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September 25 2014
TAIWAN: House of Bishops ends with affirmation of "God's Mission" but no Great Commission
Visiting all 687 Taiwanese Anglicans in 13 churches (in a country with 23 million inhabitants) by 112 Episcopal bishops must have had these Chinese in awe of so many grey-haired white dudes in purple shirts descending upon them all at the same time. (That's one TEC bishop for six Taiwanese Anglicans.) The Episcopal Church, it turns out, is the smallest Christian denomination on the island. Of the 605,000 Protestants worshipping in 3,609 congregations, only 1,176 are baptized Episcopalians.
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September 23 2014
TAIWAN: “I will not seek second term as Presiding Bishop”, says Jefferts Schori
She added that she could best serve the Church by opening the door for other bishops to more freely discern their own vocation to this ministry. “I also believe that I can offer this Church stronger and clearer leadership in the coming year as we move toward that election and a whole-hearted engagement with necessary structural reforms.
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September 23 2014
Archbishop Justin Welby now admits that he believes in God
"My faith was restored when I read that book Are You Running with Me Jesus by that well known Episcopal homosexual activist Malcolm Boyd whose inspiration for speed and sodomy became my inspiration and the recovery of my faith in Him."
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September 21 2014
TAIWAN: Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Blasts Capital Punishment in US and Taiwan
"The good news is that many people are raising questions of justice about the death penalty -- about the adequacy of defense, the reliability of prosecution evidence and tactics, as well as the capacity to carry out an execution without causing undue pain and suffering.
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September 18 2014
Trick or TREC: The Future of the Episcopal Church
The recommendations also call for the elimination of all Standing Commissions, replacing them with task forces appointed by the Presiding Bishop and the President of the House of Deputies.
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September 17 2014
WALES: The Washed Up World of the Anglican Church of Wales
The trend for the future will be much the same as the past as there are no green shoots of renewal extant in the province, a source told VOL. Wales is the former ecclesiastical home of the not so revered Dr. Rowan Williams.
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September 14 2014
Are Pro-Gay Evangelicals out to destroy Christianity?
Many times this comes from evangelical pop stars, the most recent being when Christian singer Vicky Beeching who disclosed a self-affirmed identity as a lesbian in an extensive interview with the British newspaper "The Independent" ("Vicky Beeching, Christian rock star 'I'm gay. God loves me just the way I am"). She happily used the media to the fullest to attack the historic Christian stance on a male-female foundation for marriage.
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September 10 2014
Yale's Episcopal chaplain resigns amid anti-Semitic controversy
"'Is this just like 1939?' [they ask]. 'Are we on the cusp of another Holocaust?'", she writes. "Until now, my answer has been an unequivocal 'no.'
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September 09 2014
MICHIGAN: Diocesan Bishop Accused of Bullying, Sociopathic Behavior and Clergy Betrayal
The group wants an intervention from the Diocesan Standing Committee and National Church placing Gibbs on a 6 month sabbatical in order to conduct a full psychological review leading to a dissolution between the bishop and the diocese.
The committee also wants a full investigation to determine the amount of restitution to clergy who have been inappropriately removed from their clerical positions.
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September 07 2014
Billy Graham wanted to be an Evangelical Anglican
Historian Grant Wacker's assessment of the long career of Billy Graham is to be published at the end of November by Harvard University Press.
According to a news report in the Church of England newspaper, the book is a highly readable study of how "a lanky farm kid from North Carolina" had such a major impact on American culture.
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