Warning #1 to the Church by J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) The following Sermon was preached in England, in August, 1858. "On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it" (Matthew 16:18) We live in a world in which all things are passing away. Kingdoms, empires, cities, institutions, families, all are liable to change and corruption. One universal law seems to prevail everywhere. In all created things there is a tendency to decay. There is something s

By RICHARD N. OSTLING ASSOCIATED PRESS PLANO, Texas (AP) - Conservative Episcopalians appeared on track to launch a new nationwide protest organization Tuesday as they began the second and final day of a meeting to launch their Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes. The movement, which hopes for significant support from foreign Anglicans, was prompted by the decision of an Episcopal Church convention last August to approve openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson of N

By David W. Virtue 1/19/2004 PLANO, TX - An orthodox Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes representing some 100 bishops, clergy and lay delegates from 12 Episcopal Church dioceses met for the first time in an historic meeting here, with moderator Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan telling a press conference briefing that what will emerge "is a united, orthodox and missionary Anglicanism." The Episcopal Church is currently being torn apart over recent decisions by

Statement to the Parishioners of St. Johns Church in Versailles, Kentucky   In August, 2002 our previous rector Alan Hansen left the parish. The bishop met with the vestry and recommended that the vestry be frozen until a new rector was called. We have remained in place in an effort to keep the wheels on and I think we have been successful in doing so. When Alan left, we were in a critical financial crunch, and the effects of 9/11 added to the crisis. The vestry worked dilige

BY DAVE MUNDAY Of The Post and Courier Staff   The decision of a South Carolina parish to leave the Episcopal Church has left many in the Diocese of South Carolina confused and hurt, according to the chairman of a committee that tried to work out a compromise.   I think there’s a lot of hurt, the Rev. Craige Borrett, rector of Christ St. Paul’s Episcopal Parish of Yonges Island, said Sunday. We are breaking with family. Theres a tear in the family. Borrett and other members o

by Christopher S. Johnson Midwest Conservative Journal Webster Groves, Missouri - Copyright 2004 1/15/2004   Last Sunday at Washingtons National Cathedral, on the occasion of the celebration of the Baptism of Our Lord, Frank Griswold delivered a sermon that demonstrated once again that whatever his religion is, it isn’t Christianity:   North Dakota nominates one bishop candidate by petition N.D. EPISCOPAL DIOCESE: Candidate for bishop draws opposition Associated Press   FARGO

by Louis Victor Priebe Washington Correspondent   WASH., DC, Jan. 13 An upcoming Public Broadcasting System (PBS) program featuring a debate on gay marriage with ECUSA gay Bishop Gene Robinson taking the proposition was assessed by a panel of concerned Christians last week at the National Press Club. Participants concluded that, with cautious optimism the program, narrated by Bryant Gumbel, could be expected to reflect a balanced and fair assessment of the controversial subje

Anglican Mainstreams leadership have given a fulsome welcome to the announcement that Canon Stephen Cottrell is to be the next Bishop of Reading, but is it not odd that they are welcoming the appointment of a man who is reported as holding a completely contrary view to theirs on the very issue which led to the formation of Anglican Mainstream, namely his support for the attempt to appoint Jeffrey John. It is true that the new bishop designate has a high-profile commitment to

From: Mary Ailes, Truro Church, Fairfax, VA   Saturday, January 10 Plano East Conference - Day Two   When I got up this morning in the dark, the temperatures outside in the single digits, I asked myself, why are you doing this?  Haven’t I heard it all?  How many of these things have I gone to?  Will I really hear anything new?  Does anyone really have any idea what is going to happen?  Wouldn’t it be better just to stay in the warmth of this bed and let someone else do it? Wh

By David W. Virtue   CHARLESTON, SC--There is a need for mechanisms of order and discipline in the Anglican Communion if it is to survive, says the president of the Anglican Communion Institute, Dr. Christopher Seitz. Addressing several hundred attendees at a conference here, Seitz, Professor of Divinity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland said, one can actually hear the timbers of our Communion boat creak, and there seems to be little sign that the winds are calming. T

