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May 29 2007 By virtueonline Jordanian Priest Calls for Jerusalem Bishop's Resignation

Walter said he appealed to Bishop Suheil in person and publicly before the Diocesan Convention of Jerusalem to cancel the companion diocesan relationship and to shun Bishop Bruno on the grounds that Bruno ordained an openly lesbian woman as a priest and because he blessed the marriage of a man to a man and voted for the consecration of an unrepentant and openly sodomite man as bishop (Gene Robinson) of New Hampshire, and has yet to repent of any of these actions.

May 28 2007 By virtueonline CANA Welcomes New Congregations in Connecticut, Florida and Colorado

Trinity Church is an active worshipping community of approximately 130 under the leadership of the Rev. Donald Helmandollar.

Helmandollar did not return phone calls. Connecticut Bishop Andrew Smith is not aware of the move by this parish.

A large portion of the congregation of Trinity is made up of former members of St. John's, Bristol who left when the Rev. Mark Hansen was inhibited and deposed from his parish by Bishop Smith.

May 24 2007 By virtueonline Bennison's Sex Abuse Scandal Edited out of Wikipedia by Order of Schori

John Bennison was forced from his parish and resigned from The Episcopal Church when sexual allegations emerged in the Diocese of California. He avoided prosecution because of the Statute of Limitations. At the time of the abuse, he was sharing a home with his brother Charles.

May 23 2007 By virtueonline TEC: Bishop Gene Robinson Is Not Invited to Lambeth 2008

Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council, said today that Bishop Martyn Minns is not receiving an invitation, not because he is not regarded as a bishop - he is - but because CANA, the body within which his ministry is being exercised, is not a recognized body of the Anglican Communion.

May 22 2007 By virtueonline Why Global South Anglican Leaders Will Not Compromise With Western Liberals

For openers, African, Asian and Latin Anglican provinces are growing rapidly, while Western Anglican communities are withering and dying.

The Global South is seeing rapid growth based on the proclamation of the gospel in clear and unapologetic terms. Western Anglicanism has abandoned the Good News message in favor of pluralism, inclusivity and social amelioration through something called Millennium Development Goals.

May 17 2007 By virtueonline Mrs. Schori And The Politics of Illusion

According to Mrs. Schori the folks meeting in Boxburg (South Africa) didn't spend any time talking at all about conflict. "They talked about mission. The Anglican Communion is alive and well -- very well - in those partnerships between dioceses and congregations."

The conference drew more than 400 Anglicans from 33 of the 38 Anglican provinces. They were to review the Communion's response to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and build partnerships.

May 17 2007 By virtueonline Fort Worth, Quincy Dioceses break away is hype. Not true, says Bishop Ackerman

"What I can say I know is that all of us in the Network who have requested APO have to understand what we have all along been asking for (APO) is because the HOB was less than conciliatory. The humor for me is that might lead to that some day. But to even to be talking about this now amazes me."

May 15 2007 By virtueonline Episcopal Church Drops $51,000 for Op-Ed Page ad in New York Times

The ad was a result of collaboration between Mr. Bob Williams, Director of the Office of Communications for The Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Jan Nunley, Deputy for Communication for the Episcopal Church.

The ad went on to explain: "You may know us as Washington's monumental National Cathedral, site of historic services and ceremonies, or the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, still unfinished, but already the largest cathedral in the world."

May 11 2007 By virtueonline The Hypocrisy and Slurs of Liberal Episcopal Bishops

This is an untrue and unfair attack upon orthodox rectors.

There has never been a known case of an orthodox rector, either Evangelical or Anglo-Catholic, who stood at the church door on any given Sunday morning and asked people, as they came through the doors, if they are gay or straight, what their sexual proclivities are, and then refuse entrance when told they were homosexual.

May 09 2007 By virtueonline Liberal Episcopal Dioceses Face Serious Decline in Giving and Growth

The reason for the commission, according to Duncan, is two fold: A decline in parochial giving to the diocese and a parallel decline in congregational growth.

Duncan said, "While the population continues to explode throughout the Diocese and the average household income continues to increase we have not seen proportionate increases in numbers in many of our congregations."

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