http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5776&title=Women%20clergy%20express%20anger%20at%20bishops'%20Synod%20appeal
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 8, 2005--The row over the consecration of women as bishops escalated this week as senior female clergy demanded clarifications from bishops who had called for the Church to delay giving its approval for the move.
For more articles from The Church of England Newspaper, go to http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php.
Friday, July 08, 2005
Islamic group claims responsibility after deadly terrorist explosions strike London
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21161
[Baptist Press News] July 7, 2005--Invoking the name of the Prophet Mohammad, a terrorist group calling itself the "Secret Organization Group of Al Qaeda of Jihad in Europe" claimed responsibility for a series of bomb blasts that rocked London's transportation system at the height of rush hour July 7.
[Baptist Press News] July 7, 2005--Invoking the name of the Prophet Mohammad, a terrorist group calling itself the "Secret Organization Group of Al Qaeda of Jihad in Europe" claimed responsibility for a series of bomb blasts that rocked London's transportation system at the height of rush hour July 7.
UMC Bishop Censures Local Pastor for Denying Gay Membership
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1339209.html
[Agape Press] July 7, 2005--A conservative United Methodist activist is speaking out against the suspension of a Virginia Methodist minister who refused to admit a self-avowed, practicing homosexual as a member of his congregation.
[Agape Press] July 7, 2005--A conservative United Methodist activist is speaking out against the suspension of a Virginia Methodist minister who refused to admit a self-avowed, practicing homosexual as a member of his congregation.
BBC Calls Terrorism Terrorism
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1339290.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 8, 2005--The British Broadcasting Corporation Thursday dropped its customary stance on using the words "terrorist" and "terror" in its coverage of the deadly bombings in London.
[Crosswalk.com] July 8, 2005--The British Broadcasting Corporation Thursday dropped its customary stance on using the words "terrorist" and "terror" in its coverage of the deadly bombings in London.
US Transit 'Probably More Vulnerable' Than British
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1339228.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 8, 2005--Counter-terrorism experts assessing the terrorist attacks on London's public transportation system said Thursday that the U.S. is probably at greater risk for such an attack than its transatlantic ally.
[Crosswalk.com] July 8, 2005--Counter-terrorism experts assessing the terrorist attacks on London's public transportation system said Thursday that the U.S. is probably at greater risk for such an attack than its transatlantic ally.
London a Longtime Haven for Radical Muslim Figures
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1339262.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 8, 2005--Terrorism experts have long warned that Islamists espousing violence enjoy a haven in London, an assertion that has come into sharp focus again with Thursday's bombings in the British capital.
[Crosswalk.com] July 8, 2005--Terrorism experts have long warned that Islamists espousing violence enjoy a haven in London, an assertion that has come into sharp focus again with Thursday's bombings in the British capital.
House Church Pastor Appears Before Court for Printing Bibles in China
http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1684/section/house.church.pastor.appears.before.court.for.printing.bibles.in.china/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 7, 2005--An underground Protestant church pastor in China appeared before a Beijing court with his wife and two other church members Thursday.
[The Christian Post] July 7, 2005--An underground Protestant church pastor in China appeared before a Beijing court with his wife and two other church members Thursday.
Is Christ Divided?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/007/23.31.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 8, 2005--And two more apostolic questions today's church must answer.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 8, 2005--And two more apostolic questions today's church must answer.
Who Gets 'Socially Rich' from Short-Term Missions?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/127/52.0.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 8, 2005--How communities feel about themselves after receiving a group may be more important than the number of latrines dug or homes built.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 8, 2005--How communities feel about themselves after receiving a group may be more important than the number of latrines dug or homes built.
Britain's 9/11?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/127/44.0.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 7, 2005--'People started praying to God,' says one survivor. An Islamic scholar says London's Muslims may be disproportionately affected.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 7, 2005--'People started praying to God,' says one survivor. An Islamic scholar says London's Muslims may be disproportionately affected.
