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Bishop David Anderson thinks there’s a chance:
With regard to "moratoria" on electing/consecrating any new homosexual bishops in the Anglican Communion, the next chance of such an election isn’t in North America. We have become aware through reliable sources that Dr. Barry Morgan is a man of his word - he previously has said, "I (Barry [...]
Continue reading about Will Jeffrey John make Purple after all?
Thought it would be interesting to analyse where the final reflections document differs from the fourth draft.
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Final Document
This section should have been titled “The Bishop and Homosexuality” because it was quickly apparent the whole spectrum of human [...]
Continue reading about The Final Lambeth Reflections Document
The fourth draft of the Lambeth Reflections document has been issued. This is the section on human sexuality. Comments are welcomed.
Section H: Human Sexuality
90. This section should have been titled “The Bishop and Homosexuality” because it was quickly apparent the whole spectrum of human sexuality, including issues of marriage and family, was not going to [...]
Susan Russell, Chair of Integrity got invited yesterday to write for the Guardian. Unfortunately, her piece is full of contradictions and false assumptions.
As the Lambeth conference proceeds in Canterbury, gay and lesbian Anglicans find themselves, once again, on the communion chopping block. It is a sad thing indeed that the message sent out from the [...]
Let me ask you a question. Say I invited over to the UK one of the leading ex-gay speakers in the USA? What say, once we arrived we did a tour of theological colleges, sharing his story and asking the seminarians to support his ministry? I think we’d get a good reception (or at least [...]
Continue reading about What are acceptable sexual morals for a Christian Leader?
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The archbishop, known as an expert in the field of reconciliation said, “I am here talking to my brothers and sisters in America. We have experienced offense by their actions. I am not trying to offend them in return but tell them that I love them. We have had a painful experience [...]
Continue reading about Brad Drell - TEC have lost any moral authority they had
Ruth Gledhill, Times Religious Correspondent Extraordinaire, has just written this devastating critique of the official Lambeth Conference media operation.
At Lambeth, the journos have been divided into the ‘clean’ and ‘unclean’. You can guess which mob I’m corralled in with, and some of you probably think I deserve it. But pause to think for a moment. [...]
Continue reading about Pravda, the whole Pravda, and nothing but Pravda
For a few weeks I’ve had a copy of the book to the right sat on my desk. it was sent to me as a review copy and I’ve been slowly going through it, a bit every day, time allowing. I’ve finally come to the end of reading it and have a simple, clear thing [...]
Continue reading about The Lambeth Listening Resource - A Review
The first is from the GAFCON final statement:
We urge the Primates’ Council to authenticate and recognise confessing Anglican jurisdictions, clergy and congregations and to encourage all Anglicans to promote the gospel and defend the faith.
We recognise the desirability of territorial jurisdiction for provinces and dioceses of the Anglican Communion, except in those areas where churches [...]
A fascinating letter from Bishop James Adams of Western Kansas has just been published on Stand Firm. In it he argues that recent actions of the leadership of TEC demonstrate that they have rejected the ecclesiology of the Anglican Communion and that they are, de facto, no longer Anglicans.
Why some may say that the Episcopal [...]
Continue reading about The Americans have jettisoned Anglicanism
What happens when someone is the lead blogger at the most widely read Conservative Anglican website in the world, and you don’t like it? Do you take the Christian attitude and try to engage in dialogue? Do you wrestle with the theological issues at stake online, publicly engaging in a process of discernment? Do you [...]
A letter to the leaders of GAFCON has been published by Changing Attitude and picked up by Simon Sarmiento (he of the Society of Archbishop Justus that controls the anglican.org domain) at Thinking Anglicans which attempts to smear GAFCON with homophobic violence. On closer inspection however the letter seems to be the same kind of [...]
Father Jake (who claims to be able to stop the world) thinks I’m barking up the wrong tree:
Once the Diocese was re-established at last weekend’s Diocesan Convention, another change occurred. The Society of Archbishop Justus, which operates the domain "anglican.org", redirected "sanjoaquin.anglican.org" from the website of John-David Schofield’s Southern Cone group to the website of [...]
Scott Gunn over at Inclusive Church is asking parishes on both sides of the Atlantic to pass the following motion before the Lambeth Conference (and then of course to tell everybody up the chain that they’ve done it).
“As Christians, we believe that all people have been made in the image of God. We believe that [...]
Continue reading about Inclusive Church’s Nebulous PCC Motion
