New video resources coming from Sydney

Mark Hadley“Today Anglican Media announces the arrival of a new video platform set to deliver free visual resources to Christian workers across the Diocese.

In the tradition of Southern Cross and Sydneyanglicans.net, the monthly production called SX Digital will provide news, events and resource videos aimed at assisting local churches. …”

– story from SydneyAnglicans.net. The first update is now online – with video via Vimeo and also as a 66MB mpeg4 download.

Something missing?

Lenten StudiesThe Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund of the Anglican Church of Canada has published a book of Lenten Studies with a brief comment on a Bible passage for each day.

The comments illustrate a liberal approach to the Bible. Here are some excerpts – see if you can spot what’s missing – Read more

The 1928 Prayer Book

David Phillips - Church SocietyWhy are we running an article on the 1928 Prayer Book now? A new ‘orthodox’ province has been  established in North America (only a day ago as I write). It has set out in a provisional constitution its doctrinal position but has not adopted any formal liturgies. The Jerusalem Declaration from GAFCON affirms the 1662 Book of Common Prayer but in the United States in particular the traditional prayer book before the 1970s was their 1928 book. That book is not the same as the English 1928 book, a matter that has caused considerable confusion in some discussions, but nevertheless it is also not the 1662 book. …

– David Phillips, General Secretary of Church Society, writes in the current issue of Cross†Way and the article is available as a PDF file (direct link).