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January 20 2007 By virtueonline JACKSONVILLE, FL: Conservative Primates Will "Act Together" In Tanzania

Privately pressed for more, Archbishop Ernest said only that "we will see what the agenda is all about. We know where the Global South and CAPA (Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa) Primates stand, but we are definitely waiting until the preparatory meetings" that will take place in February before the Tanzania gathering. "We work together and we shall be together" on this issue, he said.

January 18 2007 By virtueonline JACKSONVILLE, FL: AMiA Winter Conference Draws Largest Turnout Ever

Yong noted that from a handful of churches in 2000 the AMiA had grown to more than 100 churches in 2006 with more than 60 in the pipeline. The real significance of this figure, he said, is that more than 50 percent of these are newly planted churches. He attributed this growth to a ministry based on prayer and intercession.

January 16 2007 By virtueonline NIGERIA: House of Bishops issue warning to Anglican Communion Leaders

This new warning comes over the Anglican Communion as the African Archbishops continue to push the American Episcopal Church to show both repentance and restraint over homosexuality consecrations and same-sex unions. The Nigerians have indicated that total exclusion of the Episcopal Church is the only way forward.

January 14 2007 By virtueonline MINNESOTA: Bishop Jelinek Prohibits Kenyan Apb from Preaching in Orthodox parish

Wrote Jelinek: "Accordingly, you will please cancel this meeting on January 23 at Church of the Messiah with Archbishop Nzimbi. Do not schedule any other meetings with him either at or in the name of the Church of Messiah. I am sure you do not want to be a party to this act of bad faith. I would appreciate receiving a copy of the notice canceling the meeting. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter."

January 12 2007 By virtueonline NIGERIAN Primate Expains Scriptural Basis For Opposition To Homosexual Acts

He is an easy target for post Christian Episcopal leaders, becoming the new whipping boy of pansexualists anxious to ride the wave of guilt free sexual experimentation handed down by resolutions from several Episcopal General Conventions. Never mind that, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year, almost half of them among young people aged 15 to 24.

January 11 2007 By virtueonline TEXAS: Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest Faces Kairos Moment

Looking at the bottom line, Turner said the seminary could handle 100 full-time and 50 part-time students, but current enrollment this year was only 104. "We are way too small to survive in the competitive market we now face - 11 seminaries and 600 students in the system." Turner pointed out that its seminaries faced stiff competition from such recognized Episcopal seminaries and divinity schools like Duke and Harvard, Princeton and Perkins.

January 10 2007 By virtueonline VIRGINIA: Bishop Lee Reneges on Protocol. He will take Fleeing Parishes to Court

"The leadership of the Diocese of Virginia - Bishop Peter James Lee, the Standing Committee and the Executive Board - will meet after the expiration of the standstill agreement to determine their next course of action. Specifically, the Standing Committee must decide the status of the clergy of the departed congregations. In turn, the Executive Board must consider whether the property of these Episcopal churches has been abandoned."

January 10 2007 By virtueonline DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA: Maryland Legislator Questions Wapiti Land Deal

Smigiel was shocked to learn that the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, ostensibly in the business to help people, was trying to rip off the state by pretending to have intentions to build on a 501Copyright3 property, when all it was trying to do was to preserve Wapiti easements, increase their value, and increase the asking price from the State of Maryland.

January 10 2007 By virtueonline FORT WORTH: Bishop Rejoices in Decision by Panel over Women's Ordination

The Diocese of Ft. Worth objected and appealed to the Archbishop's Panel of Reference.

This week the Panel responded favorably to the appeal by the diocese and recommended that the ABC should discuss with the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop the possibility of the clarification of the ambiguous wording of the 1997 amendment to the relevant canon so as to ensure that the permissive nature of the ordination of women is maintained in any diocese.

January 08 2007 By virtueonline SYRACUSE, NY: The Episcopal Church Attempts to Intervene in Diocesan Lawsuit

To date, St. Andrews and its priest, Fr. Robert Hackendorf, have successfully resisted the attempt by the diocese to take the parish through legal action, when action was first taken by the diocese in July 2006 and again in September.

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