BOSTON (AP) Archbishop Sean P. OMalley yesterday urged Catholic lawyers to oppose same-sex marriage, saying the institution of marriage and the family are under assault and lawyers need to help protect them.    The social cost of the breakdown of family life has already been enormous, Archbishop O'Malley said at the annual Red Mass, which is dedicated to judges, lawyers and others in the legal system.   It is not a question of live and let live, it is a question of right and

By David W. Virtue   CHARLESTON, SC--The rectors of one of the largest parish churches in the Diocese of South Carolina has sent a letter of personal regret to AMIA Bishop Chuck Murphy and to the rector of All Saints Church, Waccamaw for its decision to withdraw from the diocese. The Rev. Marc Boutan, associate rector of St. Philip Church, a flagship parish in the heart of Charleston, said some 15 clergy and laity signed a letter saying, We, some of your fellow clergy of the

No business-as-usual Global South will not compromise   Archbishop Gomez Address to Anglican Communion Institute   The following address was given by Archbishop Gomez (Primate of the West Indies) at the Anglican Communion Institute Future of Anglicanism Conference held in Charleston, SC on January 8-9, 2004.   By The Most Rev. Drexel W. Gomez   Recent events in North America have placed the entire Anglican Communion into a state of crisis.  We are, as Anglicans, at a critical

Report from the President of the Standing Committee Regarding All Saints Parish   January 09, 2004 Following the actions in December 2003 of the Vestry of All Saints Parish, Waccamaw, to change their Corporate Charter, to leave the Diocese of South Carolina, and the Episcopal Church, the Standing Committee met with the members of that vestry.  We met in the hope of reaching a positive resolution, and in an effort to avoid the actions that ultimately took place at the January

Special Report   By David W. Virtue VIRTUOSITY   TO THE BISHOPS AND STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CHURCH   Dear Brethren:   It is with great heaviness of heart and deep personal distress that I write to provide you with the following information. Under date of November 30, 2003, I have received a letter from Gregory K. Hotchkiss in which he officially vacates his episcopal office and renounces his ministerial orders in the Reformed Episcopal Church. In his correspondence he cite

01/10/2004 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1055546/posts   Today was started with a wonderful historical service in the Episcopal Church, Morning Prayer. This daily office is said daily by Priests in our Church and we don’t celebrate it often enough in the Church. There are times I wish every Eucharist started with Morning Prayer as did the Cathedral of my childhood.   Opening comments were again delivered by The Rev. John Guernsey of All Saints, Dale City, who w

AMIA Wave-on-line News Anglican Mission in America   The small African nation of Rwanda has suffered much loss in the last ten years.  The genocide of 1994 cost it an estimated 800,000 lives, and left it to walk a difficult road of rebuilding and restoration.  It has also paid in other ways.  When the Anglican Province of Rwanda came to the aid of orthodox Episcopalians in the United States, it was threatened with the loss of financial support from the powerful Episcopal Chur

Church of England Newspaper Number: 5699     Jan 8, 2003   The truce brokered by the Canadian House of Bishops on Oct 31 between Bishop Michael Ingham and traditionalists in the diocese of New Westminster has collapsed following the closure of Holy Cross Church in Abbotsford, British Columbia, by the Bishop.   On December 18, Bishop Ingham banned the Rev James Wagner, vicar of Holy Cross, from ministering to the three-year-old congregation of 50 forcing it to close. Archdeaco

About 2,600 Episcopalians will meet in Woodbridge today and tomorrow to discuss the future of the denomination   By JESSICA ALLEN Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star 1/9/2004   A conference this weekend sponsored by the American Anglican Council could give area Episcopalians a first-hand view of how deep the division over last summer's vote to approve an openly gay priest as bishop of New Hampshire really is. About 2,600 Episcopalians are expected to attend the Plano-East conferen

by Pat Ashworth CHURCH TIMES   THE Church of England’s Bishops will look at a draft report on women bishops this month, at its first meeting of 2004, but it is likely to be the end of the year before anything is published. A motion before the Synod in July 2000 asked the Bishops to initiate further study on the episcopate focusing on the issues that need to be addressed in preparation for the debate on women in the episcopate in the Church of England and to make a progress re