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February 04 2008 By virtueonline SYDNEY: Why I am going to Israel

The American actions impacted churches all around the world. In particular the churches of the Global South had to own the name 'Anglican' while living in societies where the actions of the Americans was condemned by all, especially Muslims. The action of some North Americans severely hurt the witness of these churches. It also hindered the good effect that membership of the Anglican Communion has for those who live in a situation where Christians are in a minority.

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February 04 2008 By virtueonline The Global Anglican Communion and Anglican Orthodoxy - Stephen Noll

The need to define or describe Anglican orthodoxy today has an urgency about it, because of the actions of the Episcopal Church (TEC) and other Provinces of the Communion in blessing homosexuality against the clear teaching of Scripture, the historic Church and the Resolution of the Lambeth Conference 1998. Although this issue has dominated discussions, it is clear that it is symptomatic of a larger abandonment of biblical teaching and authority on fundamental matters of the faith.

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February 04 2008 By virtueonline Bishop Duncan & "Mere Anglicanism": A Friendly Critique - Peter Toon

The argument of Bishop Duncan in his talk at the "Mere Anglicanism Conference" in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 1st, was that "Mere Anglicanism" is difficult or impossible to maintain and experience in the old ecclesiastical Anglican structures and ethos of the West; but, in contrast, it is the very heartbeat and essence of the religion of the Anglican Churches/Provinces in what is known as The Global South-particularly the African Provinces of Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and

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February 02 2008 By virtueonline GAFCON Conference Location Torn by Internal Middle East Ecclesiastical Politics

'In short, the opposition to the Jerusalem meeting has nothing to do with the internal politics of the Anglican Communion, and everything to do with the politics of the Diocese of Jerusalem.

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January 31 2008 By virtueonline Lament for a Lost Church. Rector Resigns - Ian Montgomery

I have watched this Church that I love and have served these last thirty plus years move further and further away from our Apostolic, Catholic and Biblical Faith. I have also seen more and more of my friends and colleagues persecuted and prosecuted for being faithful to Christ and to their ordination vows. Just this January the Presiding Bishop and her attorney have initiated charges against two of the godliest bishops of the church and more are being threatened.

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January 29 2008 By virtueonline Christianity vs. Jesusanity: The Postmodern Temptation

As Bock and Wallace explain, classical biblical Christianity is being replaced by "Jesusanity." In their words:

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January 28 2008 By virtueonline Politics, Logic and Other Absurdities - The Diocese of San Joaquin

Yesterday, the Episcopal Church held a pep rally on behalf of Remain Episcopal. It devoted a fair amount of resources to the effort (buses and satellite feeds aren't exactly cheap). According to the official organ of the Episcopal Church, The Episcopal News Service, around 350 people showed for the service.

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January 28 2008 By virtueonline CANADA: Don't rush the Anglican Covenant

And this need for time and care in the development of a covenant was recognized by the Windsor Report itself, when it saw the covenant as being developed through a "long-term process, in an educative context, ... considered for real debate and agreement on its adoption as a solemn witness to communion. (¶118)"

To our minds this passage of the Windsor Report is not recommending a ten-month process; it is recommending something much more like a ten-year process.

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January 28 2008 By virtueonline Invading Anglican closets - Terry Mattingly

This is precisely the kind of rite that has infuriated so many conservatives in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

But the sound that Anglican insiders heard the other day was nervous coughing in England. U.S. Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori has decided not to let gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the mother church sit safely on the sidelines while traditionalists take shots at her flock.

What about those same-sex union rites?

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January 28 2008 By virtueonline "Evangelicals are not about to jump ship" - N.T. Wright

I have shared the frustration of the past five years, both in the United States and around the world. I have often wished that the Windsor report could have provided a more solid and speedy resolution. But the ship hasn't sunk yet.

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