Stations of the Cross – Without the Cross
It has been said that, in the Episcopal Church, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals have replaced the gospel of Jesus Christ – and here is one illustration –
Read more
Communiqué reaffirms goals of GAFCON
Communiqué from GAFCON leadership meeting
We met in England as the leadership team of the Global Anglican Future Conference and Jerusalem Pilgrimage from March 10-12, 2008 and were encouraged by the support and enthusiasm of bishops, clergy and lay leaders around the Anglican Communion who have welcomed GAFCON and expressed their desire to attend.
Read more
TEC to ‘depose’ Bishop Schofield of San Joaquin
‘It is a privilege to know that I am standing along side of one of the outstanding theologians of our time, J. I. Packer, who is under similar discipline…’
The meeting of the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops has decided to consent to depose Bishop John-David Schofield, bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin, even though he has resigned from the TEC.
As well, the House of Bishops voted to depose retired Maryland Bishop William Cox (now 87), who conducted ordinations on behalf of the Primate of Uganda, and who resigned from the Episcopal Church to join the Southern Cone a year ago –
Calling on the reconciling love of our Lord Jesus Christ and mindful of our call to be servants of one another and of the mission and ministry of the whole church, we have taken the action of consenting to the deposition of our two brother bishops, John-David Schofield and William Cox. … this action is… necessary for the ongoing integrity of The Episcopal Church. …
Full text from the Episcopal Church.
The Diocese of San Joaquin has published this press release with the response from Bishop Schofield –
Bishop Schofield responds to the HOB decision
The Rt. Rev. John-David Schofield, bishop of the Diocese of San Joaquin, a member diocese of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone of South America, was disappointed by today’s decision of the Episcopal House of Bishops but he was not surprised by it.
Read more
TEC Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message
“We base much of our approach to loving God and our neighbors in this world on our baptismal covenant. Yet our latest prayer book was written just a bit too early to include caring for creation among those explicit baptismal promises. I would invite you to explore those promises a bit more deeply – where and how do they imply caring for the rest of creation? …”
The real message of Easter is about …?
Read the Presiding Bishop’s Easter message here (text) or here (pdf).
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…