By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldThe Anglican Communion has a communication problem that too often escalates cultural differences into conflict and perceived threats to the Church, according to a prominent African bishop who’s building a platform in America to tackle it.“Do we know where the other is coming from before we can simply dismiss them as being ignorant?” asked the Rt. Rev. … [Read more...] about Bishop Tengatenga Interprets
Archives for October 16, 2014
Deacons’ Fund Grows
The Fund for the Diaconate in the Episcopal Church re-elected several officers during its annual meeting October 7 at the offices of the Church Pension Group in Manhattan:The Rev. Edwin F. “Ted” Hallenbeck of the Diocese of Rhode Island, presidentThe Rev. W. Keith McCoy of the Diocese of New Jersey, vice presidentThe Rev. Ellen Ross of the Diocese of Nebraska, secretaryAllerton … [Read more...] about Deacons’ Fund Grows
Grantchester and Abp. Runcie
Postcard from LondonBy John MartinInterviewed in 1979 when his father Robert Runcie was announced as the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury, James Runcie, then a 20-year-old Cambridge student, told a reporter he wasn’t terribly certain about things of faith. In the years that followed, almost imperceptibly, that started to change. Towards the end of his time at Canterbury the elder … [Read more...] about Grantchester and Abp. Runcie