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RESPONSE TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF THE CHURCH IN WALES

Stuart Bell, in his powerful speech following his consecration, said that the emergence of ACE in Wales is a tragic necessity in the face of false teaching in the national church. The Archbishop and his Bishops may sincerely believe that all Anglicans in Wales should simply accept what has happened and "live with difference". But this is not the view of the vast majority of the Anglican Communion. Both Gafcon and the Global South Fellowship of Anglican have stated clearly that the leadership of the Church in Wales have violated Lambeth 1:10 and further torn the fabric of the Communion.

MUSLIM CLERIC INVITED TO BE NEXT ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

As a result, Islamic clerics will be entitled to apply for the top job when the current Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, steps down.

But the move us sure to upset many purists in the Church of England, who will see it as a "cheap publicity stunt".

Suffolk campaigner, the Rev Evan Elpuss has long argued that archbishops should really have to be members of the Church of England.

The vicar from Aldeburgh explained: "We have nothing against Islam, or Muslims in general. In fact, we are all for reaching out and working together for the common good.

JESUS PRAYED FOR UNITY - John Stott

We often hear it taught that Christ prayed for unity above everything else, so we should strive for unity at any cost. We are hearing this now as we face a fractured Anglican Communion with divided views on identity and sexuality. 'Disagreement is a bad witness to the world. Why can't evangelicals lay differences aside?' Are evangelicals wrong to stand for apostolic truth, at the potential cost of separation, even fragmentation?

Let's first look at what Jesus prayed, then begin by identifying one obvious and key question: 'Who is this desired unity between?'

Anglican Myth 7: The Temporal/Spiritual Divide

In the last clause the suggestion is not that the oversight of the diocesan bishop is repudiated in its entirety, but that it is only rejected in things 'spiritual'. Thus, the bishop's oversight of the church remains in things 'temporal', while the 'spiritual' oversight is sought from an alternative bishop (which in itself raises a number of other questions, that are discussed here).

THE DIVINE PRIORITY

But how can we love someone we do not know? So, it is an obvious truth that there is a prior condition to loving God--we first must get to know>I> Him.

Jesus told us to seek first God's Kingdom and spiritual things, and then everything else would take care of itself (Matthew 6:20-33). Of course, the best and most obvious way to seek the Kingdom of God and spiritual things is to seek the actual King ... and learn from Him.

BLESSINGS AND CURSES: CHOOSE!

Forced to Be "Free"

Today's left-wing elites rely on the coercive powers of government officials and "woke" institutions to enforce their own concept of morality. But our founders believed that such moral values needed to be independent of governmental power (as codified in the Bill of Rights).

Statement by the Bishops of the Province of Chile regarding the Church of England's decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples

4. If the Church of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury want us to "walk together", then we call on him to stop this process so as not to affect the life of the Church of England itself and the Anglican Communion as a whole. It is still time to do it.

5. The Anglican Church of Chile recognizes the biblical marriage between a man and a woman in a monogamous and lifelong union; historically reflected in our Founding Documents (the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, the Book of Common Prayer of 1662, and the Second Book of homilies on the State of Marriage - No.18).

COMPELLED TO RESIST: 'OF COURSE WE'RE LEAVING,' SHELL-SHOCKED BISHOPS TOLD, AS PROTEST GROWS

A statement accompanying the CEEC petition (which went online last week, at declaration.ceec.info) says: 'We cannot accept central features of the bishops' proposed way forward. We believe these deny the authority of Scripture and, despite their stated desire not to do so, depart from the received historic understanding of the Church.

CANCELLED FLORIDA PRIEST SPEAKS OUT

I first met representatives from the Diocese of Florida in 2018 when they visited my seminary, Wycliffe College, an evangelical Anglican theological college within the University of Toronto, in order to recruit. Between 2018 and 2019 while I was in discernment conversations, I was told by a representative of the Diocese's office on multiple occasions that Bishop Howard was retiring soon, and that he wanted to ordain as many evangelicals as possible in order to secure a conservative win in the forthcoming election.

Three Midwest Episcopal Dioceses Move to Reunite as they Face Inevitable Extinction

This spring, the steering committee of the Trialogue is receiving reports from several of its seven task forces that were formed last spring. Their work will help the steering committee decide whether to recommend "reunion" to the standing committees of all three dioceses that they unite under one bishop. If they do, and the standing committees agree, a vote on "reunion" will be placed on the agendas of the three diocesan conventions that will meet on Oct. 21, reports ENS.

United Torah Judaism MKs urge the Knesset to criminalize Christian evangelism

Last week, Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher -- two members of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament -- presented a bill that expressly forbids evangelisation, declaring illegal any effort to bear witness to the life of Jesus and His teachings. For transgressors, if approved, penalties of up to one year in prison are foreseen.

KENYA'S ANGLICAN CHURCH CLERIC MOVES TO LONDON TO TAKE UP ACC POST

The announcement was posted on the social media pages of the All-Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi.

"Join us in celebrating the next chapter of leadership as the All-Saints' Cathedral Provost transitions to the role of Advisor on Anglican Communion Affairs in London," it said.

The Cathedral noted that Wainaina has served for 13 years, saying he will leave behind a legacy of "strong leadership, a robust pulpit ministry and steadfast discipleship."

