Anglican News Archives

A controversial Canadian woman is tipped to be Christchurch's next Anglican bishop. via XtraMSN Real Estate

The “Anglican Bishops in Communion” seeks to meld the Primates’ Dar es Salaam pastoral council scheme with the “Episcopal Visitor” programme created by Bishop Schori in a bid to hold the fissiparous elements of American Anglicanism together until an Anglican Covenant is agreed. “This is a step forward, albeit a small one,” the Bishop of Central Florida, the Rt Rev John W Howe noted, that permits freedom of conscience for traditionalist while preserving good order in conformance to the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church.

When the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, meets his ecumenical colleague the Bishop of Jerusalem this week for an informal afternoon tea, even lashings of cream and jam for the scones won't be able to cover the chill in the air. Despite the pleadings of Bishop Suheil Dawani, Archbishop Jensen and fellow conservative church leaders have chosen Israel as the site for theirbreakaway summit for Anglicans opposed to gay clergy, making Bishop Dawani the unwilling host.

“We are prepared to act on our faith”

Members of an Anglican church in Abbotsford are expected to become the second local congregation in a week to split from Vancouver-area Bishop Michael Ingham over his support for same-sex blessings. via Vancouver Sun

Uganda's Anglican bishops will boycott a once-per-decade gathering of church leaders from around the world because of a fierce debate over homosexuality and scripture in the 77 million-member fellowship. via Advocate

The schism in the Anglican Communion over the issue of homosexuality widened further with the Church of Uganda announcing a boycott of the Lambeth Conference. via IcScotland

“It will convey the shock and freshness of the Bible in a unique way.”

Ajinbayo Akinsiku wants the world to know Jesus Christ - just not the gentle, blue-eyed Christ of old Hollywood movies and many illustrated Bibles. via International Herald Tribune

LONDON * Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams defended his right to raise sensitive issues such as Islamic law in Britain but said yesterday that his handling of the matter may have been clumsy and ... via The Peninsula

“The Archbishop made no proposals for sharia in either the lecture or the interview, and certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law”

The leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has hit back at his critics amid a furore about his comments on Islamic law that have led to calls for him to quit. via Raw Story

A senior bishop appears to have performed a complete U-turn by suggesting the Bible might sanction same-sex relationships. Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Reverend James Jones, claims in a new book that the bond between Jesus and John the Disciple, as well between David and Jonathan, are possible examples of close relationships between two men.

One of the UK's most senior bishops has argued that the Bible sanctions same-sex relationships, using the bonds between Jesus and John the disciple, and David and Jonathan as examples. The Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones, a conservative evangelical, expressed the views in a book, A Fallible Church, in which he apologised for objecting to the appointment of the gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading. He was one of nine bishops to sign a public letter criticising the proposed consecration. The bishop's full chapter can be found here: http://liverpool.anglican.org/people/bishops/jamesspeeches/0712_Lambeth_essay.htm

“I find it difficult to understand the view that the Lambeth Conference is not a proper place to deal with issues facing the international Anglican Communion”

The Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen has issued this statement Why I am going to Israel : The next Lambeth Conference has been summoned for July-August 2008. via Thinking Anglicans

“Those of a different faith or race may find it difficult to live or work there because of hostility to them”

AN Anglican bishop who said Islamic extremism is creating 'no-go areas' for non-Muslims in Britain says he has received death threats, and a British news agency reported on Saturday that he is being given ... via The Straits Times

“A lot of people have been injured and they need blood. We all have the same blood, whatever our ethnicity”

When violence erupted in Narok district after the declaration of the disputed results of Kenya's presidential elections in December, 38 people sought refuge in the home of the Anglican bishop of Kericho, ... via AlertNet