The Anglican Church of Australia faces a major change of direction in the wake of Archbishop Peter Carnley announcement this week to retire as Primate next year.   The church evangelical wing - based in the biggest diocese, Sydney - has its best chance in years to elevate a member to the top job. At 59, Archbishop of Sydney Dr Peter Jensen is a relatively youthful bishop.   The most senior contenders for the position, Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Ian George, and Archbishop of Me

BY DAVE MUNDAY Of The Post and Courier Staff   PAWLEYS ISLAND--One of the biggest Episcopal churches in South Carolina voted itself out of the denomination Thursday night.   The 1,000-member congregation of All Saints Episcopal Church of Pawleys Island called a special meeting to sever ties with the Episcopal Church and amend its charter to delete references to the denomination and the Diocese of South Carolina.   The motion to amend the charter passed 464-42 and the one to s

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1055144/posts 01/09/2004   Ok, just come home from the most glorious Festival Eucharist I’ve been to since The Holy Spirit conference in New Orleans, August, 1997.   Magnificent. The procession was several hundred Priests long, and 2 Bishops in attendance: Bishop Duncan and Bishop MPango of Tanganyika, who attended VTS and was married at Truro Church (by Rt. Rev. John Howe, I believe, well, it was during his time at Truro).   The s

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

Here is my account of another travesty in the Diocese of Western New York.   These were the words spoken repeatedly by Bishop Michael Garrison as he visited St. Bartholomew in Tonawanda, NY. on January 8th. It was a bitter cold snowy evening (5*) when members of all ages (from babies in arms to those in their late 80) filled the sanctuary for a scheduled meeting to tell the bishop of their concerns regarding his vote in favor of the consecration of V. Gene Robinson as bishop

The Anglican Church of Australia faces a major change of direction in the wake of Archbishop Peter Carnley announcement this week to retire as Primate next year.   The church evangelical wing - based in the biggest diocese, Sydney - has its best chance in years to elevate a member to the top job. At 59, Archbishop of Sydney Dr Peter Jensen is a relatively youthful bishop.   The most senior contenders for the position, Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Ian George, and Archbishop of Me

BY DAVE MUNDAY Of The Post and Courier Staff   PAWLEYS ISLAND--One of the biggest Episcopal churches in South Carolina voted itself out of the denomination Thursday night.   The 1,000-member congregation of All Saints Episcopal Church of Pawleys Island called a special meeting to sever ties with the Episcopal Church and amend its charter to delete references to the denomination and the Diocese of South Carolina.   The motion to amend the charter passed 464-42 and the one to s

Dear editor,   Hopefully the omission of Archbishop Ted Scott participation in the blessing of the civil marriage of deacons Alison Kemper and Joyce Barnett was mere oversight by the/ Journal/ (October). Archbishop Scott, the former primate, pronounced his archepiscopal blessing twice during the service: first after the couple declaration of lifelong promises of commitment and again at the end of the eucharist. The 10th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1971-86) parti

By SOLANGE DE SANTIS Staff Writer Anglican Journal Hamilton, Ont.   The decision to marry two women in Hamilton Christ Church Cathedral last August was either a moment of grace or a moment of error, said Rev.  Peter Wall, dean of the diocese of Niagara and rector of the cathedral. Dean Wall confirmed in an interview that he was the priest disciplined by Bishop Ralph Spence after performing a same-sex wedding in a Niagara parish. The wedding took place Aug. 25 in the cathedral

My consecration will never affect the average Episcopalian says V. Gene Robinson, Bishop-elect of New Hampshire at GC2003   Special Report   By David W. Virtue VIRTUOSITY   The Bishop of New Hampshire is in for a rude awakening. His consecration is affecting not only the entire Anglican Communion causing whole provinces to disassociate themselves from the ECUSA, it is drying up funds to The Episcopal Church from orthodox dioceses, and now it is beginning to affect local paris

By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent THE TELEGRAPH 1/5/2003   The Church of England may have to split in two if women become bishops, one with female clergy and one without, an official report has concluded. An enclave for opponents of women priests could be created to avert a mass exodus when women are consecrated, possibly within five years.   The faction, effectively a church within a church, could have its own archbishop, bishops, parish clergy and training colleges.

The group was formed in protest to the approval of an openly gay Episcopalian bishop.   Tampa, Bay Florida   The group was formed because of disagreement about the approval of a gay bishop. Episcopal churches in the Bay area are now part of a new breakaway network of dioceses.   The new group was formed because of disagreement about the approval of an openly gay Episcopalian bishop.   Mark Sholander, a church leader of the St. Alban Episcopal Church in Polk County, says the a

The Rev. Tom Logan   Source: AAC News January 11, 2004     Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong.  They are weak, but he is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so. Amen.     I have two emotions as I am attending this conference, and I had two same emotions when I attended Plano One.  The first is one of great joy to see this many Episcopalians in one place, here praising God, and

ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL MEMBERS FORM NEW CONGREGATION   By Frank E. Lockwood HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER     VERSAILLES - The leadership of an Episcopal parish opposed to the ordination of openly gay bishop Gene Robinson has been dismissed by Lexington diocesan officials.     St. John Episcopal Church, a place where heads of state have worshiped, has been downgraded from a parish to a mission. The move allows Bishop Stacy Sauls to dismiss the congregation leadership and provide dir

Senior Bishops Also Ready To Cross Diocesan Lines, Plano-East Meeting Told     Report/Analysis By Auburn Faber Traycik The Christian Challenge (Washington, DC) January 13, 2004     IF THE OVER 3,000-STRONG Plano-East meeting January 9-10 just south of  Washington, D.C., is an example, the network of faithful Episcopalians emerging   within the Episcopal Church (ECUSA), but outside its official structure, is  becoming - as one speaker put it - a force to be reckoned with. The

By Steve Levin Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 07, 2004     A controversial resolution that called for local Episcopal parishes to maintain control of their property and buildings in defiance of church canon law has been withdrawn by attorneys representing Bishop Robert W. Duncan Jr. Resolution No. 6, passed at a diocesan convention in September, was at the heart of an October lawsuit filed by a Shadyside church against Duncan and the diocese board of trustees to prevent them

By David W. Virtue VIRTUOSITY     ATLANTA, GA--Two new Anglican parishes have been formed in the Diocese of Atlanta by clergy and laity who have left The Episcopal Church and come under the authority of the Province of the Southern Cone and its Primate The Most Rev. Gregory Venables. The new churches have called themselves New Anglican Church and Holy Cross Anglican Church, and will be located in northwest Atlanta and Loganville. The New Anglican Church, (a temporary name), h