Falls Church Episcopal Calls a Gay Rector May 13, 2021 Clips, Highlight, News By Jeffrey Walton Juicy Ecumenism A once-leading conservative Episcopal parish has called a man in a same-sex marriage as its new rector. The Falls Church Episcopal in Falls Church, Virginia, outside of ... Read more...
Uncertainty in Albany as Bp. Love Heads for ACNA March 30, 2021 Highlight, News The Diocese of Albany seeks a new bishop who will help bring together churches of all factions. Former Bishop of Albany William H. Love announced March 30 that he has been released at his request from ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church, and is seeking to be received in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).
Welby: Nigerian Primate’s Statement “Unacceptable” March 5, 2021 Updates Canterbury has had a tenuous relationship with the Church of Nigeria for years.
Sexuality Conflict Roils ACNA February 25, 2021 Highlight, News By Kirk Petersen The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), which split from the Episcopal Church (TEC) more than a decade ago in part because of disagreement over human sexuality, now finds itself embroil... Read more...
Canada Same-Sex Memo “Inaccurate and Misleading” January 18, 2021 Highlight, News Two British experts in Anglican canon law harshly criticize a 2016 memorandum that many Canadian bishops have used to justify permitting same-sex marriages, in a legal opinion solicited and released by the Anglican Communion Alliance,
Bishops Point to Errors in Hearing Panel Decision November 20, 2020 Highlight, News Resolution B012 was not adopted as part of the Book of Common Prayer, according to two of the sponsors of the resolution at the 2018 General Convention.
Bishop Love Ends Lonely Fight on Same-Sex Marriage October 24, 2020 Highlight, News William H. Love's resignation as Bishop of Albany brings a close to a disciplinary process that could have stretched on for months.
Hearing Ends With No Verdict Yet for Bishop Love June 12, 2020 Highlight, News The Bishop of Albany is the only domestic bishop who continues to forbid same-sex marriages to be conducted within his diocese, despite the will of the General Convention. He faces disciplinary charges under Title IV.
So, Then… Do We Really Want to Be One? January 24, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features By Russell Levenson “We pray for your holy Catholic Church... that we all may be one” (BCP, p. 387). In that prayer, we are connecting to Jesus’ final prayer before the Passion. My staff and I pray it regula... Read more...
Australian Primate Steps Down Before Same-Sex Marriage Showdown December 6, 2019 News Philip Freier's early resignation allows a new primate to be elected before this summer's General Synod, which will likely respond to respond to endorsements of same-sex marriage in two dioceses while aiming to preserve unity as a "mixed economy church."
