For the record, The Diocese of Connecticut had the steepest rate of membership decline in Province 1 from 2011-2020 (24.3% drop vs 20.6% overall) and second worst rate of attendance decline there (37.9% drop vs 34.7% overall) under the twelve-year reign of Bishop Ian Douglas. There is not a shred of evidence that the new bishop will turn it around. Odds are he will be the last bishop.
Read more"Following the election, there have been concerns about my comments on LGBTQIA relationships and racial reconciliation...my prayer is that we begin our relationship free of misunderstanding."
No, there is no misunderstanding bishop, you cannot have it both ways.
Holt's ability to practice ecclesiastical gymnastics is big, like a homosexual sex worker convincing a client that he really is a virgin if he could only convince himself that he is one too.
Read moreFour African Primates have said they will not be attending Lambeth in July and blasted Justin Welby and Lambeth, believing he has married the spirit of the age over sexuality. They are: ++Henry Ndukuba Primate, Church of Nigeria; ++Laurent Mbanda Primate, Church of Rwanda, ++Jackson Ole Sapit, Primate of Kenya and ++Stephen Kaziimba Primate, Church of Uganda. There will be other African bishops who will not attend, but whose primate will.
Read moreIt was announced this week that three dioceses, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont bishops would assist each other's dioceses. Three bishops; Maine Bishop Thomas J. Brown, (a partnered homosexual) New Hampshire Bishop A. Robert Hirschfeld (straight white male) and Vermont Bishop Shannon MacVean-Brown (black and female), would cross diocesan borders to help each other out.
Read moreI think that the common problem is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. We have got to understand what it means to be a disciple of Christ so that when we go out into the world, we can proclaim Christ as he actually is, and not this simplistic, sappy Buddy Christ. This is not to say that we should not be joyful. The Gospel is good news, after all.
Read more"If we really believe in the Anglican Church of Australia, we need to make sure that this is not fractured along these lines. And that those who want to bless same-sex unions or those who want to solemnize same-sex marriages, well then start your own church! Go off but don't change our church because we are grounded in the teaching of Scripture."
"We need to keep that unity of the Church based on that doctrine," he said.
Read moreMcMunn brought his message of hope and church growth to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word in Souderton, PA recently, under the leadership of the Rt. Rev Julian Dobbs.
Read moreDobbs singled out Rowan Williams by name as a chief offender on this issue, declaring, "there are real wars taking place today in the realm of ideas attempting to control idea-shaping institutions, congregations, seminaries and denominations -- and biblical truth--a prize far more precious than any army has ever contended for--is at stake."
Read moreThat's how the Rev. Keith Boyette, chairman of the Transitional Leadership Council of the Global Methodist Church, described the launch of the new denomination in a statement published days earlier on its website.
Read moreThere is profound irony that in affirming abortion, TEC cuts itself off from any hopes of filling pews with future generations of potential Episcopalians.
The U.S. Supreme Court leak, which is under investigation, written by Justice Samuel Alito seemed to prepare for a mostly conservative court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
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