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September 13 2005 By virtueonline Altruism--And Artful Dodge?

Of course, it's probably just a coincidence -- or is it? -- that this would be the same convention that Anglican primates expect to decisively answer whether ECUSA--now suspended over its pro-gay policies--will walk with or apart from the Anglican Communion.

September 13 2005 By virtueonline NEW ORLEANS: More Parishioners Rescued, 16 still missing. Triage and Thanks

Wednesday our parish treasurer made a rather heroic all day rescue trip to pull one of our members out of Metairie. A young man who works security, he had been in his apartment since the storm: no power, no food, litter water and living in 10 inches of toxic water. Refused to leave because his father would not evacuate.

September 12 2005 By virtueonline CENTRAL NY: Vestry Rips Bishop & Standing Committe Over Rector's Inhibition

We write you for three reasons, asking you to refuse an extension of the temporary inhibition pursuant to Canon IV.1.2(d) and to vote not to issue a presentment pursuant to Canon IV.3.18.

September 11 2005 By virtueonline SCOTLAND: Africans set to found rival Anglican church

The Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) and the recently formed Council of Anglican Provinces of the Americas and Caribbean (CAPAC) will represent up to two-thirds of the world's 77 million Anglicans.

In a new African-based Anglican community they plan to replace the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams as their spiritual leader with the Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Jasper Akinola, and exclude homosexuals from full church life.

September 11 2005 By virtueonline ELIZABETHTOWN, KY: Holy Apostles Church Comes Under Bolivian Bishop

In the light of this difficult situation, the Bishop of Bolivia has received the Rev. Kent Litchfield and Holy Apostles’ Church in Elizabethtown, KY, under his care to pastorally assist those who wish to remain faithful members within the Anglican Communion. It is only with sadness of heart that these actions must be taken for a time to provide a home for those marginalized by the present controversy.

The Rt. Rev. Francis R Lyons
Bishop of Bolivia

September 11 2005 By virtueonline AMBRIDGE, PA: Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry sends team to stricken areas

The team will focus on construction and repair, clean-up and health concerns. Pastoral work among those who suffered losses from the component is also an important part of the work that the team will be doing.

The Very Rev. Dr. Paul F.M. Zahl, Dean of Trinity said, "We want to be hands-on and concrete, putting our bodies where our mouths are. Maybe we can be a little part of our Brothers' and Sisters' Good Friday as they wait for the break of day."

September 09 2005 By virtueonline ABUJA: Akinola blocks Brazil from Global South meeting

The "Recife 32" issued a statement on 2 September expressing their "shock and dismay" at the decree, and protesting that they had been excommunicated before the result of the appeal to the panel and "without being accused of anything, without following any official process, without having the right to defend ourselves, and without the opportunity of any appeal".

September 09 2005 By virtueonline NEW YORK: African Archbishops Fault Church on Gays

"If England adopts a new faith, alien to what has been handed to us together, they will walk apart. Simple as that," Akinola said at a Thursday news conference where he reaffirmed his stand on gay issues.

Last month, he accused Anglicanism's mother church of an "outrageous" departure from biblical teaching that is "totally unworkable (and) invites deception and ridicule."

September 08 2005 By virtueonline LONDON: Bishop-elect quizzed

It emerged last week that Dr Malango had written to Mr Henderson, a former chairman of the Modern Churchpeople's Union, on 24 August, because of reports of Mr Henderson's "advocacy of the gay and lesbian movement". He wrote that he was "constrained to ask a very awkward question": was he prepared to give assurances that his conduct conformed to the Church's historic teachings on sexual intimacy, and that he was not, nor had been, in a sexual relationship outside marriage?

September 07 2005 By virtueonline LONDON: Churches 'on road to doom if trends continue'

Moreover, the average age of Christian congregations will have risen to 64 as the young abandon the churchgoing habits of older generations in the face of growing secularisation.

The total membership of all the denominations will fall from 9.4 per cent of the population to under five per cent by 2040, and 18,000 more churches will have closed, the report says.

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