Around the Episcopal Church
An Episcopalian and a Baptist meet for lunch….
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/the-end-of-evangelical/598423/
Evidence that at least some leaving the Episcopal Church understand neither what they are leaving nor what they are becoming. “We don’t answer to the Episcopal church USA, but we do answer to the Archbishop of Canterbury in England and he has a seat at the Vatican,” says Vallas.”
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2019/sep/24/stringers-oceansides-conservative-anglican-st-anne/#
Firefighters with the Winston-Salem Fire Department rescued a construction worker having a medical emergency on top of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/man-rescued-from-atop-church-in-winston-salem/article_9befd1a5-7ec4-5671-983c-cb6390c15c24.html
Ten story scaffolding collapsed on top of an Episcopal church in San Antonio
https://www.ktsa.com/scaffolding-collapses-in-downtown-san-antonio-lands-on-st-marks-episcopal-church/
and
https://therivardreport.com/st-marks-church-leaders-grateful-no-one-inside-building-when-scaffolding-collapsed/
Louisiana church hosting a Bob Dylan mass (wasn’t Dylan a Jehovah’s Witness for a while?) BTW, William Miller, the rector, is a genius at publicity
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_615761e2-deed-11e9-b360-e33e6668898d.html
Five bishops are in DC to promote restoration of the refugee resettlement program.
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/09/24/bishops-meet-with-federal-lawmakers-to-advocate-for-episcopal-migration-ministries-refugees/
Down Under
From Australia, on the sacrament of confession and whether or not its biblical
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-23/fact-check3a-are-the-rules-of-confession-in-the-bible3f/11528838
Essentially “emerging church” in New Zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/life/115302596/back-to-basic-christianity-growing-in-popularity-as-some-traditional-churches-struggle-to-pay-the-bills
England
Cornish vicar quits post to start new “Anglican” church
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/controversy-cornwall-town-vicar-starts-3360310
Anglican Communion
New Primate for Nigeria
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/breaking-archbishop-ndukuba-elected-as-new-anglican-primate/
And a new archbishop for Southeast Asia
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/09/27/archbishop-elected-for-anglican-church-in-south-east-asia/
Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) yesterday voted to join and support the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli occupation
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190927-anglican-church-of-southern-africa-votes-to-join-bds/
And Other Interesting Items
An article about how the actors on God Friended Me have been led to examine their open beliefs (and mentions Bp Curry)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-mysteries-of-god-friended-me-brandon-micheal-hall/
An article about how the MSM ignores or misinterprets religious news
https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/9/19/podcast-thinking-why-do-many-reporters-avoid-theological-news-on-religious-left
image: Scaffolding Collapse on East Martin between Navarro and Jefferson/KTSA Photo-Elizabeth Ruiz