"What it does not say as clearly as it ought is that this worldwide body, the Anglican Communion, is profoundly upset with the current activities of the Episcopal Church, to the point that a majority of its Primates (chief bishops in each international province) consider themselves in broken communion with it, and increasingly are officially recognizing the newly-formed Anglican Church of North America as a more authentic representative of true Anglicanism in this continent.
"Why?
Read moreAccording to Dr. Williams, Anglicans owe it to each other to remain in conversation. He argues that it is only through conversation that authentic, committed, and meaningful community is made possible. But conversation only creates the possibility of communion; it doesn't guarantee it. Like the listening process, the danger is that we can listen ourselves to death, or be desensitized to the point that we no longer have our original convictions about what is right and wrong.
Read more"Listening" and "conversation" have been the most manipulative verbal tools at our disposal to woo and win fence sitters and alleged orthodox types.
Read moreHere are the actual figures:
In Navajoland, total membership in 2007 was 583. In 2008 it was 612, a growth of 29 persons. Actual ASA in 2007 was 190. In 2008 it was 200, a real growth of 10 persons.
In North Dakota in 2007, total membership was 2,582. By 2008 it was 2,596, an increase of 14 persons. In 2007 the ASA was 758. It rose by 46 to 804 in 2008.
Read moreAnother resolution would give "explicit canonical force" to Bishop Mark Lawrence's practice of "dealing pastorally with parishes struggling with their relationship with the diocese or province." The resolution would add a section to the diocesan canons giving the ecclesiastical authority in the diocese the power "to provide a generous pastoral response" to such parishes.
Read moreIn India, where these videos were shot, you can see Hindus attacking and killing Christians with clubs while the Police look on and do nothing.
Please note these tapes are gruesome and should not be watched by children or young adults.
These are not tapes you will see at so-called interfaith gatherings or groups of high level clergy gabfests meeting in Washington DC where everybody talks pleasantries about "niceness" and "friendship".
Read moreAs Islam becomes increasingly conservative and its calls for the full implementation of shari'a become more insistent, the danger of a more consistent and widespread enforcing of the apostasy law increases considerably, says Sookhdeo.
Read moreEpiscopal dioceses in the U.S. are giving approximately $10,000 each, almost one million, about the same amount they gave to the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana (and Mississippi) when Katrina struck their shores.
Read moreThe couple divorced in 1992 after the husband admitted he was actively homosexual, according to the lawsuit. The former husband then invited his male companion to attend services at the church, distressing the Scotts' 15-year-old son, according to the complaint. A former church rector persuaded the choirmaster to use "proper discretion" in church. After Nieman arrived in 1994, Scott's former husband again brought his companion to services.
Read moreMUELLER: The Episcopal Church has gone after traditionalists with a vengeance and now you are zeroing in on South Carolina, the same God-fearing Episcopalians who have been the backbone of the Church since the its colonial foundation in 1706, more than 300 years ago. Apparently, Presiding Bishop, you have retained an attorney to deal with local matters. What are those local matters and how are you going to deal with them?
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