The Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs told some 300 delegates representing 43 congregations and 121 clergy, with three bishops with ministries in Ghana, Haiti, and Japan, that all is not well in America and that debates are particularly fierce when they concern freedom of conscience, freedom of expression and the proper relationship between church and state.
Read moreThe Global South Fellowship of Anglican churches (GSFA) made up of 25 provinces
was born in 1994, and includes 22 provinces of the Anglican Communion, plus the Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Church in Brazil. The Anglican Diocese of Sydney is also officially listed as a member.
He has capitulated to the pansexualists, openly embraced women bishops, none of whom show the slightest interest in the gospel, pandered to all manner of woke issues and has, most egregiously alienated his catholic and evangelical wings of the church.
Read moreHOLLON: When I arrived at Trinity two years ago, we were just coming out of the COVID years. The residential student body was reduced significantly during the pandemic, but our online enrollment had risen, which was not a surprise. Currently, we have around 250 students studying at Trinity in some capacity with just under 100 considered "full-time," according to the criteria recommended by our accrediting agency, the Association of Theological Schools.
Read moreStacy Anderson of the Diocese of Olympia, Washington, put it like this; "We need to not only stop the killing but build a lasting peace, which will require the dismantling of Israel's military occupation, the blockade of Gaza, its settlements and its systemic discriminatory laws favoring Israelis over Palestinians at every turn."
Read morePope Francis hinted at a new 'understanding' of the papacy during a meeting with Anglican leaders, a discerning reporter with LifeSiteNews observed.
"The Pontiff's speech to the Anglicans held a revolutionary possibility: namely, a decision by Francis to use the papacy itself as an ecumenical bargaining tool, in a manner which could appear to undermine the authority wielded by the Pope."
Read moreSo, who is best served by a ceasefire? The people of Gaza certainly, but so would Hamas who would then use the time to rearm and reposition themselves in Rafah for an extended war that would make it harder for IDF forces to eliminate. And Hamas has already dropped the number of hostages they said they would release from 40 to 20. They are playing the long game. They know the longer they drag the war out and not surrender all the hostages in one sweep, the more world opinion sides with them.
Read moreThis is the first time I have been denied credentialed press access to General Convention. I have covered seven Episcopal General Conventions -- 1982 in New Orleans on site for the Hammond Vindicator; 1991 in Phoenix on site for the Episcopal Synod of America; 2009 in Anaheim (Mickey Mouseland) on site for VOL; 2012 in Indianapolis, 2015 in Salt Lake City, 2018 in Austin, and 2022 in Baltimore online virtually for VirtueOnline.
Read moreThe Rev. Martin laments the decline of The Episcopal Church witnessing the large loss of the Great "GI" Generation which Texas Bishop Andy Doyle called the "tsunami of death." If current trends continue, using Bishop Doyle's sea imagery, the receding tide of Boomers will mean that by 2035, Christianity in North America will drop to 10 percent or less of the population, says Martin.
Read moreArchbishops from South Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria, the Seychelles, the GSFA, ACNA, GAFCON Europe have publicly declaimed against the ABC in ringing tones of disapproval and disappointment. They say he has betrayed the communion and the faith he swore to uphold.
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