The council also asked other provinces to consider such action in line with their existing ethical investment strategies and to adopt investment strategies "that support the infrastructure of a future Palestinian state" .
Read moreThe U.S. church appointed Gene Robinson, a practising homosexual, as bishop of New Hampshire and several dioceses bless same-sex unions. In Canada, the Vancouver diocese of New Westminster has approved same-sex blessings and the Canadian church's governing synod passed a resolution last year acknowledging the sacredness of committed homosexual relationships.
Read moreThe report is a piece of sanctimonious claptrap whose authors didn't even bother to talk to Ariel Sharon's government. It takes scant account of the trauma to which the second intifada has subjected Israeli civilians and endorses policies, such as the right of return of Palestinian refugees since 1948, that would spell the death of the Jewish state.
Read moreThe Anglican Consultative Council is one of the four "instruments of unity" of the worldwide Anglican Church but it is the only one that has a legal constitution. Based in Britain, it is in effect the central administrative body of the Anglican Communion worldwide.
Read moreIn 2002, the Diocese of New Westminster authorized the blessings of same-gender unions. This action prompted the Anglican Primates' Meeting to invite the Canadians to provide a presentation at ACC-13 as recommended by the Windsor Report.
Read moreChairman cites changes
"We are in fact experiencing changes in the inter-relationships of the Instruments of Unity as we speak," Paterson said in his address, commenting on the balance between the work of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops, the ACC, and the Primates' Meeting.
The ACC is the principal consultative body of the Anglican Communion and its 77 million members in 164 countries.
Read moreThe involvement of three faculty members from the seminary -- the only Episcopal seminary cited -- stems from faculty involvement with national and international issues, said seminary spokeswoman Susan Shillinglaw.
"We just have a dynamic faculty here," she said.
Read moreTheir profession that the Holy Spirit led ECUSA to consecrate a non-celibate homosexual and bless same sex unions is deeply disturbing, and we reject the validity of such a claim as contrary to God's word revealed. Additionally, Lambeth 1.10 has expressed the mind of the Communion on this issue, and this positionstands as authoritative.
Read moreThe Church is split between liberals in Britain and North America and orthodox conservatives in the so-called Global South churches of Africa, Asia and the West Indies.
Read moreAnd many evangelicals are interested in far more than the hot-button issues of abortion and homosexual marriage often used to define them. Evangelicals have been active in seeking increased aid for Africa, fighting poverty, battling the traffic in sex slaves, and supporting efforts to reduce global warming.
Evangelicals are not just Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and George W. Bush. They are also Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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