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June 09 2004
ENGLAND: St. Albans' parishes prepare action plan over Jeffrey John appointment
1. That the Bishop's action has caused a breakdown of trust and divided the Diocese impinging upon the desire of the Bishop to be seen as a focus of unity.
2. The possibility of seeking alternative Episcopal oversight.
3. The ability of parishes to pay parish share (quota) in the light of
lay giving being redirected and members leaving the Church of England.
Reports were received of PCCs considering withholding or suspending parish share commitments.
June 08 2004
NEW ZEALAND: New Primate's vision - a world without gays
Bishop Vercoe is a staunch supporter of the Treaty of Waitangi and has been outspoken over the years on homosexuality, immigration and the place of women in the church.
In his first big interview since his appointment, he told the Weekend Herald he believed that homosexuality was unnatural and not morally right.
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June 08 2004
ECUSA: 700 Orthodox Clergy Send Letter to Archbishop Eames
Roseberry said, "The clergy signatures on this letter represent literally thousands of years worth of ministry based on biblical truth. We are pleading with the Eames Commission to uphold that truth and restore the unity of the communion by denouncing the wrong turn that the Episcopal Church took last summer."
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June 07 2004
CHICAGO: Liberal teachings bring church split
The congregation, being launched in a rented 74-year-old gothic church on Sheridan Road that is lined with Tiffany stained-glass windows, is one of dozens of breakaway churches sprouting across the United States as
conservatives part ways with the Episcopal Church USA.
June 07 2004
SYDNEY: Hyped to the heavens. Anglicans aim at reaching women for Christ
Network Ten's controversial new program Good Sex, which is made by the Anglican Church in Sydney, along with enterprises such as the Queensland-produced Embrace are part of a bold approach by many Christian groups to promote their message using marketing tactics they have criticised the secular media for in the past – particularly the focus on celebrity and sex – to reach more receptive and bigger audiences.
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June 07 2004
CANADA: Anglican General Synod Refuses to Recognize Ex-Gays
"This has not stopped the gay lobby promulgating both the fallacious 'One in Ten' assertion and equally the notion that you are 'Born Gay' (a notion for which there is no scientific evidence to this day)," Ould contends.
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June 07 2004
PRIMATES CALL FOR CANADA'S EXPULSION IN GAY CRISIS
They said the Canadians should be ejected with the liberal American Episcopal Church, which backed the consecration of Anglicanism's first openly-gay bishop last year.
Their intervention has badly damaged efforts by Dr Williams and other Anglican leaders to broker peace between the factions on homosexuality.
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June 05 2004
TEXAS: Ex-treasurer accused of taking $600,000 - Diocese orders Audit
The diocese has notified the Harris County District Attorney's office of the misappropriation and will forward the results of its audit to investigators, spokesman Bill Ferrell said.
The discrepancies are in a fund used primarily for the purchase of property and not the diocese's operating budget, Ferrell said. The fund contained $5.5 million in cash and other assets as of March 31, he said.
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June 04 2004
VIRGINIA: Orthodox Episcopalians rip plan for diocese
"The diocese will not gain anything by imposing a mandatory percentage or obligation," said Steve Springmann, treasurer at Truro, the second-largest church in the 187-congregation diocese at 1,500 members. "It will only cause more people to leave the Episcopal Church."
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June 04 2004
AAC Condemns Canada's Affirmation Of Same-Sex Blessings
This perception was reinforced by a statement of the Archbishop of Canterbury released yesterday in which he responded to the decision the night before: “The decision to defer the question of the right of dioceses over same sex blessings offers hope for the continuing collegiality of the Anglican Communion.”
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