Saturday, April 11, 2015

Ordinariate needs to integrate into the Church

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From The Tablet- This week The Tablet reports that the ordinariate for former Anglicans has reinstated one of its priests, Fr Donald Minch...

The importance of church

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From Lancaster PA- Churches make mistakes. “Church is hard and screws things up a lot,” Rachel Held Evans said in a recent phone intervie...

Ohio ministers’ sermons to support same-sex marriage

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From Ohio- In her 12 years as an ordained minister, the Rev. Sarah Reed has concentrated on a core message, one that she preaches 50 diffe...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Britain ‘has become less Christian’

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From The Church Times- THREE in four people believe that the UK has become less of a Christian country over the past five years, a new pol...

Justin Welby to persecuted Christians: 'God feels our suffering, our horror, our sadness'

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From Christian Today- Christians must stand with those being persecuted by Islamic State in the Middle East, and remember that God weeps a...

Church of England should be made to allow gay clergy to marry - bishop

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From The Telegraph- The Church of England should be forced to drop its ban on gay clergy marrying their partners, a bishop has said. The ...

Anglicans almost twice as likely to vote Conservative

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From The Telegraph- The traditional image of the Church of England as the “Tory party at prayer” still holds true despite a series of high...

"They’re living, not dying": Episcopalians become refugee advocates

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From ACNS- The Episcopal Church has been resettling refugees for 75 years, working with local congregations and resettlement agencies acro...
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Easy English Bible is completed

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From Church Times- A BIBLE that uses just 1200 different English words to tell the story from Genesis to Revelation has been released onli...

Church of Pakistan supports those affected by bombings

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From Anglican News Service- Prayer, trauma counselling and security are top priorities for the Church in Pakistan (United) in the aftermat...

4 notable remarks from President Obama’s Easter Prayer Breakfast

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From Christian Century- 4 notable remarks from President Obama’s Easter Prayer Breakfast WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama turned both pers...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

'Homeless Jesus' continues to inspire

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From Christian Today- Timothy Schmalz's "Homeless Jesus" statue is in the spotlight once again after a Detroit pastor offere...

What Can Be Done about Segregation in Churches?

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From Religion and Politics- In the wake of police violence that led to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and the protests that ...

‘Vicar of Baghdad’ to visit Ulster churches

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From Ireland- He’s known as the Vicar of Baghdad, but Anglican minister Canon Andrew White had to leave the city, the second largest in th...

Anglican Primate Calls for Unity to Defeat Terrorist Threat

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From Kenya- The Most Revd Dr Eliud Wabukala, Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya, issued the following pastoral letter for Good Friday...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Pope urges action on anti-Christian violence

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From Crux-  In what has become a common thread for his Holy Week comments this year, Pope Francis on Monday asked for the world not to rem...

Video: Presiding Bishop’s Easter Day sermon at Salisbury Cathedral

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From ENS- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preached at Salisbury Cathedral in England during the Easter Day Eucharist service. S...

It’s time to cross homosexuality off the list of sins

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From Columbus- The drama in Indiana last week and the larger debate over so-called religious-freedom laws in other states portray homosexu...
Monday, April 6, 2015

Rwanda: Christians Pray for Peace, Genocide Commemoration

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From All Africa- Clerics in various parts of the City of Kigali extended sympathy to the people of Kenya in their Easter Sunday messages y...

At Easter, cleric charges politicians, others on forgiveness

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From Nigeria- ARCHBISHOP of Anglican Communion, Kaduna Diocese, Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon has urged politicians and members of the public...

Obama Family Attends Prominent African-American Megachurch for Easter; Pastor Touches on Questions of Same-Sex Marriage, Healthcare, Resurrection of Christ

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From Christian Post- President Barack Obama and his family attended the prominent Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, on...

Churches of northern Nevada town vandalized on Easter Sunday

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From Nevada- Vandals chose Easter to deface most — if not all — of the six churches in Incline Village, church leaders of the Northern Nev...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

He is Risen Indeed!

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Response to misrepresentation of remarks: Statement from the Rt Rev Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon

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From ACNS (If you need the context click on the second link below) Statement from the Rt Revd Josiah Idowu-Fearon responding to misleading...

Archbishop Philip Freier calls for a conversation led by the people

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From Australia- Questioning the age of entitlement should be at the core of a new conversation about the future shape of Australian societ...

Kenya religious leaders urge unity after Garissa attack

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From USA Today- As Good Friday services took place here, Christian and Muslim leaders preached unity a day after a horrific terrorist atta...

Breakaway Episcopalians win Texas church property fight

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From Ft. Worth- For the second time in as many months, a state court has sided with a group of breakaway Episcopalians, ruling that they c...

Appleyard: Church grows from unique beginning

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From Central Gulf Coast- The Pensacola area is a community of churches, and one — Old Christ Church — is easily recognized by many. Faithf...
Friday, April 3, 2015

Episcopal bishop enters not-guilty plea in cyclist's death

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From Baltimore- Heather Elizabeth Cook, the Episcopal bishop accused of driving under the influ Neatly dressed in a black pantsuit, white ...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

How the Presidential Candidates Found Their Faith

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From Newsweek- It was built in the 1920s in the Spanish Mission style, topped by one of those red clay tile roofs so popular in South Flor...
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