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July 25 2023 By dvirtue Anglican Church of Canada attendance dropping 10% per year

Elliot's latest statistics report was submitted to General Synod this summer but was not put on the agenda for discussion. It includes figures for 2019-2021, intended to compare pre- and post-pandemic data. These show the number of workers employed by parishes down 17 per cent, the number of people on parish rolls down 14 per cent and even more dramatic declines in the numbers of baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals (down 56, 71, 44 and 24 per cent respectively) from 2019 to 2021.

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July 22 2023 By dvirtue DIOCESE OF FLORIDA: SORRY CHARLIE, YOU'RE HISTORY!

The Florida Standing Committee, in its July 21 message, said that it will invite outside bishops to assist with confirmations, ordinations and other pastoral roles after Howard retires. Longer-term options, including seeking an assisting bishop, launching a new search for a diocesan bishop or electing a bishop provisional to serve for a limited time as a transitional leader.

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July 19 2023 By dvirtue Iran, Uganda, Canada, and the Undermining of the Global South over Homosexuality

Williams' failure to discipline errant Western provinces following the passage of Lambeth Resolution 1:10 sat in the craw of the growing vibrant Global South even as they grew and expanded. Pushback came at subsequent Lambeth conferences, heightened by the announcement that the Mother Church - the Church of England - will likely bless perverse homosexual unions, causing possible schism within its own ranks.

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July 17 2023 By dvirtue SAFE FOR A WEEK

But Robert Duncan was made of stern stuff. Abandoned by an abusive mother, (who later died in a house fire at the age of 62), a mostly absent father; he was surrounded by an extended family that nurtured him and kept him on the straight and narrow.

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July 12 2023 By dvirtue Episcopal Presiding Bishop's Love Sermons Will Not Bring Revival He Yearns for or Make Churches Grow

Radical conversion and repentance which the gospels demand have been replaced by "radical inclusion and acceptance" now the mantra of The Episcopal Church. 'Love is love' is tautological nonsense.

If you want to know God, Curry said in Baltimore recently at a love festival, start with love. "Let love help you heal old wounds; let love lead and you'll find life as God intended because love is God's GPS."

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July 10 2023 By dvirtue DIOCESE OF THE ARCTIC BISHOP DEFIES NATIONAL CHURCH OVER HOT BUTTON ISSUES

BISHOP PARSONS: It is a sad situation but not threatening. The majority of our denomination is solid. The Diocese of the Arctic is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. People fail to remember that the revisionists in Canada and the USA are the minority in the Anglican Communion. They just have a loud voice and often use that voice to monopolize, or bully. As an Anglican, I've grown up reciting psalm 95 to warn me about not having a hard heart.

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July 03 2023 By dvirtue ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA'S DEATH WISH

Up until 2021 they had been for trial use, but now Synod has decided that they will be added to the Book of Alternative Services as official liturgies. According to news reports, some clergy and lay delegates at Synod spoke against adopting the liturgies, but the majority spoke in favor.

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June 30 2023 By dvirtue IF I WERE AN EPISCOPAL BISHOP THIS WOULD BE MY DIOCESAN ADDRESS TODAY

We have now dipped below 300,000 in average weekly attendance, and if things continue as they are, we will not have much of a church by 2040. (In 2019 the ASA was just over 547,107, today it is under 300,000.)

Covid was a huge negative, but things were going south before Covid and Covid just pushed us over the edge. We have simply not recovered from Covid in any meaningful sense.

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June 28 2023 By dvirtue CENTRAL FLORIDA: New Episcopal Bishop writes about heresy but fails to see the irony in belonging to an apostate Church

One of his books titled KNOW THE HERETICS, a romp through the history of heresy from the Early Church to the present time, it is revealing in all its candor. The book is worth possessing and received a ringing endorsement from theologian Thomas Oden.

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June 22 2023 By dvirtue SEWANEE UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES FIRST TRANSGENDER THEOLOGY STUDENT AND POSTULANT

"I feel very well-loved here. As the first trans person, sometimes there is a burden of representation. Sometimes there are questions about terminology, pronouns. But I find that the curiosity is always respectful, and it's always addressed at trying to love and know me better and love and know the LGBTQ+ community better."

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