The following Sermon was preached in England, in August, 1858. "Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God" (2 Corinthians 2:17) It is no light matter to speak to any assembly of immortal souls about the things of God. But the most serious of all responsibilities is, to speak to a gathering of ministers, such as that which I now see before me. The awful feeling will come ac

"We obviously live in a theological age that gives very little attention to doctrine and theology. Bishops breathing this air seem to reflect this neglect. +Jack Spong's Twelve Theses would take an exceedingly modest theological competency to perceive its contradiction to the Christian Creeds, yet only 52 of some 180 of our colleagues have publicly disassociated themselves from this "New Reformation." (Rt. Rev. C. FitzSimons Allison, Bishop of South Carolina, retired, "Letter

Fidelity BC Web The Crawley doctrine: Those who disagree with the Liberal theology should find another church. Archbishop Crawley made this statement a few years ago in a seminar at VST and again on the CBC's radio program The Afternoon Show four days after the vote at the Diocese of New Westminster Synod in June of 2002. A month prior to that Archbishop Crawley had met with a delegation of the ACiNW churches and suggested that they join the AMIA (Anglican Mission in America)

ORTHODOX PARISHES NERVOUS FOR THE FUTURE re being pushed to the sides and really encouraged to leave. Frank Stirk BC CW correspondent NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. All that effectively prevents New Westminster bishop Michael Ingham from re-asserting control over the dissident parishes in his Anglican diocese are their orthodox priests, says Leslie Bentley, media spokesperson for the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW). Under this system and this bishop, our future of being

KENYANS PUT FAITH IN OLD TEACHINGS ON HOMOSEXUALITY 7/02/2004 Anglicans in Kenya are ready for split in the church over gay priests, writes Adrian Blomfield. Architecturally, St Francis's Church in the Nairobi suburb of Karen would not seem out of place in a village in Kent. But there the similarities end. The Book of Common Prayer still sits on the pews and is used every week, although not in every service. The congregation still sings from "Ancient and Modern" hymnbooks. Bu

By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent THE TELEGRAPH 6/02/2004 The ordination of women priests will cost the Church of England more than 326 million pounds ($596 million) in payouts to clergy who have left in protest, according to official figures. The size of the final bill will dismay many in the Church, which is facing severe financial difficulties and the prospect of dioceses being made bankrupt. The figures will also refuel the heated debate on whether the Church shou

Anglican church leaders like to talk about the 'glorious comprehensiveness of the Anglican communion.' Have your heard them talk about that? But, unfortunately, they are not always wise enough to distinguish between the two different kinds of comprehensiveness. Principled on the one hand, and unprincipled on the other. Dr. J.I. Packer, whom we honour very much in this community and throughout the world, wrote a contribution to a symposium about 25 years ago in which he spoke

Four Christian women were killed as militants from a passing car raked their minibus with automatic gunfire. On Wednesday 21 January nine Christian Iraqi women were on their way to work in the laundry at Habaniyah US military base. Suddenly, four masked men, in a white Opel, machine-gunned our minibus and four women died, recounted survivor Maggi Aziz, 49. None of the passengers escaped the attack, 50 miles west of Baghdad, unscathed. Maggi herself was speaking from a hospita

MAINSTREAM POLITICAL LEADERS DENOUNCE ATTACKS ON CHRISTIAN MINORITY IRAQ A large number of Iraqi intellectuals and politicians have called upon Islamic religious leaders, the Iraqi Governing Council, other party leaders and the Coalition Authorities to prevent Shia Muslim groups attacking Christians. A call by more than 200 mainly Muslim intellectuals and political leaders from Iraq to stop attacks on Christians and cease forcing women to wear the veil was published on Sunday

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN The New York Times For years it was an article of faith for many Christians that the most powerful vehicle for bringing nonbelievers to Jesus was a Billy Graham crusade. Now, they expect it will be a Mel Gibson movie. Three weeks before the release of "The Passion of the Christ," a graphic portrayal of the torture and crucifixion of Jesus, Christians nationwide are busy preparing to use it in an immense grass-roots evangelistic campaign. Mr. Gibson, who pr

