Canadian primate seeks faceoff with ‘rival leader’
“The head of the Anglican Church of Canada wants a face-to-face meeting with his South American counterpart, who earlier this year claimed jurisdiction over 10 Canadian congregations in a growing split over same-sex marriage blessings. …
Archbishop Gregory Venables of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, however, says he would find it ‘difficult’ to attend such a meeting.”
– Report from The Toronto Star. (Photo: Joy Gwaltney.)
Fort Worth Standing Committee recommends joining Southern Cone
“On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, the Executive Council of the diocese adopted and endorsed – with only one dissenting vote – the following report and recommendation of the Bishop and Standing Committee. …
…that this Diocese affiliate with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone as a member diocese, on a temporary, pastoral basis, until such time as an orthodox Province of the Anglican Communion can be established in North America.”
– Read the full report from the Bishop and Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.
RC Sproul on Christless Christianity
Last weekend, at The White Horse Inn, Michael Horton interviewed R C Sproul.
Sproul: “conservatism here in America has not been evangelical for a long, long time.” He also argues that Deism is alive and well in even the most rigorous of American ‘evangelical’ churches.
Watch the video 54 minute here at YouTube or download the full 120MB mp4 file (direct link).
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…