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February 26 2014
ACNA College of Bishops Blasts Nashotah House Decision to Invite Episcopal PB
We have trusted Nashotah House with our students, our prayers and our support, recognizing that the House also serves the Episcopal Church, and that a remarkable community has been built there. We hope that ways can be found to restore the trust that this particular invitation has seriously shaken."
The Most Revd Robert Duncan, D.D.
(Nashotah) Archbishop,
Anglican Church in North America
On behalf of the College of Bishops
February 25 2014
Mid-America Diocese of the APA elects a Bishop Coadjutor
He is 43 years of age, married, with three children. He resides in Newburgh, Indiana, where he is Vicar of All Saints Anglican Church, and is also employed as the full time Chaplain of the Evansville State Hospital, a 168 bed facility for the seriously mentally ill located in southern Indiana.
He was consecrated as Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Mid-America on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at the Anglican Church of St. Andrew the Evangelist in Merrillville, Indiana.
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February 25 2014
ZANZIBAR: Two Bombs Blast Anglican Cathedral
For more news on this story and and other blasts reported on the island read this:
http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/28511-four-injured-as-blasts-rock-isles
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February 23 2014
Katherine Jefferts Schori's invitation to Nashotah House stirs Hornet's Nest
The first inkling that something was amiss came Tuesday when Nashotah Board Chairman Bishop Daniel Martins (XI Springfield) blogged in his Moving Diagonallydaily journal, "Processed a stack of emails on a range of subjects: youth pilgrimage, Nashotah House, clergy pastoral care, etc."
February 22 2014
CAPA seeks a 'unified and self-sustaining Anglican Church in Africa'
He has been very outspoken on issues to do with the independence of the Africa church. In a special interview with ACNS he said: "Africa has realized that it has resources and so we want the Christians in Africa to now own the mission of the church."
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February 20 2014
CAIRO, Egypt: Statement from the Global South Primates Steering Committee
2. We thank God for the times of fellowship, Bible study and prayer together. We also appreciated the frank discussion, open sharing, and spirit of unity among us. We are also encouraged by the Archbishop of Canterbury's emphases on renewal, mission and evangelism within the Church of England and the rest of the Anglican Communion.
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February 20 2014
NIGERIA: Anglican bishop blasts Obama, others over gay rights
He noted that the whole country was united over the law against homosexualism and lesbianism, because such negative behaviour was against the two dominant religions in Nigeria and that same-sex was also against the culture of the people, as well as negate reasons and all known logic.
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February 19 2014
Early Warning Signs of Diminished Support at Virginia Seminary?
Giving to the Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) Annual Fund has dropped dramatically in recent years. In 2006, the Alexandria, Virginia-based school received $1,050,000 from parishes, alumni and other supporters. By Fiscal Year 2013, giving to the fund had been cut nearly in half, dropping to $538,000.
VTS officials have not let the shortfall go unnoticed, with Markham making development of the Annual Fund a priority for Fiscal Year 2014.
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February 16 2014
LONDON: Church of England rejects blessings for gay marriages
The same-sex marriage law bans the established Churches of England and Wales -- which believe marriage can only take place between a man and a woman -- from conducting ceremonies.
But a report last year on the Church's policy on sexuality, commissioned by the House of Bishops, said that in some circumstances a priest "should be free to mark the formation of a permanent same-sex relationship in a public service", without any obligation to do so.
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February 15 2014
Episcopal Bishops Rebuke Kansas Anti-Gay House Bill With Religious Righteousness
Some people regularly suggest that the Church should stay out of politics, but we regret to observe that the current political agenda is encroaching upon fundamental principles that Christians, and people of all faiths, hold dear: compassion for the poor, safety for all people and equality for everyone.
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