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September 17 2021 By dvirtue WHY THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD IS NO CATCH FOR ANY WANNABE BISHOP

Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) in 2011 was 1,945; in 2019, it had plunged to 1,348 a loss of 30.7%! (St. Martin's in Houston has a larger ASA than this entire diocese).

The number of full-time priests of one congregation is 57%, which may be much lower following personal parish attendance following post Covid regulations.

Now the decline in the diocese is commensurate (or at least not different from) that in other dioceses.

September 16 2021 By dvirtue TEC Presiding Bishop Outraged that Lutherans Ordain Transgendered Bishop

"We are supposed to be leading the mainline churches in sexual deviancy, so for the ELCA to get ahead of us is unacceptable. It could affect ecumenical niceties for decades and could dissolve our relationship", he told reporters.

"They said a 'A New Thing is Happening' with this transgender consecration, but we started the 'new thing' with Gene Robinson back in 2003. They have stolen our language and behavior. I am outraged."

September 13 2021 By dvirtue Former Newark Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong is Dead

On God. "Understanding God in theistic categories as "a being, supernatural in power, dwelling somewhere external to the world and capable of invading the world with miraculous power" is no longer believable. Most God talk in liturgy and conversation has thus become meaningless."

On Jesus -- the Christ. "If God can no longer be thought of in theistic terms, then conceiving of Jesus as "the incarnation of the theistic deity" has also become a bankrupt concept.

September 09 2021 By dvirtue Where does the Evangelical Belong Today? -- White Paper

To some He has said, "Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly." To others, He has said, "I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." To the Evangelical Anglican He says, "that which ye have already hold fast till I come."

September 09 2021 By dvirtue EFAC-USA Leader sees Good Future for Evangelicals Across the Ecclesiastical Spectrum

VOL: Evangelicals have been steadily declining in TEC, most have left and joined the ACNA. What makes you think that at this late stage, EFAC - USA evangelicals can make a difference?

September 06 2021 By dvirtue Problems with Management style of leadership in the Church of England

The Scottish Episcopal Church commissioned a review by Professor Iain Torrance, former moderator of the Church of Scotland, into "turbulence and discontent", but decided not to publish it as promised.

September 05 2021 By dvirtue ACNA Bishop takes leave over allegations of misconduct

Because of this leave of absence, Atkinson will not be serving as an acting assistant bishop in that diocese.

September 02 2021 By dvirtue THE COUNTERFEIT "GOSPEL" OF AFFIRMING CATHOLICISM

Affirming Catholicism, sometimes referred to as AffCath, is a movement that began in 1990 at St. Alban's Church, in London. It was created by a number of Anglo-Catholic clergy in the Diocese of London who had been marginalized within, or expelled from, existing Anglo-Catholic groups because of their support for women's ordination to the priesthood.

September 01 2021 By dvirtue HOW TO SPEND $66 MILLION (EPISCOPAL) DOLLARS

$66 million could provide one billion meals for poor and malnourished kids in America.

August 31 2021 By dvirtue REFORMATION ANGLICAN WORSHIP

The author of this volume says that without knowledge of the theological principles of Anglican worship, we are simply not able to discriminate between forms of worship that cloud or even dishonor God and forms of worship that proclaim his truth. We do what is right in our own eyes.

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