That assessment is similarly held by Episcopalians.
Read moreAt the time of her death, Deborah Ssekibaala, 45, was the head teacher at Kikamulo Church of Uganda Primary School located in Nakaseke. She is survived by five children. She had been a member of the Mothers' Union Fellowship attached to St. Mark's Cathedral in Luweero Diocese.
Read moreThis initiative follows Gafcon's previous support for the establishment of AMiE and the Scottish Anglican Network; it also replaces the oversight generously provided up until now by the Anglican Network in Canada and which ends on December 31st.
Read moreThere's back-story here. Dave Smith had been divorced before, decades earlier. That's why he was never tenured as full rector but was nominally a "priest in charge". But the story goes even further back, to Dave's father Bruce.
Read moreOne of the survivors, Tony Longi an Anglican said, "It was very early in the morning of November 22nd when the rebels attacked our village. I escaped from my house through the hind door and hid in the latrine."
He said that through the ventilator of the latrine he saw the rebels killing 4 members of his family including his wife and 3 children.
Read moreAmong others, the letter was co-signed by Rev Colin Coward, founder of Changing Attitude England, the Very Rev Michael Sadgrove, Dean Emeritus of Durham, and Canon Jeremy Pemberton.
"We need to know whether you are able to express public support for the full equality of LGBTIQ+ people in ministry and relationship in the Church of England," they wrote.
Read moreThe virtual webconference was sponsored by the Episcopal Church's Washington National Cathedral and the National Institute for Civic Discourse at the University of Arizona.
Read moreArchbishop Glenn Davies has written to clergy, saying he finds the opinion 'hard to fathom, as it is contrary to the teaching of the Bible'.
Read moreThe second error is a bit more subtle. The panel states that B012 requires Rectors or Clergy in charge to make provision for same-sex couples, where civil law allows, to use the liturgies in their local congregation or worshipping community. (Report, p.11). In support of its interpretation the panel cites the seventh resolve of the resolution:
Read moreWe recognise that the Appellate Tribunal Opinions affirm it is possible for clergy, in some contexts, to exercise this ministry. It does not authorise Anglican clergy to officiate at weddings other than those between a man and a woman.
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