Missionaries will be certified for orthodoxy The Most Reverend Frank Tracy Griswold Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA 815 Second Avenue New York NY 10017 USA 8th January 2004 Dear +Frank, This comes with a prayerful greeting from the Southern Cone in Jesus’s name. As you can see from the attached statement, the decision of ECUSA to consecrate Gene Robinson, a person sexually active outside marriage, and to declare by resolution that same-sex blessings are "

By John Yates The following sermon was delivered before several thousand orthodox Episcopalians at the recent Plano East gathering in Virginia. January 10, 2004 At the very heart of the conflict within the Episcopal Church is a single, simple question that all who believe in Jesus Christ must answer for themselves. Are the Scriptures true? Can we be assured that what we read in the Bible is true? When the original authors wrote the various portions of Scripture, did they writ

"Episcopal Church has begun a new religion" "Ecclesiastical action against me logically incomprehensible" By the Rev. Joseph P. Murphy Ph.D. January 21, 2004 To: The Rt. Rev. Peter J. Lee, The Rt. Rev. David Jones, The Rt. Rev. Francis Gray Mayo Memorial Church House, 110 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23220 Dear Bishops Lee, Jones, and Gray, At the gathering of clergy you convened this past fall at Christchurch School to discuss the actions of General Convention 2003, I made

News Analysis By David W. Virtue Episcopal Church revisionists have begun to spin the Network document presented at Plano this past week, with the Episcopal Church's leading homosexual revisionist Dr. Louie Crew announcing that he was surprised by its "tameness." "They did not even insist on 'alternate' or 'alternative' episcopal oversight, only on 'adequate' (the term used by the primates at their meeting in London last October)," writes Crew who sits on the church's Executi

By Elizabeth Day January 25, 2004 One of British medicine's most senior advisers on medical ethics has provoked outrage by claiming that infanticide is "justifiable." Professor John Harris, a member of the British Medical Association's ethics committee, said that it was not "plausible to think that there is any moral change that occurs during the journey down the birth canal"—suggesting that there was no moral difference between aborting a fetus and killing a baby. The profes

By The Rev. Charles H. Nalls Special to The Christian Challenge (Washington, DC) January 23, 2004 There was a decidedly young face to the tens of thousands of pro-life demonstrators filling the streets of downtown Washington yesterday. From a throng estimated at between 100,000-200,000 marchers, a deafening roar went up as a speaker asked all under the age of 25 to make themselves known. Americans and others from around the world including a visible and vocal delegation from

The Nation (Nairobi) All Africa News January 15, 2004 OPINION By Francis Ayieko NAIROBI--Recently, the Uganda Anglican Church withdrew an invitation to the Episcopalian Church of the US to attend the ordination of the Right Rev Henry Orombi as the country's new archbishop. He will be enthroned on January 25. After this, there should be no doubt that there is now an open split between the liberals and the conservatives in the 450-year old Anglican Communion. The unprecedented

by Giles Fraser Consider this sensitive editorial on the gay debate by the Revd Professor Gerald Bray in the journal, Churchman: "Although no one will be surprised to discover that many of the Episcopal churches [in the Southern United States] are horrified at the recent election of a practicing homosexual as bishop of New Hampshire, the nature of Southern traditionalism does not immediately suggest that they would turn to a place like Rwanda for assistance. But, faced with t

Feast of St. Hilary To: The Rt. Rev. Robert O'Neill St. John's Cathedral Denver, Colorado January 14, 2004 Your Grace: Inasmuch as an Archbishop of an Anglican Province in Africa has publicly declared his belief that "the devil has entered into" the Episcopal Church, and given that as you say "we have more in common than what divides us," I should like to challenge you to a public debate, me on the Affirmative and yourself obtaining the Negative, on one of the following timew

January 22, 2004 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: It has been a little more than six years since my investiture as Presiding Bishop. Over these last days I have been asked frequently - both in gatherings of bishops, clergy and lay people, and by reporters - about my view of the "state of the church." As I mark the passage of this time, I have thought about our life as a community of faith in this season, and wanted to write now to share my reflections with you who are

