By Alan NicholsThe Anglican Church in Australia has a new international agenda: working with the Asian Church in the Asian Century.Like successive Australian governments, the church is focusing on Australia’s place in Asia. For the Church, the focus in the past month has been the Anglican Province of Myanmar (Burma).The Most Rev. Stephen Than Myint Oo, Archbishop of Myanmar, … [Read more...] about Australia Looks to Asia
Archives for July 14, 2015
Things Have Changed
This story is based on reporting and reflection by TLC’s team at the 78th General Convention: Zachary Guiliano, the Rev. Jordan Hylden, G. Jeffrey MacDonald, and Matthew Townsend.As bishops and deputies gathered in record-setting heat in Salt Lake City, the presiding officers of General Convention were clear: they saw the church as ready for change, if not even requiring change … [Read more...] about Things Have Changed
ECW in Utah: “¡Celebremos!”
Members of Episcopal Church Women’s national board danced down the aisle singing the chorus of Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” as they launched the group’s 48th Triennial Meeting. ECW members met under the theme “Stir Up the Spirit: ¡Celebremos!”ECW’s Triennial, meeting in Salt Lake City on June 25 through July 2, attracted more than 300 delegates representing dioceses from … [Read more...] about ECW in Utah: “¡Celebremos!”