In response to “a clarion call” of comments on the proposed budget that was posted in November, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church added more than $1.8 million to the church’s planned spending for evangelism.
The Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, archbishop of Cape Town, posted a tribute on his blog to Hugh Masekela — regarded as South Africa’s “Father of Jazz” — who died Jan. 23 at age 78. Makgoba also noted the Anglican Church’s role in starting Masekela on his journey.
Yet another attempt to formulate a union between the Church of England and English Methodists is due to be debated by next month’s General Synod. John Wesley, founder of Methodism, always maintained he was a lo... Read more...
Abp. Welby: “I cannot with integrity rescind my statement made after the publication of Lord Carlile’s review into how the Church handled the Bishop Bell case.”