Saturday, June 24, 2006

The Saturday After

Feature Article
Keeping the Faith - Peter Jensen
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/senior_clergy/archbishop_jensen/keeping_the_faith_peter_jensen

[sydneyanglicans] May 12, 2006--This article was published in an earlier edition of AnglicansAblaze but I am republishing it as it is particularly relevant considering the recent actions and inactions of the 2006 General Convention of "The Episcopal Church".

The Anglican Church in North America
Anglican Church Of The Redeemer Welcomes Bishop From Tanzania
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_88071.asp

[The Chattanoogan] June 23, 2006--Chattanooga’s Anglican Church of the Redeemer will welcome Bishop Philip Baji from Tanzania in East Africa June 23–25.

The Episcopal Church
Sacrifice of Episcopal LGBTs Doomed to Failure, Head of the Bay Area's LGBT Episcopal Ministry Warns
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2006/0004386376&EDATE=

[PRNewswire] June 24, 2006--The head of the Bay Area's LGBTEpiscopal ministry warns a "compromise" resolution passed by the GeneralConvention to prevent a schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion is "dead on arrival."

Iker Plans to Stay in Church
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/14894021.htm

[Fort Worth Star-Telegram] June 24, 2006-- Bishop Jack Iker plans to keep his Fort Worth Diocese within the Episcopal Church, U.S.A., despite his unprecedented plea this week to the Archbishop of Canterbury to provide him and the 24-county diocese with a leader other than Presiding Bishop-elect Katharine Jefferts Shori.

House Rules: Why Expulsion is Not Impossible
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/sr_article/house_rules_why_expulsion_is_not_impossible/
[Stand Firm] June 24, 2006--It's actually pretty easy...

For more articles from Stand Firm, go to http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/index.

A Troublesome Priestess
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/a-troublesome-priestess/2006/06/23/1150845379020.html

[The Sydney Morning Herald] June 24, 2006---When the Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman primate in the history of the Anglican Church her election was hailed as a bridge builder and condemned as a church wrecker. After three years of sabre rattling, posturing and deadlines, the hardliners of the US arm of the Anglican Church are drawing up terms of separation.

A New Day is Dawning - A Pastoral Letter from the Moderator of the Anglican Communion Network
http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/a_new_day_is_dawning_a_pastoral_letter_from_the_moderator_of_the_anglican_c/
[Anglican Communion Network] April 23, 2006--A new day is dawning. It is a new day for all of us who understand ourselves to be faithful and orthodox Anglicans, whether within the Episcopal Church or gone out from it.

It is with sadness, but also with anticipation, that I write to you now that the General Convention of the Episcopal Church has provided the clarity for which we have long prayed. By almost every assessment the General Convention has embraced the course of “walking apart.”

Letter from the AAC President Following the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church
http://www.americananglican.org/site/c.ikLUK3MJIpG/b.691897/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={B701BA95-9CA3-44DE-A47D-34714463C941}&notoc=1

[American Anglican Council] June 23, 2006--We have just returned from the 75th Convention of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA). The American Anglican Council (AAC) went to Columbus to work for clarity, and I believe we witnessed ECUSA make their choice. The worldwide Communion asked for simple, unambiguous compliance with the Windsor Report, specifically an expression of regret for decisions made in 2003 and subsequent actions, as well as moratoria on consecrations of non-celibate homosexuals and same-sex blessings. The Episcopal Church did not deliver. Instead, both the House of Bishops and House of Deputies bowed to intense pressure from the Presiding Bishop to pass B033, a resolution characterized by ill-defined language with no provision for enforcement or accountability. The legislation “called upon” standing committees and diocesan bishops to “exercise restraint” by not consenting to the election of individuals whose “manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church.” Why was this legislation not cast in Windsor language? It was clear that neither house would have approved Windsor compliance wording.

The Culture Wars
US Church Vote Opens Door for Gay Clergy
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/us-church-vote-opens-door-for-gay-clergy/2006/06/21/1150845243321.html

[The Age] June 22, 2006--biggest US Presbyterian Church body has approved a policy that will open the way for the ordination of gays and lesbians.

The Resurgence of Islam
New Study Shows Divide Between Muslims, West
http://www.christianpost.com/article.htm?aid=19426&dat=20060623

[The Christian Post] June 23, 2006--Muslims view people f rom the West, especially the United States and Europe, as selfish, immoral and greedy. People f rom the U.S. and Europe view Muslims as arrogant, violent and intolerant.

The Persecuted Church
CSW Calls for Investigation after 'Brutal' Murder of Indian Preacher
http://www.christianpost.com/article.htm?aid=16144&dat=20060615

[The Christian Post] June 15, 2006--A U.K.-based Christian human rights group is advocating for a full investigation of the latest murder of a preacher in India.

Book Reviews
How We Worship
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/125/52.0.html

[Christianity Today] June 24, 2006--Nearly every Christian, nearly every Sunday, nearly everywhere in the world, worships. Though time, place, and manner of the services have all varied, followers of Christ have gathered to tell the story of his life, death, and resurrection for two thousand years. But many of us do not stop to think deeply about how our worship practices fit into that ancient and global stream. The Oxford History of Christian Worship, a new collection of essays edited by esteemed liturgical scholars Geoffrey Wainwright and Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, gives us the opportunity to do so.

Outreach & Evangelism
The Parent Factor
http://www.christianitytoday.com/outreach/articles/parentfactor.html

[Outreach] March/April 2006--On Nov. 22, 2002, our son Sean was born to us—two stunned and amazed parents. Two days later, we dressed him in the tiny going-home outfit we'd so carefully chosen. The nurse wheeled me out the hospital doors as Bill pulled up in our ultra-sensible Volvo with multiple airbags.

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