Canon Penny Anderson, who helped to craft this liturgy, says that "feeling free to live their authentic gender identity is central to the faith journey of a growing number of people in our diocese. This new liturgy allows our congregations to affirm these people and surround them with love. Coming out can be terrifying for many trans and non-binary people.
Read morePresbyterian Church (USA) Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II on behalf of the PCUSA General Assembly and Bryan Mills of the United Methodist General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) are listed as additional counsel on the brief. They are joined by officers of the United Church of Christ, the Reformed Church in America and the Moravian Church in America.
Read moreBoko Haram also attacked Garkida in Adamawa State at the same time on Christmas Eve. They were driven out by the Nigerian Army as residents fled from their homes into the bush. But the governor of Adamawa State told Morning Star News that they had killed two people, including a five-year-old boy, before the Army chased them out.
One of the Christians from Garkida, Markus Bulus, wrote a Christmas Day text that was shared by Morning Star News:
Read moreThis year, All Saints' online-only Christmas service included a reading of Psalm 103:1--17 in which "The Lord" is substituted with a female "Fount of Wisdom" in which "WISDOM'S womb is full of love and faithfulness."
"SHE WHO IS WISDOM executes righteousness and judgment for all who are oppressed," parish Junior Warden Monique Thomas read in the service. "But the faithful love of SHE WHO IS WISDOM endures forever on those who revere her."
Read moreThe plaintiff (TEC) parties will have until early January to submit their responses to today's filings. It is expected that the submissions from both sides will be considered by the Justices in the latter part of January. The Justices could dismiss the case or ask for further briefing on one or more questions raised by the Petitions.
Read moreThis misconduct is deeply troubling and wholly inconsistent with the man Ravi Zacharias presented both publicly and privately to so many over more than four decades of public ministry. We are heartbroken at learning this but feel it necessary to be transparent and to inform our staff, donors, and supporters at this time, even while the investigation continues. We will speak more comprehensively to all concerned after the completion of the investigation.
Read moreThe supply chain was tested in 2019, when the Trump administration proposed broad trade tariffs to better balance U.S.-China trade relations. As the plan included tariffs against Bibles, America's Bible publishers found themselves alongside Beijing vociferously lobbying Washington against the measure.
Read moreDr Kaziimba adds that the national dialogue and reconciliation process will kick off after the country holds general elections which will bring together people from all divides.
The faithful have also asked presidential candidates not to continue attacking each other while campaigning, rather preach what their manifestos state.
They added that attack language breeds divide and hatred among voters which is very dangerous for the process and future of the nation.
Read more"However, with new social, scientific and psychological understandings of sexuality in the last one and a half centuries, we believe that same-sex relationships can be understood in a radically different way, and that the teaching of Scripture should therefore be re-interrogated," the Bishops write.
The move is the latest in a long debate within the Church. In 2015, the Governing Body voted in a non-binding indicative poll in favour of allowing same-sex weddings in church.
Read moreReverend McMahon's coming out as a transgender woman, only the second in this country licensed to conduct services and celebrate the sacraments, intensifies the civil war between progressives and conservatives that threatens to split the Anglican communion.
The standard-bearer of the ¬traditionalists, Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies, insists she should go for the good of all ¬concerned.
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