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Anglican congregation votes to leave over same-sex blessings
Vancouver Sun: Members of what is described as the largest congregation in the Anglican Church of Canada voted strongly Wednesday to split with Vancouver-area Bishop Michael Ingham over his support for same-sex blessings. “It means that the community speaks with one mind,” said St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church...
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14. February 2008
Statement by the Provincial Assembly Standing Committee, Uganda on Lambeth Conference 2008
Church of the Province of Uganda
Statement by the Provincial Assembly Standing Committee on Lambeth Conference 2008
1. The Lambeth Conference is a gathering that brings together the Bishops of the Anglican Communion from all 38 Provinces of the Communion at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The...
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12. February 2008
God, Gays and the Church - Human Sexuality in Christian Thinking
The book, edited by Dr Lisa Nolland, Sarah Finch and Dr Chris Sugden, seeks to correct the imbalance in the ‘Listening Process’ called for by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The editors argue that, so far, the whole listening process has been in “one direction and with one ultimate end” - the full inclusion of practising gay...
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12. February 2008
Abp Williams’ Presidential Address to the opening of COE’s General Synod
I respect the consciences of those who have said they do not feel able to attend because there will be those present who have in their view acted against the disciplinary and doctrinal consensus of the communion. Needless to say, I regret such a decision, since I believe we should be seeking God’s mind for the Communion in...
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09. February 2008
A Response to “An Anglican Covenant: the Saint Andrew’s Draft” - Michael Poon
Michael Poon, Singapore
“And [Simon Peter] said unto [Jesus], Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.” (Gospel Reading from the Form of Ordaining or Consecration of an Archbishop or Bishop, BCP 1662)
The above pledge from a thrice-failed disciple, and his ...
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08. February 2008
Generous Love: the truth of the Gospel and the call to dialogue
Today, ‘Generous Love: the truth of the Gospel and the call to dialogue’ - an Anglican theology of inter faith relations - was launched at the Anglican Communion Office in London. It is a report from the Anglican Communion Network for Inter Faith Concerns.
The press release is
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07. February 2008
06-Feb: ACO - Covenant Design Group issues communique and draft
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15. February 2008
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