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Susan Russell, [...]
Mr Robinson is complaining again…
Never have I felt more in need of your prayers. As I write this, the opening service of the Lambeth Conference is going on at Canterbury Cathedral. I am a few miles away — but it feels like a much further difference. I am not appearing at the opening service, [...]
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
As I’m sure you’re all aware, over two months ago Rowan Williams wrote to Gene Robinson, refusing to grant him the right to preach or preside at the Eucharist whilst he was over here in Blighty during the Lambeth Conference. Having already completely ignored the prohibition on preaching last night at St Mary’s Putney, now [...]
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 [...]
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
