Fort Worth Asst Bp Wantland ‘removed and released’ by TEC Presiding Bishop
Posted on January 24, 2009
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“Dr. Schori:
This will acknowledge electronic receipt on this date of a letter apparently not mailed to me, but dated January 15, 2009, purporting to ‘accept’ my letter to you dated November 15, 2008 as a Renunciation of my Orders.
As you must know, my letter specifically declared that ‘I am not resigning my Orders’. …”
– Assistant Bishop William C. Wantland of the Diocese of Fort Worth responds to a letter from the TEC Presiding Bishop. Read it on the Fort Worth website. (And here’s the Episcopal Life version.)
‘Magic’ goat arrested for armed robbery
Posted on January 24, 2009
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“Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323. …”
– Report at ABC News. (image adapted from Google maps.)
Episcopal diocese funds frozen
Posted on January 23, 2009
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Financial services firm Morgan Stanley has frozen the accounts of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh because it is unsure who should be allowed to access them. …
In October, a group that represents about 60 percent of the local parishes voted to join the more theologically conservative Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. …
On Nov. 20, the group that voted against leaving the diocese wrote to Morgan Stanley about the assets. Its leaders claim they have not been able to use any of the $20 million in diocesan assets or personnel files since the split. …
– Read the full report from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Pittsburgh Anglican website. Pittsburgh Episcopal website.
There’s probably no bus
Posted on January 22, 2009
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Steve Kryger at Communicate Jesus links to a witty response in The Church Times to the ‘Atheist Bus’ campaign in the UK.
(Photo: Jon Worth / British Humanist Association.)
Rick Warren’s prayer
Posted on January 21, 2009
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Rick Warren’s prayer at the inauguration of President Barack Obama may be seen here on YouTube.
Transcript here.
And the text of Gene Robinson’s prayer on Sunday is here.
Disconnecting Gene Robinson
Posted on January 21, 2009
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“Gene Robinson is not confused. He knows where he is going. On hearing the news that Rick Warren had been invited to lead the invocation he told the New York Times that ‘it was like a slap in the face,’ adding that ‘the God that he’s praying to is not the God that I know.’…”
– writes Charles Raven, Director of The Society for the Propagation of Reformed Evangelical Anglican Doctrine.
Doing my part for the Listening Process
Posted on January 21, 2009
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“On Sunday, January 11 Presiding Bishop Katharine Schori visited my old parish for a one-hour question-and-answer session as part of her visit to the diocese of Mississippi. …”
– Greg Griffith of Stand Firm reports on Katharine Jefferts Schori’s responses and reflects on the impact of her visit. (Photo: Greg Griffith.)
New GAFCON and FCA websites
Posted on January 19, 2009
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The GAFCON website has been relaunched after a redesign – and a site for the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans is also up and running.
At gafcon.org and fca.net.
Beyond the Elizabethan Settlement
Posted on January 19, 2009
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Bishop Jack Iker of Fort Worth delivered this address on Friday at the Mere Anglicanism Conference in Charleston, South Carolina –
“Have you noticed how nearly everything we speak of in today’s world is global? …
The consecration of a partnered homosexual bishop in the Diocese of New Hampshire impacts the life of the Diocese of Jos in Nigeria. The blessing of same-sex unions in a growing number of North American dioceses send shock waves throughout the Anglican world. To speak of Global Anglicanism is to speak of fragmentation, division and schism… ”
– Read his full address at the Diocese of Fort Worth website.
What can I pray for my Pastor’s preaching?
Posted on January 19, 2009
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Colin Adams at Unashamed Workman shares ten helpful guidelines for prayers for those who labour in preaching.
A Conversation with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
Posted on January 18, 2009
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On Friday, Al Mohler’s radio programme featured an interview with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali. Both have been speaking at the Mere Anglicanism Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
The segment begins 5’14” into this mp3 file (direct link) and runs for 33 minutes.
h/t Anglican Mainstream. (Photo: Joy Gwaltney, GAFCON.)
Why Join a Small Church?
Posted on January 18, 2009
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If you don’t already attend a small church, what would you say if someone you didn’t know admonished you that you ought to attend a small church? Would you seriously entertain the thought? …
– Reviewer Mark Tubbs recommends John Benton’s Why Join a Small Church? at Discerning Reader.
(The book is available through Moore Books.)
Inauguration Prayer Service plans
Posted on January 17, 2009
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“Today, as part of an Inauguration for all Americans, the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee announced the spiritual leaders from the diverse array of our nation’s religious traditions who will participate in the National Prayer Service on Wednesday, January 21st. …”
– from The Presidential Inaugural Committee.
The definitive D. A. Carson sermon resource
Posted on January 17, 2009
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“The Gospel Coalition is now the home of 443 sermons by Don Carson, all available for download free of charge. The search tools at the Coalition site are better than most. …
We have to thank Andy Naselli, Ben Peays and Ryan James for collecting, tagging and uploading all this Carson goodness.”
– Todd Shaffer at Faith by Hearing.
See the entire collection at The Gospel Coalition.
Most US Christians define own theology
Posted on January 16, 2009
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American individualism has made its imprint on Christianity.
A sizable majority of the country’s faithful no longer hew closely to orthodox teachings, and look more to themselves than to churches or denominations to define their religious convictions, according to two recent surveys. More than half of all Christians also believe that some non-Christians can get into heaven. …
– Read the full article by Jane Lampman in The Christian Science Monitor.
(Illustration CS Monitor.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…