We have a bishop (Gene Robinson) who was married to a woman, had two kids by her, divorces her after announcing he was a homosexual, unmarries her in a bizarre altar scene, meets a man, marries him and then divorces him 25 years later, and The Episcopal Church thinks this is just fine because Robinson and his ilk manage to get a series of General Convention resolutions passed that endorses his behavior!
Read moreBishop Hahn's moral failure came to light earlier this year at which time the Lexington bishop had to own up to his faults and failing, not only to Presiding Bishop Curry and his wife, Kaye, but also to the people of the Diocese of Lexington, which turned to him for spiritual and moral leadership.
Read moreArchbishop Paul Kwong -- the Primate of Hong Kong -- in celebrating his first six months in the post, told the Anglican Communion News Service that it was vital for the Communion to be relevant.
Read moreBishop love said he was proud of the Global South's strong witness.
"We live at a time when the storms could destroy us and fill us with 'woe is me', but when we think how bad things are, we need only study church history. There is no golden age. Every generation has had its struggles and heretical teachings. Thank you for your faithfulness."
Read moreThe Bible says that sex is not the most important means of human fulfillment. Should the Global South stop reminding western culture and the churches dominated by western culture with graciousness, and charity and compassion, remembering that those broken by and in bondage to idolatry can only break free when they hear that God loves them and can only hear that message from us?"
Read moreNtagali said people came to Uganda facing many hardships but changed us through the gospel. "We [have only] ourselves to blame if we do not preach the real gospel. We should not blame others."
Read moreAnis said these people were uneducated Coptic orthodox Christians, but they had a simple faith in Jesus and they were faithful unto death. "They were ordinary laborers with no theological education but they were not going to denounce Jesus," he said.
Anis described the present state of Christians in the Anglican Communion as a "faithful remnant".
Read moreHe noted that, however, the institutional church is not growing. "This could lead to possible tension between those Christians who supported an insider movement within Tunisian society so that new believers remain Muslim, or whether that was a betrayal of faith? Careful pastoring is needed of these new believers, since many were still influenced by the occult and by gossip used in a very hierarchical society to shame and tame rivals.
Read moreAn Anglican Covenant proposed and drawn up by Dr. Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, was never adopted. Liberals didn't like it because it was too Biblical. Conservatives didn't like it because it was toothless. Recognizing that, President Bishop Mouneer here in Cairo, has called for a new agreement for Global South Provinces that would be substantive.
Read more"The Primates at their meeting in Canterbury last January said this was 'a fundamental departure from the faith and teaching held by the majority of our Provinces on the doctrine of marriage.' Lambeth Conference resolution 1:10 represents this standard teaching that is held by the majority of the Provinces of the Anglican Church, which recognizes marriage only between man and woman."
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