The Sydney Lambeth Decision Briefing
Audio and PDF files of Friday’s Lambeth Decision Briefing called by Dean Phillip Jensen, and held in the Chapter House of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney, are now available, courtesy of SydneyAnglicans.net.
All very helpful in understanding the crisis facing the Anglican Communion.
The topic of the briefing was – ‘The Lambeth Decision: Refining or Redefining Anglicanism?’
The mp3 audio and PDF files will open in new windows.
Phillip Jensen – Are there limits to fellowship? (70 min / 24MB) – PDF file.
Mark Thompson – The Anglican Debacle. (30 min / 11MB) – PDF file.
Robert Tong – Doing the Lambeth Walk. (21 min / 7 MB) – PDF file.
Russell Powell – What is GAFCON all about? (7 min / 2.4MB) – PDF file.
New Bishop for NZ: Victoria Matthews
A Canadian Bishop who is part of a high-level advisory group to the worldwide Anglican Communion has been elected Bishop of Christchurch. …
Bishop Matthews, 54 and unmarried, is only the second woman to become a diocesan bishop in New Zealand.
– Press release from the Diocese of Christchurch.
More Canon XIX Charges in Canada
The Rev George Sinclair, despite relinquishing his licence for ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC), has been issued a Notice of Presumption of Abandonment of the Exercise of the Ministry according to ACoC Canon XIX by the Bishop of Ottawa.
He joins good company with Dr J I Packer and the rest of the Vancouver-area ANiC clergy who received the same notice earlier from the Diocese of New Westminster. …
– from the Anglican Network in Canada newsletter. George is on the leadership team of the Anglican Network of Canada. (Images courtesy St. Alban the Martyr.)
Realignment takes on new urgency in Pittsburgh
The newly-formed Coalition for Realignment supports the effort to realign the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh with a biblically orthodox Province of the Anglican Church.
As the group sent a letter of introduction to the parishes of Pittsburgh, news was received of the likely proceedings against Bishop Bob Duncan.
We in the Diocese of Pittsburgh are aware of what is occurring in the wider Anglican world and how powers outside of the diocese are attempting to influence the decisions we make about our future. During these difficult “in-between” times we are humbled, hopeful and even excited about what God is doing with Anglicanism.
Locally, we have not been idle. The Steering Committee of the Coalition for Realignment, comprised of lay and clergy members from across the diocese, has been meeting to help navigate the path forward to the next annual convention when the second vote on realignment will occur. …
See the full letter on the Coalition for Realignment website.
Clock is ticking for fate of Bishop Duncan
The leader of the Episcopal Church will poll bishops nationally next month in an effort to move the possible deposition of Pittsburgh Bishop Robert W. Duncan Jr. ahead to May.
While Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s reasons have not been made public, the impact of accelerating the deposition could be far reaching not only for Bishop Duncan but the entire worldwide Anglican Communion. …
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…