Press Association (UK) Up to 95% of lesbians and gays are not really homosexual but "sexual perverts," a Belgian cardinal claimed today. "I will sign here in my own blood that of all those who say they are lesbian or gay, at most five to 10 are effectively lesbian or gay," Cardinal Gustaaf Joos, 80, told a magazine. "All the rest are simply sexual perverts. Don't hesitate to write that down. I demand you write it down. If they come to protest on my doorstep, I don't care. I w

by J. Budziszewski “Are you Professor Theophilus?” I turned. “That’s me. Come in.” “My name’s Lawrence. I’m gay. I came to complain about your talk about constitutional liberties yesterday. It was bigoted and homophobic. I’m filing a formal protest to the people who run the Student Union speakers series.” At least he’s direct, I thought. I waved him to a seat. “Help me out, Mr. Lawrence. How could—” “Just Lawrence.” “Thank you. Now how could my talk have been ‘bigoted and hom

From the Office of the Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida January 21, 2004 Dear Friends in Christ, Unfortunately, there is confusion regarding the reported involvement of the Bishop and the Diocese of Southwest Florida in the establishment of the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes. It is my conviction that these are extraordinary times demanding clarity from all those engaged in the leadership of the Church. Due to recent comments by members of the Am

Why the Realignment of Anglicanism is Sadly Necessary Part 4: The Bible: Relevant or Irrelevant? by the Rev. David A. Handy, Ph.D. The first three parts of this series have set forth some of the many reasons why the dramatic realignment now underway in Anglicanism is so sadly necessary. In this, the fourth segment, I will begin to drive home my main thesis: the clear and consistent teaching of Scripture and Tradition must not be set aside and overturned on the basis of dubiou

Why the Realignment of Anglicanism is Sadly Necessary Part 1: Politically Correct or Theologically Correct? Why It’s an Either/Or by the Rev. David A. Handy, Ph.D. Years ago the great church historian Jaroslav Pelikan made the famous comment that the Protestant Reformation was “a tragic necessity.” Protestants, he noted, who take the necessity of the Reformation for granted, tend to underestimate what a terrible tragedy it was. On the other hand, Pelikan said, Catholics, who

By Dr. Joseph P. Murphy “Some of the last shall be first and some of the first shall be last,” easily grips us as poetically just, one of the many ironies of the spiritual life as the human approaches the divine. Recently the Episcopal theologian Ephraim Radner has written a Parable of the AMiA, in which he refers to the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) as a movement in the Church seeking autonomy without accountability, even as it seeks to be obedient in the face of the sp

In the Name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. The recent unilateral actions of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) in consecrating a bishop who is sexually active outside marriage, and the recognition of same-sex blessings have created a deeply painful and divisive situation and devastated our Christian witness. In the light of Tradition, it reveals a misinterpretation of the clear witness of God's Word and a deaf ear to t

Missionaries will be certified for orthodoxy The Most Reverend Frank Tracy Griswold Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA 815 Second Avenue New York NY 10017 USA 8th January 2004 Dear +Frank, This comes with a prayerful greeting from the Southern Cone in Jesus' name. As you can see from the attached statement, the decision of ECUSA to consecrate Gene Robinson, a person sexually active outside marriage, and to declare by resolution that same-sex blessings are "in

By John Yates The following sermon was delivered before several thousand orthodox Episcopalians at the recent Plano East gathering in Virginia. January 10, 2004 At the very heart of the conflict within the Episcopal Church is a single, simple question that all who believe in Jesus Christ must answer for themselves. Are the Scriptures true? Can we be assured that what we read in the Bible is true? When the original authors wrote the various portions of Scripture, did they writ

"Episcopal Church has begun a new religion" "Ecclesiastical action against me logically incomprehensible" By the Rev. Joseph P. Murphy Ph.D. January 21, 2004 To: The Rt. Rev. Peter J. Lee The Rt. Rev. David Jones The Rt. Rev. Francis Gray Mayo Memorial Church House 110 W. Franklin St. Richmond, VA 23220 Dear Bishops Lee, Jones, and Gray, At the gathering of clergy you convened this past fall at Christchurch School to discuss the actions of General Convention 2003, I made clea