Don Carson to preach in Melbourne

Don Carson is speaking evangelistically in Melbourne, Monday 23rd – Friday 27th August, at Storey Hall, 342 Swanston Street.

Ridley College Principal Dr Peter Adam writes, “This week is put on by Ridley Melbourne, as part of our Centenary celebrations. What better way to celebrate 100 years of ministry than give a gospel message to Melbourne.”

Dr Carson’s topics?

Monday: How can we see God?
Tuesday: How can we start over again?
Wednesday: How can God Have a Son?
Thursday: How to get the Best Bread in the World
Friday: How can I believe Jesus Rose from the Dead?

Details at the Ridey College website – PDF invitation here. (h/t Diocese of Tasmania.)

Thinking of leaving your church?

In a guest post at Kevin DeYoung’s blog, Jason Helopoulos lists seven good reasons to leave a church. He also tackles other reasons people sometimes give – reasons that aren’t all that good.

‘Dialogue’ trumps Scripture — again?

From the daily bulletin (for Saturday 24th, but issed 26 July 2010) of ‘the Standing Committee’ of the Anglican Communion, meeting in London –

“A proposal from Dato’ Stanley Isaacs [Province of South East Asia] that The Episcopal Church be separated from the Communion led to a discussion in which Committee members acknowledged the anxieties felt in parts of the Communion about sexuality issues. Nevertheless, the overwhelming opinion was that separation would inhibit dialogue on this and other issues among Communion Provinces, dioceses and individuals and would therefore be unhelpful. The proposal was not passed, and the group agreed to defer further discussion until progress on Continuing Indaba project had been considered.”

– from the Anglican Communion Office. Also trumpeted by the Episcopal News Service.
(Photo of Dato’ Stanley Isaacs from the Anglican Communion News Service.)

Related: Standing Committee of which Communion?

TEC PB preaches at St. Paul’s Cathedral

“Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori challenged those attending Sung Eucharist at historic St. Paul’s Cathedral here July 25 to be ‘ready, willing and able’ to speak out and take action against the world’s injustices and indignities… Jefferts Schori is visiting London to attend the July 23-27 meeting of the Anglican Communion’s Standing Committee.”

– Since it’s mid-summer in the northern hemisphere, there’s not much Anglican news to report. Just more of the same. (Photo and story: Matthew Davies.)

Katharine Jefferts Schori visits Wales

TEC Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has been visiting Wales this week.

Nothing particularly remarkable, but there’s a report at Wales Online.

Latest from Canberra – Stutube July 2010

Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Stuart Robinson, plugs Back to Church Sunday and some other great ideas in his latest Stutube.

‘Land disputes still raging on’ in San Joaquin

“What’s happened since the San Joaquin Diocese, under the leadership of Bishop John-David Schofield, became the first diocese in the country to leave the Episcopal Church in December 2007?

Four dioceses and more than 600 individual congregations in the United States have left the church over the interpretation of Scripture, including whether Jesus is the only way to salvation and the ordination of gay clergy. …

As for the Episcopalian theology, which conservatives say has changed in recent decades, Lamb said: ‘All churches change throughout time. … I think churches are constantly shifting. In this case, it’s not that the Episcopal Church has changed; our understanding of God has changed.’…”

– from The Modesto Bee.
(Photo: San Joaquin’s TEC Bishop Jerry Lamb greets Katherine Jefferts Schori – ENS.)

Moore College Open Day and Info nights

The Moore College Open Day and Spring Carnival is on Saturday 25th September 2010 – and three information nights for prospective students are planned.

Details at the College website.

Archbishop Orombi’s Message to Uganda after the bomb blasts of July 11th

Ugandan Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi has released this message after Sunday’s deadly bomb blasts in Kampala –

“I call upon each one of us to desist from anger and revenge; this will only perpetuate the pain we already feel. Revenge is not a solution and neither is a sectarian approach to this problem helpful.…

And to the entire nation, I ask you to fix your eyes on the cross of Jesus…”

– Read the full text via the Anglican Communion News Service. (Photo: Joy Gwaltney.)

Back to Church Sunday in Canberra — Goulburn

“Every parish in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is being encouraged to take part in Back to Church Sunday this year, on August 29. Because the scheduled date for the event throughout Australia (September 12) clashes with the diocesan synod meeting, this diocese has elected to hold the invitation day a fortnight earlier. The theme for this year’s event will be Come as you are…”

– from the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. (Related: Back to Church Sunday.)

Bishop of Montreal approves same-sex blessing liturgy

“Bishop Barry Clarke  is pressing ahead with a liturgy to bless same-sex unions in spite of the fact that General Synod in Halifax made no decision on the local option for or against…”

– from the Anglican Essentials Canada blog.

(Photo: Diocese of Montreal.)

Church Society updates on C of E General Synod

Church Society is posting updates on the meeting of the General Synod of the Church of England – here.

(Photo: Church of England website.)

‘C of E ‘blocks’ gay cleric from becoming bishop’

“An openly gay cleric has been blocked from becoming a Church of England bishop, amid fears the controversial ordination could have further strained the Anglican movement, reports said Thursday…”

– Report from AFP. (Photo: The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban.)

Call for Prayer from Anglican Mainstream

This just in from Canon Chris Sugden, Executive Secretary of Anglican Mainstream. –

“Reports in the press over the weekend indicate the urgent need for prayer with regard to the nomination of a new Bishop of Southwark. They follow earlier reports about the timing of the proposed changes to the Church of England’s discipline with regard to divorce being driven by the need to consider a particular candidate for Southwark.  Read more

Latest 9Marks eJournal: Pastoring Women

Jonathan Leeman, editor of the 9Marks eJournal, writes about the latest issue:

“There’s safety in homogenization. If you treat men and women as the same, you don’t risk offending anyone. Or limiting anyone. Or hindering anyone.

But what if God created men and women differently? What if it’s not a question of limitations but a matter of distinct divine purposes for different parts of the body? I guess you could say that the eye is limited because it cannot hear. Or that the ear is limited because it cannot see. But that would be missing the point, wouldn’t it?

The egalitarianism of Western culture, for all its good purposes, leads to the homogenization of men and women. To unisex clothes, colognes, roles, and lifestyles. The lovely and distinct color palettes of men and women mush together into a gray-brown muck.

You can have that if you want it. But we think God intends something better. That’s why this issue of the 9Marks eJournal is dedicated to how to distinctly pastor women. We want to reflect on what he uniquely and wonderfully intends for women in the life of the church, and how to specially pastor them.”

Grab your copy at 9Marks.

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