Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008
This is off-topic, but only slightly, IMHO. Robert Gagnon, the man who wrote the definitive study of biblical teaching on homosexuality, will teach a two-week course at Regent College, Vancouver, this July. The Bible, Homosexuality and Sexual Ethics This course will examine the Bible’s views on homosexual practice in the context of a broader discussion [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Anglican Network in Canada – CORRECTION OF MISINFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 29 February 2008 Correction of misinformation about women’s ordination Some recent media stories have implied that women’s ordination is somehow an issue in the current crisis in the Canadian Anglican church. It is not. While the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone currently does [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Here are a few more news articles. The press seems to have got it into their heads that the ordination of women is an issue. Bishop Don Harvey has been quite clear on the matter – until there is a consensus on the matter in the Anglican communion, ANiC will continue to ordain women. That [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
From here. Announcing Alternate Worship Services in Lowville On behalf of the parishioners of St. George’s Lowville, I would like to thank our Diocesan family for their support, for their prayers and for their presence with us as we gathered to worship with Bishop Michael Bird last Sunday. The faithful members of the St. George’s, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Parishes Grateful for Interim Court Order FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 29 February 2008 A judge in the Ontario Superior Court in Hamilton, Mr. Justice James Ramsay, has ruled today that, for the next couple of weeks, the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) parishes of St George’s Lowville (Milton, Ontario) and St Hilda’s (Oakville, Ontario) can retain [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. Psalm 98:1 Thank you for praying. In answer to our prayers, God worked a miracle in a Hamilton courtroom today. After hearing the Diocese of Niagara’s arguments and before [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
From the St. Hilda’s website: NEWS! The court ruling is that St. Hilda’s congregation has exclusive use of the building at least until March 20th. Thank you Jesus! Not the Lambeth blog has more here. And, here’s the Bible Gateway verse of the day: I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
As evidence of the escalating crisis in the global Anglican Communion, today one of the of the world’s most esteemed Christian theologians, Dr. J.I. Packer, received a letter threatening suspension from ministry by the controversial Bishop of New Westminster, Michael Ingham. Read it all. UPDATE with further details: Dr. Packer together with the other clergy [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Urgent prayer requests – 29 February 2008 Please pray for the court hearing TODAY in Hamilton at 10am EST. At issue is whether St George’s and St Hilda’s will have to leave or share their buildings with the diocese on Sundays until the larger matters related to building ownership are resolved. Please lift up St [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Michael Daley has the story here. Here’s part of it: The Diocese of Toronto, accompanied by several officers from the Toronto Police Service, attended the parish of St. Chad’s yesterday. Following several unsuccessful attempts by the diocese to gain access to the building, police were called in so that the locks on the doors could [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008
…on their website, here.
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 29th, 2008
Globe and Mail — Court asked to decide who gets church property More here from CP, and The Star. From Canoe CP and Canoe got it wrong – women’s ordination is not an issue — ed
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2008
The West coast edition of pro-homosexual newspaper Xtra has posted a news story about the recent vote at St John’s Shaughnessy. The article is reasonably balanced, incorporating interviews with three St John’s members: church spokeswoman Lesley Bentley, Network director Cheryl Maczko-Chang, and openly gay member Steve Schuh. You can read the whole thing here. I [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2008
Please distribute to your prayer warriors For more frequent updates, please watch the blog: www.anglicanessentials.ca/wordpress/ {Well, I suppose you already know about that if you are reading this! –ed} The frenetic pace continues. Thank you for your faithfulness is upholding the leadership, clergy, wardens and parishioners of the Anglican Network in Canada and our parishes. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2008
Hot on the heels of the Bishop of Toronto’s comments is this: Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, says that although he is saddened by the unnecessary decision made by a small number of parishes to leave the Anglican Church of Canada, the Canadian Church as a whole remains vibrant and [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2008
Disappointing, but sadly not surprising. –ed The Anglican Network in Canada and representatives of the parishes of St Hilda’s (Oakville. Ontario) and St George’s Lowville (Milton, Ontario) were in discussions again today with representatives from the Niagara Diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. While the diocese and the parishes reached agreement on many items, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2008
From here: Although I am not an Anglican I am wondering what would the Anglican Church of Canada do with the half dozen or so church buildings they plan to reclaim from the dissenting congregations given they already have more churches then congregants in the first place and are closing churches. What use is an [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 28th, 2008
From here. Crisis in the Anglican Church of Canada? I think not! While it is always a matter of great regret when anyone chooses to leave, surely recent reports of schism in Canada need some context. Of the approximately 2,300 parishes in Canada, about 15 have voted to “walk apart.” The Diocese of Toronto continues [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Feb 27th, 2008
February 27, 2008 Representatives of the Anglican Network in Canada and the two parishes of St George’s Lowville (Milton) and St Hilda’s (Oakville) – both of which have withdrawn from the Diocese of Niagara – met again today with representatives of the Diocese to continue a respectful discussion with the intention of achieving an interim [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2008
The Oakville Beaver on St. Hilda’s.
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