Sydney sends London sympathy
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/sydneystories/sydney_sends_london_sympathy/
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 8, 2005--The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Peter Jensen, has reached out to the Bishop of London and the beleaguered people of that city in the wake of terrorist attacks.
Related article:
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2713
Archbishop sends Condolences to London Bishop - Virtue Online
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 8, 2005--The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Peter Jensen, has reached out to the Bishop of London and the beleaguered people of that city in the wake of terrorist attacks.
Related article:
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2713
Archbishop sends Condolences to London Bishop - Virtue Online
Church rallies in face of London horror
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/sydneystories/church_rallies_in_the_face_of_london_horror/
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 8, 2005--Church leaders around the world are calling on people of all faiths to offer prayers for those caught up in a series of explosions that have rocked London in the past 24 hours.
Additional articles related to the response to the London bombings from sydneyanglicans.net can be found at http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/aroundtheweb/.
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 8, 2005--Church leaders around the world are calling on people of all faiths to offer prayers for those caught up in a series of explosions that have rocked London in the past 24 hours.
Additional articles related to the response to the London bombings from sydneyanglicans.net can be found at http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/aroundtheweb/.
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Anglicans gather to choose conservative, moderate or middle path
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/anglicans-gather-to-choose-conservative-moderate-or-middle-path/2005/07/07/1120704500236.html?oneclick=true
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 8, 2005--The candidates are coy, the lobbying restrained and conducted at a discreet distance, but the field is wide open on the eve of the election of the next primate of the Anglican Church in Australia.
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 8, 2005--The candidates are coy, the lobbying restrained and conducted at a discreet distance, but the field is wide open on the eve of the election of the next primate of the Anglican Church in Australia.
Vandals paint swastika on Keswick church
http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/newscentre/stouffvillesuntribune/story/2898403p-3357686c.html
[Yorkregion.com] July 7, 2005--The Nazi symbol and the phrase "God is gay" was spraypainted on the rear doors of St. Paul's Anglican Church between 9 p.m. July 1 and 8 a.m. July 2.
[Yorkregion.com] July 7, 2005--The Nazi symbol and the phrase "God is gay" was spraypainted on the rear doors of St. Paul's Anglican Church between 9 p.m. July 1 and 8 a.m. July 2.
Gay Bishop Aftermath Still Felt In Episcopal Church
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/07/070605episcopal.htm
[365gay.com] July 6, 2005--About 100 members of an Episcopal Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky have announced they are leaving their church and the diocese over the election of a gay bishop in New Hampshire - even though the election took place two years ago.
The contraversy over a the consecration of an Episcopal bishop involved in a same sex union is not going away. Indeed it is likely to split the Anglican Communion.
[365gay.com] July 6, 2005--About 100 members of an Episcopal Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky have announced they are leaving their church and the diocese over the election of a gay bishop in New Hampshire - even though the election took place two years ago.
The contraversy over a the consecration of an Episcopal bishop involved in a same sex union is not going away. Indeed it is likely to split the Anglican Communion.
Child Molestation by homosexuals and heterosexuals
http://www.hli.org/homosexuality_not_molestation.pdf
[Homelitic & Pastoral Review] July 7, 2005--Many homosexual leaders have admitted that there is a natural link between a homosexual orientation and child sexual abuse.
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[Homelitic & Pastoral Review] July 7, 2005--Many homosexual leaders have admitted that there is a natural link between a homosexual orientation and child sexual abuse.
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Liberals Turning Parliament Into a “dictatorship”; Senators Stop Debate On Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ After Two Hours
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070602.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 6, 2005-- If there was any doubt left, Canadians have been given yet further evidence that Canada’s Liberal regime has zero respect for democratic procedure. After a mere two hours of debate yesterday the Liberal dominated Canadian Senate invoked closure on the same-sex ‘marriage’ bill, shutting down debate.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 6, 2005-- If there was any doubt left, Canadians have been given yet further evidence that Canada’s Liberal regime has zero respect for democratic procedure. After a mere two hours of debate yesterday the Liberal dominated Canadian Senate invoked closure on the same-sex ‘marriage’ bill, shutting down debate.
