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January 15 2022 By dvirtue ACNA: Firm Hired to Investigate Allegations of Misconduct in Upper Midwest

The PRT developed a set of criteria, with input from some of the alleged survivors, to vet potential firms. The PRT then began the process of engaging potential investigators based upon those criteria, contacting eleven firms. Out of those contacted, the PRT determined two firms sufficiently met the selection criteria. All alleged survivors known to us were sent the names of these two firms and a summary description of each and were asked to vote or to indicate no preference.

January 13 2022 By dvirtue Anglican Bishop in Kenya charged with caressing woman's breast

The charge sheet read in court said that Waweru being a person in a position of authority persistently made sexual advances to J.N.M knowing or having reason to believe that such advances were not welcome by J.N.M.

He was charged with the second count of touching the breast of J.N.M indecently on July 13, 2021.

According to the police report, the accused person is said to have been sexually assaulting the woman since 2018.

January 13 2022 By dvirtue Hundreds Sign Petition Asking ACNA for 'Survivor-Centric' Abuse Investigation

Several individuals who reported being sexually abused by Mark Rivera, a former lay minister in ACNA's Upper Midwest Diocese, have said leaders in the diocese repeatedly mishandled their allegations. On Aug. 28, ACNA announced an eight-member Provincial Response Team to oversee an investigation into the Upper Midwest Diocese's handling of the abuse allegations.

January 10 2022 By dvirtue Reformed Church in America splits as conservative churches form new denomination

At least 125 churches from various denominations are in conversation with ARC leaders about joining.

January 07 2022 By dvirtue Episcopal Church, Anglican diocese spar over which congregation gets $2M bequest

One congregation belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, controlled by the theologically conservative Anglican Church in North America. The diocese recently won a years-long legal battle to keep the church's property after breaking away from the Episcopal Church in 2008.

The other congregation belongs to The Episcopal Church in North Texas and began holding worship services at a former bank drive-thru building last June.

January 06 2022 By dvirtue RWANDA: Unvaccinated Anglicans Prevented from Entering Churches

This follows a directive by the government last week indicating that church services held at places of worship should not exceed 50 percent maximum occupancy after the country recorded six cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant.

December 29 2021 By dvirtue GAFCON Chairman's Christmas Message 2021

The uncertainty we are currently experiencing is not a new thing. In fact, it is as old as the story of a young couple in a backwater province of the Roman Empire planning on getting married but being surprised with the news that they will bear a Savior named Jesus. Not only would they be forced to travel by the dictate of an emperor for the purposes of a census and taxation, but they would be tasked with the responsibility of taking care of the Messiah.

December 27 2021 By dvirtue Anglican Church of Rwanda Extends Archbishops' Term

The 67-year-old became the Archbishop of the Province in 2018, and his 5-year term was set to expire on August 25, 2023.

However, according to the resolutions of an extraordinary meeting of the House of Bishops held recently, he will continue to serve until October 2026.

"I am a servant, and my service will be focused on the pillars of Church such as education, capacity building, evangelism, and so on," Mbanda said, commenting on his term's extension.

December 27 2021 By dvirtue RIP Desmond Tutu -- prophet, priest and archbishop to the world

People will cavil at a few things he has said or done over his decades of Christian ministry, but nothing can eclipse his mission of love and his passion for racial equality; the perpetual hope that the black man might be seen to be as much on God's side as the white man, and that both may coexist in harmony and mutual respect.

December 20 2021 By dvirtue Former Australian Abp. Deposed For Abuse Handling

According to a statement issued by Archbishop Geoffrey Smith, the Australian primate, the board's decisions were based on the 2017 findings of Australia's nationwide Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Commission's report judged that "there was a substantial failure in risk management during Bishop Herft's episcopate. This left children at risk.

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