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January 31 2005
WASHINGTON, DC: Prayer Vigil for Episcopal Church Held at National Cathedral
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church recently said issued a statement of 'regret' that the decision had caused pain in the Communion.
The prayer vigil was lead by Bill Boniface, a layman from St. Thomas in Croom, Maryland. "We gather here this morning with a deep concern for the direction of the Episcopal Church," the group of 14 lay people and one priest, Fr. Ted Lewis, read in unison.
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January 31 2005
VIRGINIA: Bishop Lee says he will no longer vote for future gay bishops
Some laity and clergy called for Lee to step aside. Others withheld donations from the diocese, giving instead to specific ministries.
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January 31 2005
ARCTIC: Anglicans seek conservative staffers only
That decision will be put to a vote by the membership at its 2005 synod in Iqaluit this May.
Lay people, priests and bishops at the meeting will also be asked to decide whether to make affirmation of the Montreal Declaration mandatory for future employees.
The Montreal Declaration - written by conservative church members who met in Montreal in 1994 - was designed to affirm the "essential beliefs" of the Anglican Church.
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January 31 2005
CALGARY, AB: First Anglican Church Stripped of Status
The first Anglican church in Calgary was built in 1884 on the site where the cathedral now sits. The present sandstone building was consecrated in July 1905.
"This was a very stupid mistake, an insult to a parish that has never received any support from the diocese," said Rev. David Carter, former cathedral rector and dean of the diocese (1969-79), MLA and Speaker of the Alberta Legislature (1979-93).
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January 31 2005
LEXINGTON, KY: Parish splits from Diocese and Episcopal Church
"We couldn't find a way to stay and hold our conviction," Gornik said.
Controversy has rocked the Episcopal Church since 2003, when Lexington native Gene Robinson, an openly gay priest, was appointed bishop of New Hampshire.
But for Gornik, Robinson's ordination was simply the culmination of a change that he said has occurred over decades.
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January 31 2005
AKINOLA: "America Must Repent"
"Homosexuality is a non-issue to us," he said. "Sexuality is God's gift to man and is what you enjoy between man and woman in the comfort of their room (or) house.
"We do not advertise sex in Africa," said Akinola, who has led vocal opposition to the ordination of gay bishops in the past.
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January 30 2005
LONDON: Church agencies reject conversion of Muslims
Chris Webster of World Vision, which is working with partners in many of the affected areas, said on Monday: "It is our policy to deliver aid on the basis of humanitarian need and irrespective of religious belief.
"While the majority of our staff are Christian, we have a strict policy that we will not proselytise, nor work with those who insist on proselytism."
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January 30 2005
CHARLESTON, SC: All Saints ownership at center of lawsuit
Leaders at All Saints dispute the diocesan claim of ownership. Their attorney, Henrietta Golding, said the property belonged to the people of the community as far back as the mid-1700s, decades before the Episcopal Church or diocese were created.
Golding said neither the diocese nor the parish owned the property, and that it was owned by the people of the Waccamaw Neck area.
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January 29 2005
ORTHODOX EPISCOPALIANS RAISE $250,000 FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF
First grants going to India, Indonesia
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January 29 2005
NAIROBI: Anglican Archbishops say Apology from ECUSA not enough
Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola noted the U.S. bishops apologized to individual church members in a letter issued earlier this month expressing "sincere regret" for consecrating V. Gene Robinson in November 2003 as bishop of New Hampshire without full consideration of other Anglicans' objections.
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