Evangelical Ex-Gay Group Says Sanctioning Gay 'Marriage' "Lacks True Compassion"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070608.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 6, 2005--The largest evangelical network of former homosexuals in the world expressed disappointment with the United Church of Christ's decision to endorse homosexual unions and says the resolution lacks a truly compassionate approach to the issue.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 6, 2005--The largest evangelical network of former homosexuals in the world expressed disappointment with the United Church of Christ's decision to endorse homosexual unions and says the resolution lacks a truly compassionate approach to the issue.
Republican lawmakers spar with Supreme Court; Anglican Council upholds marriage standards
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21154
[Baptist Press News] July 6, 2005--Congressional Republicans are not giving up the fight against what they consider to be inappropriate and inconsistent rulings by the Supreme Court, with some members of their ranks proposing legislation to balance the impact of various controversial decisions.
[Baptist Press News] July 6, 2005--Congressional Republicans are not giving up the fight against what they consider to be inappropriate and inconsistent rulings by the Supreme Court, with some members of their ranks proposing legislation to balance the impact of various controversial decisions.
Attorney urges Christians to ‘defend our God-given liberty’
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21156
[Baptist Press news] July 6, 2005--Mathew Staver has grown tired of seeing things he holds dear disappearing –- nativity scenes, crosses, prayer in schools and virtually anything acknowledging Christianity in the public forum.
[Baptist Press news] July 6, 2005--Mathew Staver has grown tired of seeing things he holds dear disappearing –- nativity scenes, crosses, prayer in schools and virtually anything acknowledging Christianity in the public forum.
'No Overt Discrimination'
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/008/5.22.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 7, 2005--Air Force Academy cleared, but some faulted for insensitivity.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 7, 2005--Air Force Academy cleared, but some faulted for insensitivity.
Mission Trips or Exotic Youth Outings?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/127/43.0.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 7, 2005--Not everything in your church's missions budget may be about missions.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 7, 2005--Not everything in your church's missions budget may be about missions.
Do Short-term Missions Change Anyone?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/127/32.0.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 6, 2005--Or do one week's good intentions fall flat without a concerted effort to follow through?
[ChristianityToday.com] July 6, 2005--Or do one week's good intentions fall flat without a concerted effort to follow through?
Canada's Senate Debates Same-sex Marriage Bill
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1664/section/canadas.senate.debates.same-sex.marriage.bill/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 7, 2005--The debate on legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada continues in the Senate this week, bringing up sensitive issues such as religion, race, and civil rights.
[The Christian Post] July 7, 2005--The debate on legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada continues in the Senate this week, bringing up sensitive issues such as religion, race, and civil rights.
Capturing the Low Ground
http://www.facingthechallenge.org/bradshaw.htm
[Facing the Challenge] July 7, 2005--In this provocative article, Dr Wade Bradshaw of L'Abri Fellowship argues that the way people around us think about the Good News of Jesus Christ has changed for the worse....
[Facing the Challenge] July 7, 2005--In this provocative article, Dr Wade Bradshaw of L'Abri Fellowship argues that the way people around us think about the Good News of Jesus Christ has changed for the worse....
Brazilian Province Seeks Covenant, Aid from U.S. Church
http://www.livingchurch.org/publishertlc/viewarticle.asp?ID=1123
[The Living Church] July 5, 2005--The Anglican Province of Brazil is seeking a covenant with the Episcopal Church, and a report recently submitted to the national Executive Council includes a proposal for a “substantial mission fund,” to be used for expansion of ministry throughout the South American country.
[The Living Church] July 5, 2005--The Anglican Province of Brazil is seeking a covenant with the Episcopal Church, and a report recently submitted to the national Executive Council includes a proposal for a “substantial mission fund,” to be used for expansion of ministry throughout the South American country.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Church is split on sex purity
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=15704684&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=church-is-split-on-sex-purity--name_page.html
[icNorthWales] July 6, 2005--Church of England clergy are split about who is fit to be a bishop in today's church.
