letter just posted to his web site. The letter describes in more detail what his hopes are for this summer’s Lambeth Conference and it lays out his desire that all the bishops who attend are willing in good conscience to participate in the Windsor Process.

UK vicar invites Gene Robinson to preach

May 9, 2008 2 Comments

The Archbishop of Canterbury has not given permission to Bishop Gene Robinson to preach from the pulpits of England. Giles Fraser points out that this sort of thing has happened before. He argues that it was wrong then and it is wrong now.

Is there a cartoonist in the house?

May 5, 2008 1 Comment

Dave Walker will be the cartoonist-in-residence at the Lambeth Conference, July 16 to August 3, in Canterbury.

Bishop Gene Robinson’s summer

April 25, 2008 2 Comments

Questions are being raised about the timing of Bishop Gene Robinson’s scheduled civil union ceremony this coming June. There are voices that feel that Bishop Robinson intentionally timed the event so as to overshadow the Lambeth Conference that will be held later this summer. Bishop Robinson denies that intention.

Anglican Women’s Network empowering women at Lambeth

April 17, 2008 No Comments

Domestic violence, women in leadership, and women’s access to technology-these are a few of the issues that the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN) would like to discuss with bishops and their spouses at the Lambeth Conference, the meeting of all Anglican bishops in July 2008.

Buttons for bishops at Lambeth

March 11, 2008 1 Comment

With the announcement that Bishop Gene Robinson will not be invited to Lambeth 2008, suggestions for buttons for bishops who are invited are being discussed

Bishop Gene Robinson responds

March 10, 2008 4 Comments

Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire responded to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision not to invite him to the Lambeth Conference today at the House of Bishops meeting: “One workshop on one afternoon and being interviewed by the secular press was not anything I was seeking. I wasn’t going to Lambeth to have another interview with the secular press.”

International group to prepare Bible studies for Lambeth

February 20, 2008 No Comments

ACNS reports: At the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Professor Gerald West (University KwaZulu-Natal, Southern Africa) has convened an international group to prepare Bible

Now there are five.

February 15, 2008 1 Comment

According to the ENS, five primates have now announced that they will boycott Lambeth in protest to the inclusion of the bishops the Episcopal Church amongst the assembled. Today Archbishop Nzimbi of Kenya joined four others who had previously indicated their concerns.

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