Get down with da boyz. If you have a smattering of political economy you’re going to love this. If not, you could just use it to make cheap fatuous and ill-informed remarks about Antipodean dioceses (eh David?).
H/T – Da Archbishop
One of the joys of job-hunting in the Church of England is that you come across some priceless examples of self-delusion. Take for example this job in a rural diocese. In the extended advert there is this brilliant final line:
On his retirement from the benefice the previous priest wrote in the Church Magazine : “In [...]
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What has been noticeable these past two weeks is the lack of formal response from other Anglican provinces to the actions of the Anaheim General Convention. That silence has now been broken with the first official reply to the events of a fortnight ago.
Statement by Province of Southeast Asia Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the [...]
We finally have some words from the Archbishop of Canterbury in response to the actions of TEC at their General Convention in Anaheim.
And guys, it’s good, it’s really good.
4. The first is to do with the arguments most often used against the moratoria relating to same-sex unions. Appeal is made to the fundamental human rights [...]
Simply put, Synod has agreed to let the drafting group move forward with shaping the legislation, subject to amendments and comment being suggested by Synod members. It will then come back to Synod, where a more substantial debate can then take place. If the proposals continu to pass at that point then the proposals will [...]
Some telling words from the Bishop of South Carolina:
All of this leads me to believe that the challenges that lie before a predominately conservative diocese like South Carolina have now been enormously increased if only because of the perception of our parishioners and clergy—but, more pertinently from what I fear is a failure of the [...]
A month ago I wrote that we should enter into a period of grace and give the Lambeth / Windsor process one last throw. I got some stick from US conservatives for even daring to suggest such a thing. Here’s the key paragraph that caused upset:
Here then is perhaps one road forward for the Conservatives. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