Report on the 182nd convention of the Diocese of Georgia By Les Wilkinson February 7, 2004 I am taking this opportunity to report to the members of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church on the events of the Diocesan Convention, which ended today. This report is from my recollection and my notes. I have not sought the input from the other delegates. I would like to thank the Rector for his having all of us as his guests for dinner Thursday night. He is a most gracious host. The eve

By David W. Virtue TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Rev. Dennis Ackerson, rector of Church of the Holy Spirit who had submitted his resignation from the Diocese of Florida, and from the national Episcopal Church, was prematurely shown the door after an agreement he had to leave his parish was broken, he says, by the new bishop John Howard. Ackerson, who had been thinking about leaving for a year, resigned from his parish with the understanding from Bishop Howard's representative Canon R

PRIMATES ON THE NETWORK We, Primates of the Global South greet you in the name of our Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The actions of ECUSA in the election, confirmation, and consecration of Canon Gene Robinson have created a situation of grave concern for the entire Anglican Communion and beyond. Their actions are a direct repudiation of the clear teaching of the Holy Scriptures, historic faith and order of the church. They also constitute a clear defiance of the Pr

By Christopher R Seitz History Comprehensiveness is a term normally associated with the Anglicanism of the Church of England, or with Anglicanism as distinct from other Christian movements or bodies. Only in the latter sense, then, could the term strictly speaking apply to the Anglican Christianity of the American Episcopal Church. Alternatively, one could argue that comprehensiveness as a distinctive feature of the Church of England has found its way, by transplant, into the

By Paul Zahl. 5 February 2004 Welcome to you all on behalf of this cathedral parish, and also on behalf of the Planning Group of the Episcopal Church Foundation Fellows Forum. We have worked towards this conference for two years now, and did not realize at the start that it would come with dramatic aptness. May I thank, especially, Cynthia Kittredge, chair of the Planning Group; and also my colleagues, Bob Hughes and Eugene Lowe. Eugene I have known for 28 years, and Bob

Statement from the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. Two recent actions within the Anglican Communion are viewed with deep sadness by the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea - the authorization of a Public Rite of blessing for those in same sex relationships in the Diocese of New Westminster, Anglican Church of Canada, and the consecration of a divorced priest now living in a same sex relationship in the diocese of New Hampshire, Episcopal Church o

By Richard Ostling. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEW YORK (AP) - Leaders of Anglican churches in Africa, Asia and Latin America joined Friday to endorse a new protest group that is trying to unite Episcopalians in the United States who oppose gay clergy. The statement came from the top officials (called "primates") of 13 denominations, which together claim more than half of the 77 million Anglicans worldwide. Their message spurns the leaders and policies of the Episcopal Church,

News Analysis. By David W. Virtue. SAN ANTONIO, TX--The new Primate of Uganda, the Rt. Rev. Henry Orombi who was to have preached at the consecration of the new Bishop Coadjutor of West Texas, Gary Lillibridge on February 21, has written a letter saying he will not now come. A statement from the Rt. Rev. James E. Folts, Bishop of West Texas, said, "my primary responsibility must be toward advancing the work of the Church in my province and in sub-Sahara Africa." Bishop Fo

Episcopal group upholds national church's decision. By Michael D. Wamble Daily Press 2/8/2004 NORFOLK -- Delegates of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia soundly defeated a resolution Saturday to reject the national church's confirmation of an openly gay bishop. At its annual meeting in Norfolk, delegates voted to acknowledge "profound differences" over homosexuality and Scripture interpretation. It created a yearlong Reconciliation Commission to discuss differen

A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Don Johnson (West Tennessee). Dear fellow Episcopalians in West Tennessee, As the Bishop of The Diocese of West Tennessee, it is my privilege to serve beside you in witness to Christ. In this particular circumstance, I do so now as one who must uphold the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Church I have sworn to defend. No matter what one’s opinions are about the more controversial decisions reached at our last General Convention, one ha