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June 23 2005
Anglicans target Israel
The report is a piece of sanctimonious claptrap whose authors didn't even bother to talk to Ariel Sharon's government. It takes scant account of the trauma to which the second intifada has subjected Israeli civilians and endorses policies, such as the right of return of Palestinian refugees since 1948, that would spell the death of the Jewish state.
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June 23 2005
NOTTINGHAM: American churches shown door as gay row deepens
The Anglican Consultative Council is one of the four "instruments of unity" of the worldwide Anglican Church but it is the only one that has a legal constitution. Based in Britain, it is in effect the central administrative body of the Anglican Communion worldwide.
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June 23 2005
NOTTINGHAM: Canadian Anglicans speak to same-gender blessings
In 2002, the Diocese of New Westminster authorized the blessings of same-gender unions. This action prompted the Anglican Primates' Meeting to invite the Canadians to provide a presentation at ACC-13 as recommended by the Windsor Report.
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June 22 2005
NOTTINGHAM: ACC votes to add Primates to membership
Chairman cites changes
"We are in fact experiencing changes in the inter-relationships of the Instruments of Unity as we speak," Paterson said in his address, commenting on the balance between the work of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops, the ACC, and the Primates' Meeting.
The ACC is the principal consultative body of the Anglican Communion and its 77 million members in 164 countries.
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June 22 2005
NOTTINGHAM: Alexandria, VA Seminary Official To Defend Gay Clergy
The involvement of three faculty members from the seminary -- the only Episcopal seminary cited -- stems from faculty involvement with national and international issues, said seminary spokeswoman Susan Shillinglaw.
"We just have a dynamic faculty here," she said.
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June 22 2005
NOTTINGHAM: ECUSA Shameless in Its Defense of a New Gospel
Their profession that the Holy Spirit led ECUSA to consecrate a non-celibate homosexual and bless same sex unions is deeply disturbing, and we reject the validity of such a claim as contrary to God's word revealed. Additionally, Lambeth 1.10 has expressed the mind of the Communion on this issue, and this positionstands as authoritative.
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June 22 2005
NOTTINGHAM: US Anglicans bless 'sacred' gay unions
The Church is split between liberals in Britain and North America and orthodox conservatives in the so-called Global South churches of Africa, Asia and the West Indies.
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June 21 2005
The surprising spectrum of evangelicals
And many evangelicals are interested in far more than the hot-button issues of abortion and homosexual marriage often used to define them. Evangelicals have been active in seeking increased aid for Africa, fighting poverty, battling the traffic in sex slaves, and supporting efforts to reduce global warming.
Evangelicals are not just Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and George W. Bush. They are also Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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June 21 2005
TORONTO: Orthodox Canadian Anglicans Express Full Support for Bishop of Recife
The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Recife held an emergency meeting and has announced that it will appeal the sentence to the Anglican Province of Brazil, as well as to the Primates of the Anglican Communion. They further stated they will continue to recognize Bishop Cavalcanti, and will refuse to recognize any other bishop the Province might send to replace him.
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June 20 2005
NOTTINGHAM: US church leaders justify ordination of gay bishop
The US report, To "Set Our Hope on Christ", has been prepared by the liberal theologian Mark Mcintosh, of Loyola University, Chicago, and others. Although the Americans have expressed regret for the effects of their actions, they have not expressed repentance and are not expected to do so.
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