The Rev. Canon Chris Ahrends: “It’s time for a form of ‘civil disobedience’ within the church — call it ‘ecclesiastical disobedience’ — by clergy of conscience.”
The Rev. Paul Nesta, rector: “We aren’t here today because a building was consecrated [in the 1950s]. We’re here because a people were consecrated and given good work to advance.”
The Diocese of Sydney’s synod has eliminated a provision of its governance policy that required lay officials of diocesan-affiliated schools and aid agencies to profess their belief in a traditional ethic of sex and marriage.
“This is the worst flooding that we have seen and it’s the worst flooding that this structure will have seen,” said the Very Rev. Sarah Hurlbert, dean of Asheville's Cathedral of All Souls.
Vanderbilt offered few details about its plans, which are pending approval from various regulatory bodies, though the deal builds on the university’s existing presence in the city.
The conference drew 220 clergy and laypeople from 30 countries and 28 provinces, under the theme “Leading Safer Churches: Power and Vulnerability in Church Life.”
Bishop Joey Royal: “The main problem with the ACoC it that for decades it has been ‘reimagining’ itself into the image of the prevailing culture, and not the gospel. More ‘reimagining’ will only make it worse.”
Seven Virginia churches are strengthening their relationships with an Episcopal school in rural Haiti, despite four years of pandemic, gang violence, and political unrest that have prevented in-person travel to the island nation.
Darrell Critch’s new diocese is part of an Anglican church in communion with the See of Canterbury, unlike the ACNA. This will likely make his ministry the first of its kind at a time of deep division across the Communion.
Since 2018, 5,552 organizations have arbitrarily lost their legal status in the country, about 70 percent of the non-governmental organizations that then existed.
The Anglican Province of Central Africa confirmed its intention to divide into three autonomous national churches, and to allow dioceses to ordain women at a synod held this week in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
