Things have become so bad that a fundamental realignment of the Anglican Communion became necessary, the evangelical African Primate told several hundred orthodox Australian Anglicans gathered at the launching.
Read moreThe archbishop was guest speaker at the seminary's annual Gaffin lecture series on theology, related the story of the birth of GAFCON in the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi in 2007 along with the outcome resulting a year later when some 1600 Anglican leaders met in Jerusalem as a solid phalanx against an increasingly moral and theologically decadent Western Anglicanism.
Read moreThe appointment, on the surface, would appear to be a slap in the face at Anglican pansexualists as Fearon has publicly condemned homosexuality; his anti-gay position has deeply offended Western pansexualists like Colin Coward of Changing Attitude and other left leaning Anglicans, like Thinking Anglicans.
Read more"Bishop Waldo's Nazi reference should bother traditional Christians in his diocese. How long will he tolerate priests and/or parishes in his diocese who 'discriminate' against gays by refusing to participate in the same sex-blessing rite? Aren't those priests and parishes forcing gays to wear pink triangles? And he condones that?
Read moreThings have become so bad that a fundamental realignment of the Anglican Communion was necessary, the evangelical African Primate told several hundred orthodox Australian Anglicans gathered at the launching.
Read more"We, by God's Grace, continue to uphold the traditional biblical teaching in regard to human sexuality and marriage and affirm Lambeth Resolution 1:10 in its entirety. We believe that this is the only way to safeguard the life of the Christian families and we should resist the pressures of the secular western cultures to alter God's purpose in creating Man and woman."
Read moreAs one wag noted on reading her Easter message, "In Katharine Jefferts Schori's Easter missive, the message of Jesus' Resurrection is like the seed scattered among the thorns: it is choked by weeds - green weeds."
Read moreThis addition is of crucial importance. The gospel now preached in The Episcopal Church rarely focuses on reconciliation with God. Its more usual focus is a range of moral, social, and political issues about which God is said to have very particular opinions. I do not wish to be misunderstood. I believe there are compelling reasons for Christians to be involved in the moral, social, and political issues of their time.
Read more• The Northeast and Midwest are much less hospitable environments for Episcopal churches. Both share population stability or even decline in some areas, but these characteristics are more endemic to the Midwest. Both areas are less "religious" than the South, particularly the Northeast. Unlike the West, the Northeast lacks a large religiously engaged subculture with many booming churches.
Read moreNext month, Evans will release "Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church," a book that oscillates between stinging critiques of American Christianity and prescriptions for how she believes we can more faithfully participate in church-life.
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