Anglican losses in global finanical crisis
The ABC reports on the financial losses affecting Sydney Diocese’s investments – on ABC Radio’s AM programme.
Also Archbishop Peter Jensen has sent this letter to ministers and Russell Powell writes about the implications – at SydneyAnglicans.net.
Events associated with the launch of FCA
Anglican Mainstream has posted a list of events in churches in and around London on Sunday July 5th in association with Be Faithful!, the launch of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in UK and Ireland.
A number of visiting Anglican leaders will be in London and are speaking at events at these churches –
9:30 a.m. St Peter’s Bushey Heath Bishop Michael Nazir Ali (Rochester)
10:30 a.m. St Michael’s Chester Square. TBA
6:00 p.m. St Mark’s Battersea Rise. Archbishop Peter Jensen (Sydney)
6:30 p.m. St Mary’s Lewisham, Bishop Keith Ackerman (USA)
6:30 p.m All Saints Woodford Wells, Canon Vinay Samuel (India)
6:30 p.m. Christ Church Virginia Water TBA
6:30 p.m. St Peter’s Harold Wood Bishop Colin Bazley (former Primate of the Southern Cone)
8:00 p.m. St Nicholas Sevenoaks. TBA
How Tim Keller found Manhattan
“Standing 6’4″, with a bald head, glasses, and a coat and tie, Keller, 58, does not look hip. Nor is his sermon funny, charming, or daring. He preaches from the first chapter of Genesis, on the doctrine of Creation.
Keller speaks like a college professor, absorbed in his content, of which there is a lot…”
– Christianity Today story. (h/t Justin Taylor.)
ANiC parishes court case opening statement
The Opening Statement by the ANiC parishes’ legal counsel is now available on the ANiC website – PDF file (direct link).
ANiC parishes court case continues
The court case in Vancouver continues. The Anglican Network in Canada has posted its latest summaries – as well as reports from the Diocese of New Westminster – on their website.
Latest reports are about Day 6, Tuesday June 2 and Day 7, Wednesday June 3, 2009.
Tribute to Geoffrey Bingham
At SydneyAnglicans.net, John Sandeman has a tribute to the Rev Geoffrey Bingham – who fell asleep in Christ at the age of 90 in Adelaide on Wednesday.
To some, Geoffrey Bingham’s name might not be well known. Read the tribute to learn why it should be and give thanks for Christ’s work through him.
ANiC Parishes v New Westminster – Day 5
Bishop Ingham began giving his evidence in the afternoon…
When asked to define “orthodoxy”, he said “I am greatly persuaded by Archbishop Rowan Williams” saying “he describes (it) as the conversation of the Church… broad and not narrow… and includes many streams of thought.”
– from the ANiC’s report on Monday’s day in court.
Ridley and Yale form strategic partnership
“Ridley Melbourne announced establishment of a Jonathan Edwards Centre for the Asia-Pacific region, affiliated with the Jonathan Edwards Centre at Yale University . This partnership is part of the vision of Ridley Melbourne to be an internationally renowned theological and training school.
The Jonathan Edwards Center–Australia will serve as a research, education and publications hub for study of Edwards and evangelical history and develop links with the international academic community.…”
– from Anglican Media Melbourne. (Related: Ridley College.)
New assistant bishop for Bathurst
“Archdeacon John Stead, Archdeacon for Ministry Development and Rector of St John’s Wagga Wagga, has been appointed the new Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst, by Bishop Richard Hurford. …”
– News from the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
ANiC Parishes v New Westminster – Day 4
“Today was a short day in court, ending just after noon, which although surprising, was a great relief. The Rev David Short, rector of St John’s Shaughnessy since 1993, was on the stand for only a couple of hours when many of us were expecting more than a full day. …”
Full report here – (not yet on the ANiC website) – and please continue to pray. (GAFCON photo: Joy Gwaltney) Read more
San Joaquin Bishop John-David Schofield and TEC ‘depositions’
“It is with a mixture of sadness and joy that we received today a letter from Bishop Lamb wherein he purports to depose 36 priests and 16 deacons as of May 22, 2009. It is heartbreaking that The Episcopal Church chooses to take such a punitive action and condemn 52 active clergy with ‘Abandonment of the Communion’ when all of these men and women are recognized around the world as priests and deacons in good standing within the Anglican Communion. Read more
ANiC Parishes v New Westminster – Day 3
Gail Stevenson became a member of St John’s Shaughnessy 68 years ago when she was baptized in a “small brown wooden building” at age 5. …
She recalled Rev Harry Robinson’s world renowned ministry which she described as “very powerful, very transforming and very Biblical”. Visitors to Vancouver – especially from Toronto and England –would come to St John’s because of his preaching. She said the ministry carried on under Rev David Short, describing it as “a seamless transition… very evangelical, very Biblically based”.
She was “disturbed” by Bishop Ingham’s preaching on Easter Sunday in 1994. She read his book, Mansions of the Spirit and found his teaching “foreign to what I had learned”. …
– from the ANiC report on Day 3 of the court proceedings in Vancouver.
ANiC Parishes v Diocese of New Westminster trial updates
If you have read the Diocese of New Westminster account of the opening day of the court proceedings, you’ll certainly want to read the ANiC report.
Mr. Cowper stated, “The question before the Court is whether the division created by the Defendants’ doctrinal and liturgical innovations justifies the expulsion of the plaintiff congregations from the church properties they funded, maintained and have long considered their church homes”.
It’s on The Anglican Network in Canada website.
Update: This account of yesterday’s proceedings has just been received, but is not yet on the ANiC website –
Day 2 – Trial of ANiC Parishes v Diocese of New Westminster — May 26, 2009
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Kirk orders ban on gay minister debate
“The Church of Scotland last night effectively gagged its members from public discussion of gay ministers and postponed a potentially divisive vote on the issue for two years in a desperate bid to avoid a schism. …”
– Report from The Scotsman.
New Westminster court case begins
“The trial before BC Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher over the lawsuit brought by members of four dissident congregations against the Diocese of New Westminster began today (May 25) in Vancouver.
Those bringing the suit, 22 leaders in the four congregations, including three former diocesan priests, have left the Anglican Church of Canada, but want to keep their parish buildings, which the Diocese of New Westminster says it owns. …”
– A report from the Diocese of New Westminster. (Photo: St. John’s Shaughnessy building.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…