Adapted from the Office of Public Affairs Church leaders invite Episcopalians to study the newly released Becoming Beloved Community: The Episcopal Church’s Long-term Commitment to Racial Healing, Reconciliation and Justice. The document’s release follows a year of consultation by the presiding bishop, the president of the House of Deputies, and other officers of General … [Read more...] about 4 Steps to Reconciliation
Archives for May 3, 2017
One Baptism
By John Martin Roman Catholic and Coptic churches have agreed to recognize each other’s baptisms. The decision was disclosed in a common declaration signed on April 28 by Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Francis was on a solidarity visit to Egypt in the wake of the Palm Sunday bombings that left 47 Coptic Christians dead and many … [Read more...] about One Baptism
‘We Must Embrace Them’
Archbishop Justin Welby reflects on meeting Iraqi Christians in Jordan, on the first day of his visit to Jordan, Israel, and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: One woman told me that she can endure persecution as a Christian because the Bible teaches that that is to be expected. What she did not expect was that the worldwide church would ignore their plight. As we left … [Read more...] about ‘We Must Embrace Them’