The danger with the relentless researching of your subject in preparation for an interview is that you're bound to make some assumptions. My first was that Null, a Yale and Cambridge alumnus who is a leading expert on Thomas Cranmer and the theology of the English Reformation, might be intimidatingly intellectual and inaccessible to us mere mortals.
My second was that this might make for a difficult interview with an overly fastidious subject.
I was wrong on both counts.
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Our OCRPL faculty member Dr Anna Belele from Ukraine will introduce the LECTURE.
The references in the final sentence of this quotation to 'diverse jurisdictions,' 'a third province' and 'a church within a church' are all different ways of referring to the same idea, the idea put forward by the Alliance and the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) that in the event that the House of Bishops and the General Synod continue down the path of permitting the blessing of same-sex sexual relationships and allowing those in same-sex sexual relationships to serve as ordai
Read moreThe second death at the Trump Rally was the shooter who was quickly "neutralized" -- shot dead -- by the Secret Service.
Read moreHaving been raised in Episcopal parishes, I was used to tepid sermons, indifferent liturgy and ministers more interested in their sinecures than in preaching the word of God. Tom changed that perception. When he preached, I thought that he was speaking to me personally. I can still recall the sermons he preached on the movie "Ordinary People," filmed in my home town, and the movie "Chariots of Fire," which he proclaimed the greatest ever.
Read moreThat same day, The Alliance (which describes itself as "a broad coalition of leaders of networks across different traditions supported by more than 2,000 clergy within the Church of England") released a public letter supporting those bishops "in their endeavours to remain faithful to the orthodox teaching of the Church of England." They made it clear that "What is proposed is clearly indicative of 'a departure from the doctrine of the Church of England in an essential matter,'" and expressed
Read moreWhen I have asked privately I was told that there was a lot of misinformation being reported and that I (and the church) will learn the truth soon.
Read moreHaving reaffirmed their view that the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury have forfeited their leadership role of the global Communion, the Assembly elected new leaders from among themselves.
Read more2. As at June 2024, 11 Provinces have become fully covenanted members of GSFA through their
respective synodical processes. There are also 3 Associate Member dioceses and 14 Mission
Partners comprising Anglican networks, theological colleges and mission societies. We were joined
by special guests and observers. At the 1st Assembly, in total, there were 13 active Primates, 44
Bishops, 46 Clergy and 36 Lay leaders present.
Relevance, Renn said, "seeks to bring the Kingdom of God, the message of the church, to the affairs of men in their daily life." Keller found mainline Protestantism to be a relevance strategy, but the seeker sensitive movement also focused on relevance. A megachurch sermon might be concerned with social media use, taking a passage of Scripture or a Biblical principle and applying it to social media.
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