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January 06 2004
Priest leads other Episcopalians to join Orthodox Church
The Rev. John Flora, 57, retired rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church, w ill lead the new congregation, which will begin worshipping
at St. George's Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Wichita at 10 a.m. on
Sunday.
Flora said he and the group of former St. Stephen's parishioners have
grown frustrated with the Episcopal Church, including its approval of
its first op enly gay bishop in August.
January 06 2004
In China, pews are packed
Christianity - in both the official and unofficial churches - is again
gaining momentum in China, and is a source of some consternation for
the party leadership. "Being Christian" is fashionable, with young
people sporting crosses as a mild form of dissent, and others feeling
the faith has a certain international cachet. But something more is at
work. In many interviews, congregants say the deity they worship
January 06 2004
English Clerics Support Torture, Mass Murder
"The Bishop of Durham and the Archbishop of York blasted the war in
newspaper interviews. In an astonishing grab for the moral high ground,
they admitted Saddam was wicked but claimed the allies were not the
right people to oust him.
January 06 2004
Columbus Episcopal woman priest resigns over gay bishop
DePriest told The Commercial Dispatch newspaper in Columbus that
she could no longer actively serve as a priest until the gay bishop
issue is resolved.
DePriest finished up with the Church of the Good Shepherd
in Columbus and St. Johns Episcopal Church in Aberdeen on Christmas
Day.
January 06 2004
"PLANO EAST" WILL DRAW 2000 ORTHODOX EPISCOPALIANS THIS WEEK
Over 2000 people have already registered for the Virginia event and
registrations continue to come in at a rapid pace. (Over 2700 Episcopalians attended the Dallas conference.)
January 06 2004
EKKLESIA Appeals for funds for Global South Primates
I have been dispatched with a "diplomatic pouch" of documents to consult with Anglican Primates and Archbishops about finding their way forward. They are deeply committed to Biblical faith. They are also committed to those of us w ho maintain historic teaching and have rejected the actions of the Presiding Bishop and the General Convention.
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January 06 2004
BISHOP BECKWITH'S BLESSEDNESS
In August, I moved into the apartment building owned by Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield. The building was located on S. 7th street, adjacent to the church. The night before I moved in, I was up late painting and a man who lived in an apartment two floors above me. The person I met was Dan Bartlett. I was 19, he was 49. I grew up just a few miles from where Dan did, in Pike County, IL.
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January 05 2004
Evangelicals say 13m back anti-gay move
The move was the latest flexing of muscles by traditionalists who have mobilised recently against any relaxation of the church's opposition to homosexuals. It came against a backdrop of threats to split the worldwide communion which Dr Williams heads.
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January 05 2004
Changes in Episcopal Church Spur Some to Go, Some to Join
Some lifelong Episcopalians have left their churches, saying the vote to affirm a gay bishop was the last straw in what they saw as the church's long slide away from orthodoxy.
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January 05 2004
EPISCOPALIANS GRAPPLE ON WEB
They are men who spend 12 to 14 hours a day sending out posts to message boards, fielding replies or overseeing "blogs," or journals on the Internet, about the conflict tearing the 2.3-million-member denomination apart: the Nov. 2 consecration of the first openly homosexual Episcopal bishop.
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