ELECTION OUTCOME REFLECTS RELIGIOUS MANOEUVRES

Many, especially the younger generation who form nearly 70% of the population of 214million people ( with 40% under 18), have been frustrated with the massive and blatant corruption, mismanagement of resources and insecurity. A third of Nigerians are unemployed and 40% of the 5 to 11-year-olds do not go to school.

The continuous attacks and kidnappings by radical Islamist militia groups in central, north-eastern and north-western parts of the country have impacted especially the rural Christian villages in central Nigeria.

The global transformation of Christianity is already here

"The face of Christianity is undergoing a fundamental transformation," Sam George, the director of the Global Diaspora Institute at Wheaton College, told me. "What is happening in America is just a part of a larger transformation because Christianity is getting a new face. It is getting more Black and brown and yellow."

The last century has seen a near-complete reversal of the global demographics of Christianity. Currently, the fastest growing Christian communities are in the "majority world" -- the term I use for non-Western countries that make up most of the world's population.

Anglican Convocation in Europe Bishops respond to the Archbishop of the Church in Wales

Stuart Bell, in his powerful speech following his consecration, said that the emergence of ACE in Wales is a tragic necessity in the face of false teaching in the national church. The Archbishop and his Bishops may sincerely believe that all Anglicans in Wales should simply accept what has happened and "live with difference". But this is not the view of the vast majority of the Anglican Communion. Both Gafcon and the Global South Fellowship of Anglican have stated clearly that the leadership of the Church in Wales have violated Lambeth 1:10 and further torn the fabric of the Communion.

Report: LGBTQ Americans tend to be younger and have no religion

Meanwhile, almost half of LGBTQ Americans are young and claim no religion.

Those are among the findings of a new report on polarization and LGBTQ rights from the Washington, D.C.-based Public Religion Research Institute. The report, based on data from PRRI's 2022 American Values Atlas, looked at the views of 22,984 adults living in all 50 states.

Florida Standing Committee Fires Back at Court of Review

In one of the bluntest passages in the rebuttal, the committee wrote: "The Court of Review has demonstrated that it was gathering evidence to support the objections, but never sought evidence from those supporting the election. It often ignored evidence contrary to its final report. In so doing, the Court acted with bias and forfeited its role as a neutral institution. This precedent should be a concern to every bishop and diocese in the church."

Rebuttal focuses on the role of the court president

AMERICAN ANGLICAN THEOLOGIAN CALLS FOR A NEW COMMUNION OF CHURCHES TO SAFEGUARD THE FAITH

This proposed new Communion -- the 'Jerusalem Communion of Global Anglicans' or the 'Global Anglican Communion' --"will fulfil GAFCON'S original vision to be an instrument of revival of historic Anglican faith and mission based on the confession of the Jerusalem Declaration. The final proposal will develop further covenantal structures of governance and mutual accountability appropriate to a communion of churches," writes Noll in 14 theses, followed by commentary, toward reviving, reforming, and reordering the Anglican communion.

THE REV. CHARLIE HOLT'S LETTER TO BISHOPS AND STANDING COMMITTEES

First, I want you to know that I am determined to be the best bishop and pastor to ALL the people of the diocese. I will work to create a big tent community filled with the loving spirit of belonging in Jesus Christ.

ANGLICANISM: DEPRAVED INSTITUTION VERSUS DIVINE INSTRUCTION

The test of true Anglicanism, that is Reformed Catholicism, is a Confessional matter: Adherence to Holy Scripture, testimony in accord with Scripture [the Word of God], faithful witness to Jesus Christ as Lord and Redeemer, the salvaging of the human soul through divine grace alone, by faith alone [Augustinianism, as resurgent and clarified in the Protestant Reformation], accurate and earnest proclamation to every sinner within sound of the precious message of the mercy of God, and profound reverence and worthy worship offered humbly to the One who dwells above heaven, the Sovereign Lord wh

American Anglican Fellowship Writes Open Letter to Episcopal Church Bishops

The AAF was involved from the very beginning in Accokeek's heart-breaking dispute with Acting Bishop Jane Dixon in 2001. Her stunning rejection of Accokeek's elected Rector, Father Samuel Edwards, led her to file a personal secular lawsuit as Jane Dixon citizen, after he was cleared of all her charges by his own Diocese of Ft. Worth. We refer to the following 2001 article by Episcopal News Service (in part):
"Federal Judge Hears Arguments in Dixon v. Edwards"
Episcopal News Service (ENS) August 24, 2001 [201-228],
Jim Buie, Freelance Writer, Washington D.C.

CRANMER: Burned at the stake for his ideas

Archbishop Cranmer is the lesser-known of the sixteenth century reformers but, as recent scholarship has shown, he was a first-class thinker alongside the best minds of the Protestant Reformation. Comparatively, he shied from the limelight and he never relished the hand-to-hand combat with the popes and potentates that seems to fuel some of the other reformers. He was the quiet rector behind Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI, using "the full powers of his position as Primate of All England to inculcating the Protestant faith into every fiber of English life and law" (Ashley Null).

SEXUAL LIBERATION REQUIRES A NEW RELIGION

There's going to be an elite, you might call the elite, the poet bureau, or you might call it well, the establishment, but nonetheless, there's an elite somewhere and in the United States, in the Anglo-American tradition, in the tradition of English-speaking civilization, well, the Episcopalians were at the very top of that pyramid, and even as I say, they didn't have that many numbers, they had all kinds of influence.

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