1943 Revision to daily office lectionary removed selected "difficult" readings concerning homosexual practice. More information
Read moreThe Sarum Baptismal Service, the Baptism Services in The BCP and the decrees and canons of Trent all declared that God regenerated the child (or the adult) at Baptism and that Baptism, though administered by a human minister, is God's Sacrament and God's gracious, saving work.
Read more1. What God has to do. There can be no Sacrament if God the Father for the sake of Jesus Christ and by the Holy Spirit is not active as the God of all grace and mercy.
Read moreMs. Anderson writes diplomatically but forcefully to suggest that the Panel of Reference's judgment, with respect to an appeal from the Diocese of Fort Worth concerning its right not to allow women in its ordination process, reflects serious misunderstanding both of the polity of TEC--how it is self-governed--and also of the nature of the decisions made in 1977 and 1997 by the General Convention, making the acceptance of women's ordination mandatory in all dioceses of TEC.
Read moreThe Mission and Vision
Rooted in the history and tradition of East Africa's revival, the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) is a missionary movement of the Anglican Province of Rwanda charged with building an alliance of congregations committed to gathering, planting and serving dynamic Anglican churches in North America.
Read more* What is the role of the faith community in Christian formation, and is it central to the mission of the church?
Read moreSecondly, some of the criticisms seem to have more to do with perceptions that the critics have of some of the authors, reaching back into past history, rather than the text of CCE itself. The argument runs: "Since such-and-such are among those who are saying this, it must mean what they seem to have meant in the past". The Covenant is thus guilty by association.
Read moreShortly before Christmas, The Falls Church and neighboring Truro Church -- which in Colonial times belonged to a single parish -- vented those feelings by voting overwhelmingly to break away from the 2.3 million-member Episcopal Church.
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