The Christ Files screens at Noon Good Friday
A Reminder that The Christ Files, a one hour documentary hosted by Dr. John Dickson, airs across Australia on the Seven Network at noon on Good Friday (March 21). You could invite your friends to watch it with you.
For details, visit thechristfiles.com.au.
Good Friday Offering handed to Bishop of Jerusalem
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presented the Good Friday Offering – a check for $158,801.42 – to Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Suheil Dawani on March 18 at St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem. …
The Presiding Bishop, who is visiting the Holy Land March 16-24 at Dawani’s invitation, said it is a great privilege to be able to present the offering in person. …
– Story from the Episcopal New Service. (Photo: Episcopal Life.)
Confusion over HOB vote to depose orthodox Bishops
Massive ecclesiastical confusion followed in the wake of a vote by the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops over whether or not two bishops were legally deposed at a HOB meeting in Camp Allen recently.
A report in The Living Church, following the deposition of Bishop John-David Schofield and William Cox, said that slightly more than one-third of all bishops eligible voted to depose bishops John-David Schofield and William J. Cox during the House of Bishops’ spring retreat, far fewer than the 51 percent required by the canons. Both resolutions were approved by voice vote. …
– Latest on the TEC House of Bishops’ ‘deposition’ vote by David Virtue.
Lambeth: To Go or Not To Go II: Tips for Take-overs
There have been two significant responses elicited by recent developments within the Anglican Communion. I would like to analyse what has been said – and left unsaid – and where it’s all heading.
The first response is that of the Statement by the Province of SE Asia. I begin, though, with the second, the Reflections of Bishop Mouneer Anis on the Joint Standing Committee where he shared with the world his bleak perspective on the future of the Anglican Communion. …
Opinion-piece by Dr Lisa Severine Nolland on Anglican Mainstream.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…