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March 16 2005
Clash Over Gay Episcopal Bishops Delays New Ordinations
Each of the church's more than 100 dioceses elects its own bishop, but the national church, including a majority of its bishops, must consent to the election.
After 14 hours of deliberations, the bishops said they would withhold such consent to any person, gay or not, elected bishop between now and the church's next General Convention in mid-2006.
"This extraordinary moment in our common life offers the opportunity for extraordinary action," they declared.
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March 16 2005
CAMP ALLEN: House of Bishops adopts 'Covenant Statement'
The House of Deputies, to which clergy and laity are elected, and the House of Bishops together comprise the General Convention, the chief legislative body of the 2.3 million-member Episcopal Church. The General Convention, which meets every three years, will next convene in June 2006 in Columbus, Ohio.
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March 16 2005
LAGOS: African Bishops Break From West Seminaries
The African churches are the fastest-growing in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola said the bishops will weigh proposals to build new theology institutions to train its priests on theology consistent with African culture.
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March 16 2005
CAMP ALLEN: HOB Considers Gutting Confirmation
“Confirmation as a requirement for participation in the governance of the Church, for ordination, and other aspects of the life of the Church has tended to create difficulties, confusion, or has been simply ignored,” the Rt. Rev. William O. Gregg, Bishop of Eastern Oregon, wrote in an introductory draft paper. “The confusion is compounded in terms of polity, liturgical actions, and the definition of ‘member’ by ‘reception’ and ‘reaffirmation.’”
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March 16 2005
NIGERIA: Ten new bishops consecrated for Anglican Church of Nigeria
The new bishops and their dioceses are the Rt Revd Edafe Emamezi - Elected Bishop of Warri, the Rt Revd Ezekiel Awosoga - Bishop of Ijebu, the Rt Revd Matthew Osunade - Bishop of Ogbomosho and the Rt Revd Joseph Adeyemi - Bishop of Badagary.
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March 16 2005
LONDON: Church Survey says Pews Emptying because Christianity not preached
The results of the year-long survey of 14,000 UK residents by the interdenominational Ecumenical Research Committee has been called 'surprising' by mainstream secular and Christian media. The overwhelming response is to call on churches "to robustly defend moral values with conviction and courage and cease being 'silent' and 'lukewarm' in the face of moral and social collapse."
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March 15 2005
PITTSBURGH: Liberals says ECUSA and Canada should send delegation to ACC meeting
"The primates' communiqué at first seemed the product of a delicate compromise to buy time for resolving differences, but, on reflection, the document provides cause for concern," said PEP president Lionel Deimel. "U.S.
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March 14 2005
VANCOUVER: Parishioners, diocese face off same-sex showdown
"On April 1, all the wardens and trustees will be in the church. If Mr. Lemon shows up with the intention of taking over the church, we'll call the police," Mayo says.
Last year, Mayo and many of his congregation left the Anglican Church of Canada to protest Bishop Michael Ingham's decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples.
The disaffected congregation linked itself to a remote African diocese -- the Rwandan Anglican church -- under Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini.
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March 13 2005
CAMP ALLEN: A house of cards
The primates, who lead national churches, are upset with the U.S. church because it consecrated V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay priest, as bishop of New Hampshire in 2003. They also are dismayed that some dioceses within the American and Canadian branches allow the blessing of same-sex unions.
Most national churches, especially those in Africa and Asia, hold a biblically conservative view on homosexuality.
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