Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Jan 31st, 2010
From SF. The complete letter of resignation is here and is well worth reading. After much prayer and consideration, I hereby submit my resignation from the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion (SCAC). I have come to realize that my presence in the current SCAC has no value whatsoever and my voice is like a [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jan 29th, 2010
From the Times Colonist: 10 Anglican churches in Victoria area might be shut For Anglican clergy and parishioners, losing their churches will be like suffering a death in the family and require an appropriate mourning process, clergy and parishioners said yesterday. “You have people in denial — they’ll fight and some people have just come [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jan 28th, 2010
I received following via email from a couple of people; there has been no official announcement as far as I know: Rev. Vicky Hedelius and Rev. St. Clair Cleveland of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hamilton announced to their congregation last Sunday that they will be leaving the Diocese of Niagara to join ANiC; they will [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Jan 27th, 2010
I liked this one. H/t Northern Plains Anglicans. Marilyn Sewell (Liberal “Christian”): The religion you cite in your book is generally the fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jan 26th, 2010
From the Times Colonist More at the CBC Victoria, B.C. – The Anglican Diocese of British Columbia released a report today outlining a dramatic shift in “mission, structure and culture.” The recommendations outline the “destablishment” of several churches throughout the diocese which covers all of Vancouver Island. Congregations are encouraged to join nearby new hub [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jan 26th, 2010
From the ANiC newsletter, I thought it might be a good topic for discussion. Yes, I do like to step boldly where angels fear to tread. The Church of England Newspaper reports that Kairos, a charity devoted to ecumenical justice and which includes the Anglican Church of Canada in its coalition, has been cut off [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Jan 22nd, 2010
From Christian Week: VANCOUVER, BC—Four churches that severed ties with the Anglican Church of Canada seem resolved to continue a legal battle over the ownership of their property and assets, possibly all the way to the Supreme Court. “There is a sense in which it would be nice to put this whole thing behind us,” [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Jan 18th, 2010
From Anglican Mainstream: A MOTHER-OF-THREE children from Eastbourne is officially to ask the Church of England’s Parliament (General Synod) to support Anglicans in the USA and Canada who are unwilling to conform to what they perceive to be their churches’ reaction of historic Anglican teaching and practice. Lorna Ashworth, aged 39, a lay-woman who has [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Jan 16th, 2010
My dear ANiC Family: Greetings from Newfoundland where I am enjoying a pleasant respite from travel and like most of you, feeling invigorated by the joy of the Holy Season we have celebrated. Looking back at last year, I recall that one of several events that made history in our Movement took place in June [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2010
From the Anglican Journal: The diocese of New Westminster has filed a cross-appeal of a November decision in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The cross-appeal was filed in response to an appeal filed by the trustees of four Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) congregations in late December. The legal dispute arose after four congregations [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2010
Or three, or ten, or sixteen, or whatever. What books do you think people should read? Assuming that the Bible tops the list, mine is: Mere Christianity by CS Lewis Between Heaven and Hell by Peter Kreeft Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster Eat This Book, The Jesus Way, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Jan 15th, 2010
From the Living Church News “Packer’s last crusade in this world,” the Rev. Dr. J.I. Packer affirms, is recovering catechesis — systematic instruction in the Christian fundamentals — to meet the challenges of an increasingly pagan age. The evangelical theologian said at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Dallas on Jan. 9 that he yearns for the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Jan 14th, 2010
From the ACNA site: Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, January 11. The quake was centered southwest of Port-au-Prince, a city of about 2 million inhabitants. Aftershocks have sparked fear and panic. Reports indicate that most buildings – including hospitals, relief agencies and churches [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jan 14th, 2010
Read it all at Canadian Christianity Peter Elliott is chair of the Vision 2019 Task Force – an exercise “to discern, dream, and decide where we think God wants the Anglican Church of Canada to be in 2019.” Elliott also headed an Anglican Diocese of New Westminster study group which, in 2009, presented a strategic [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jan 13th, 2010
From the Journal: The Canadian House of Bishops has approved a resolution recommending that the final text of the proposed Anglican Communion Covenant be presented for consideration to the General Synod meeting in June. It stopped short, however, of recommending the adoption of the Covenant, after some members expressed the view that it was up [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Jan 11th, 2010
From the ACNA site: Bishop Harvey, who has nearly fifty years of ordained ministry, has worked closely with Archbishop Duncan for many years. January 11, 2010 Bishop Donald Harvey, moderator of the Anglican Network in Canada, has been appointed Dean of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) by Archbishop Robert Duncan. This appointment was [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on Jan 10th, 2010
From the Peterborough Examiner: New Anglican churches ‘true to scripture’ Posted By TREVOR TERFLOTH, QMI AGENCY Orthodox Anglicans hoping to create new churches in Chatham and nearby Belle River held a public information session here on Thursday. Over the years, the Anglican church has seen divisions due to certain issues, such as same-sex marriage. St. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Jan 9th, 2010
From the Anglican Journal: There is “general pessimism” among bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada about the potential for “any clear resolution” of the divisive issue of sexuality at the church’s upcoming General Synod in Halifax this June. This is one of the many observations recently made by two pastoral visitors from the U.K. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Jan 8th, 2010
Here Anglican Church Launches New Website “Our new online home helps us by connecting seekers with every one of our 765 congregations.” January 7, 2010 The Anglican Church in North America is now online at http://www.anglicanchurch.net. “We are committed to the mission of reaching North America with the Transforming Love of Jesus Christ. Our new [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Jan 7th, 2010
From the Anglican Planet: WHO DOESN’T love a great bargain? But isn’t something-for-nothing just too good to be true? Well, not if you live in Oakville, Ontario. For years churches have held rummage sales to raise hundreds if not thousands of dollars to help finance their work. But St. Hilda’s (ANiC) in Oakville has broken [...]
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