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April 09 2016 By dvirtue Global Anglican Leaders Misled by Pro-Gay Western Primates

The primates' statement in Canterbury asked Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to appoint a task group "to maintain conversation among ourselves with the intention of restoration of relationship, the rebuilding of mutual trust, healing the legacy of hurt, recognizing the extent of our commonality, and exploring our deep differences, ensuring they are held between us in the love and grace of Christ."

April 09 2016 By dvirtue KENYA: Archbishop Wabukala says letter about three bishops attending ACC-16 in Lusaka is a fraud

A number of questions have been raised by Canon Phil Ashey President of the American Anglican Council.

1. Someone with access to Archbishop Wabukala's digital signature attached it to a letter.

April 07 2016 By dvirtue KENYA: Rebellious Kenyan Bishops Defy their Archbishop to attend Lusaka ACC-16

"It seems that the rejection of the moral and spiritual authority of the Primates gathered in Canterbury earlier this year by the ACC Chairman, Bishop Tengatenga, without rebuke from the Archbishop of Canterbury, is contributing to a climate which encourages further breakdown of godly order.

April 05 2016 By dvirtue African Anglicans invited to Galatians 6:2 conference by TEC to explore 'bearing one another's burdens'. The spin is on

It is too disingenuous, by half, to invoke this verse from Paul's letter to the Galatians to try and square the circle of pansexuality in the Anglican Communion. It is exegetically and theologically impossible.

March 20 2016 By dvirtue Archbishop of Canterbury Appeals for all primates to attend ACC Meeting in Lusaka

His appeal comes one day after the Primate of Nigeria, Nicholas Okoh said he would not attend next month's ACC meeting citing the Episcopal Church's well-prepared camp of recruitment, blackmail, indoctrination and toxic relationship. He called for a "special status" in the Communion for orthodox Anglican leaders.

March 20 2016 By dvirtue Russian Orthodox Patriarch Praises Anglican Church in North America, Condemns Episcopal Church

"I would like to note once again the role played by the conservative Evangelicals in the United States as their position gives us an opportunity to continue our dialogue with Christians in America," Kirill said in the presence of evangelist Franklin Graham (son of Billy Graham) who met with Russian Orthodox leader Patriarch Kirill of Moscow earlier this week. The two discussed issues pertaining to gay marriage, the secularization in the West, and Christian persecution.

March 18 2016 By dvirtue Continuing Anglican Leaders set 2017 as Goal for Full Communion

• Pledge to "work cooperatively , in a spirit of brotherly love and affection, to create a sacramental union and commonality of purpose that is pleasing to God and in accord with godly purpose to our respective jurisdictions";
• Endeavor to "hold in concert our national and provincial synods in 2017" with a goal for this meeting "to formalize a relationship of communion in sacris; and

March 15 2016 By dvirtue NIGERIA: Anglican Primate says he will not Attend ACC Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia in April

He ripped what happened at Canterbury where the Primates recently met, and said that those who held orthodox views on human sexuality were branded and denounced as "homophobic", leaving no one in doubt "that we were in the wrong place."

March 15 2016 By dvirtue Diocese of Pennsylvania Elects a New Bishop

This past week, the diocese elected a new bishop, its 16th, in the person of the Rev. Canon Daniel G.P. Gutierrez, canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Rio Grande, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Irony of ironies, he holds a diocesan certificate in Anglican studies from Trinity School for Ministry!

March 11 2016 By dvirtue Church of Uganda will not attend the April meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Lusaka

"Thirteen years later, the Primates of the Anglican Communion gathered in January 2016 in Canterbury to discuss what to do about the fact that not only had TEC torn the fabric of the Anglican Communion at its deepest level in 2003, but they have since changed the definition of marriage to no longer be a lifelong union between one man and one woman. We were cautiously optimistic that the tear in the fabric of our communion could be repaired and betrayal healed."

That did not happen.

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