TEC bishop to Venables: not welcome here either
Bishop Jerry Lamb, of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, has written to Archbishop Gregory Venables protesting his visit to the area. Today Archbishop Venables arrives in the Diocese which seceeded from TEC last year.
The letter claims Archbishop Venables “violates the Windsor Report and statements from subsequent meetings of the Primates”.
Interestingly, both this letter and the one written the previous day by Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, are copied to “The Primates and Moderators of the United Churches of the Anglican Communion”. The text of the letter is below: Read more
Church sues for breakaway diocese property
The U.S. Episcopal Church has sued to take church property back from the rebel Diocese of San Joaquin.
In the 30-page lawsuit filed this week in Fresno County Superior Court, the church argues that last year’s vote by 42 of 48 parishes to leave the national church doesn’t entitle them to keep any property.
– report from the Fresno Bee via tradingmarkets.com.
Tim Keller at Google
Last month, Tim Keller spoke at Google’s Mountain View, California, headquarters to discuss his book, “The Reason for God”.
The 60 minute talk and question time is available on YouTube. (Thanks to Monergism for the link.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…