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February 08 2006 By virtueonline Lord Carey 'ashamed to be an Anglican'

Lord Carey joined Jewish leaders protesting the vote by the General Synod, the church's legislature, to adopt a "morally responsible investment in the Palestinian occupied territories and, in particular, to disinvest from companies profiting from the illegal occupation, such as Caterpillar Inc., until they change their policies."

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February 08 2006 By virtueonline OCEANSIDE, CA: St. Anne's Unanimously Uphold Decision to Sever Ties with ECUSA

St. Anne's Church is an independent California non-profit religious corporation, with a church body of about 270 people and 156 voting members. On January 28 and 29, 2006, the St. Anne's vestry and members overwhelmingly decided to align with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, Diocese of Bolivia, under the oversight of the Rt. Rev. Frank Lyons.

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February 08 2006 By virtueonline ENGLAND: Disunity 'is the cost of women being bishops'

Yesterday he said that he was saddened that many of its conclusions, such as in the area of authority, had not been "received" into the Anglican Church.

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February 07 2006 By virtueonline VIRGINIA: Holy Spirit Missioner Resigns Position, Quits Episcopal Church

In his letter, Mr. Nixon says that in a meeting of the congregation on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, the congregation by a vote of 88-0 voted to affiliate with the Diocese of Ruwenzori and disassociate from the Episcopal Church.

According to parochial statistics for the year 2004, Holy Spirit's baptized membership was reported as 187, down from 209 the previous year. A press release posted to Holy Spirit's Web site claims membership of 230.

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February 07 2006 By virtueonline JUBA: Sudan's church condemns gay bishop

The House of Bishops, clergy and the laity approved the condemnation of the two churches.

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February 07 2006 By virtueonline ASHBURN, VA: Church of the Holy Spirit, Ashburn, Realigns with Uganda Diocese

CHS was founded in 2001 as a mission of Truro Church of Fairfax. CHS does not own any land or buildings. As a result of this realignment, Truro Church will receive the assets of CHS.

Church of the Holy Spirit (Anglican) is loyal to the traditional life-giving teachings of the Bible and the Anglican Communion. It is a "Three Streams, One River" church, meaning that it is evangelical, charismatic, and sacramental.

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February 07 2006 By virtueonline JACKSONVILLE, FL: Grace Church and Rwanda, Moving Forward in Mission

Mrs. Simpson was one of a number of people from her church that attended a January conference in Birmingham featuring some of the top global leaders of the Anglican Church, including the Archbishop of Rwanda. And that meeting, sponsored by the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) was an important step in the congregation's long journey.

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February 07 2006 By virtueonline ECUSA: Attendance Decline Puts 20/20 Goals in Jeopardy

The Diocese of Eastern Michigan experienced the highest one-year drop in attendance, falling by 12.5 percent, followed by El Camino Real at 9.2 percent, Minnesota at 7.9 percent, Oklahoma at 7.8 percent, Northern Indiana at 7.1 percent, East Tennessee at 6.6 percent, Spokane at 6.4 percent, Central Florida at 6.4 percent, Utah at 6.4 percent, and Western Louisiana 6.3 percent.

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February 06 2006 By virtueonline ENGLAND: Ecumenical Responses to Rochester Report on Women Bishops

Methodism, now a predominantly liberal denomination, draws none of the Biblical distinctions between gender roles in the life of the Church. Their views were already reflected in the Rochester Report and in talks about possible unity they have already stated that they would expect all roles to be open to men and women. Whilst the fact of Bishops has been more problematic it looks likely that they will be willing to swallow this as well.

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February 06 2006 By virtueonline NIGERIA: "An African Cannot Be Archbishop of Canterbury" - Gitari

His statement is coming on the heels of the election by the Church of England of John Sentamu, a Ugandan as Archbishop of York. Abp. Sentamu is Church of England's first black Archbishop. "The office of the Archbishop of Canterbury is so much tied-up with the politics of Britain," Archbishop Gitari said.

"According to the unwritten constitution of England, the ABC is the sixth person in succession to the King of England."

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