[icNorthWales] July 6, 2005--Church of England clergy are split about who is fit to be a bishop in today's church.
Primate speaks on communion and unity
http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2005-07-04_trinity.news
[The Anglican Church of Canada] July 4, 2005-- A series of three major addresses by Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, outline the history and growth of the worldwide Anglican Communion, describe the bonds that hold it together and examine its future in light of issues that have caused serious strains and tensions in recent years.
[The Anglican Church of Canada] July 4, 2005-- A series of three major addresses by Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, outline the history and growth of the worldwide Anglican Communion, describe the bonds that hold it together and examine its future in light of issues that have caused serious strains and tensions in recent years.
Anglican Group Charged With Turning Blind Eye to Human Rights Abuses
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/7/52005b.asp
[Agape Press] July 5, 2005--A council representing more than 70 million Anglicans worldwide is being accused of ignoring North Korean human rights abuses. The International Anglican Consultative Council recently passed a resolution that called for Korean reunification and rebuked the U.S. for "contemplating the use of military force" against North Korea.
[Agape Press] July 5, 2005--A council representing more than 70 million Anglicans worldwide is being accused of ignoring North Korean human rights abuses. The International Anglican Consultative Council recently passed a resolution that called for Korean reunification and rebuked the U.S. for "contemplating the use of military force" against North Korea.
Christian assembly expects more breakaways
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=88775&ran=105409
[The Virginian-Pilot] July 6, 2005--The president of the United Church of Christ’s Southern Conference, which includes Hampton Roads, predicted that the denomination’s endorsement of same-sex marriage this week could convince some congregations to break away.
Related articles:
http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/content/shared/news/nation/stories/07/05_UCC_GAYS.html
United Church of Christ endorses gay marriage - Cox News Service
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=88732&ran=178096
Same-sex marriage gets an unlikely supporter - The Virginian-Pilot
[The Virginian-Pilot] July 6, 2005--The president of the United Church of Christ’s Southern Conference, which includes Hampton Roads, predicted that the denomination’s endorsement of same-sex marriage this week could convince some congregations to break away.
Related articles:
http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/content/shared/news/nation/stories/07/05_UCC_GAYS.html
United Church of Christ endorses gay marriage - Cox News Service
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=88732&ran=178096
Same-sex marriage gets an unlikely supporter - The Virginian-Pilot
Afro-Anglicanism conference seeks to celebrate diversity
http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2005-07-06_diversity.news
[The Anglican Church of Cnada] July 6, 2005-- Diversity is one of the Anglican Communion’s greatest strengths, the product of many cultures and traditions. Afro-Anglicans are only a part of the diversity that exists within the world wide Anglican family.
With the line up of speakers including the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa and Archbishop Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, how many African Anglican churches will actually be attending this conference?
[The Anglican Church of Cnada] July 6, 2005-- Diversity is one of the Anglican Communion’s greatest strengths, the product of many cultures and traditions. Afro-Anglicans are only a part of the diversity that exists within the world wide Anglican family.
With the line up of speakers including the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa and Archbishop Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, how many African Anglican churches will actually be attending this conference?
Congregation in E'town splits over gay bishop
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050706/NEWS01/507060432
[The Courier-Journal] July 6, 2005--More than 100 former members of Christ Church in Elizabethtown, Ky., are leaving the Episcopal Church to form a new Anglican congregation -- a move its pastor says is partly due to the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire two years ago.
Related article:
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3559469
Church Takes Stand Over Gay Bishop's Ordination - WAVE 3 TV Louisville
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/12062909.htm
Elizabethtown congregation splits, partly over gay bishop - Kentucky.com
[The Courier-Journal] July 6, 2005--More than 100 former members of Christ Church in Elizabethtown, Ky., are leaving the Episcopal Church to form a new Anglican congregation -- a move its pastor says is partly due to the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire two years ago.
Related article:
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3559469
Church Takes Stand Over Gay Bishop's Ordination - WAVE 3 TV Louisville
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/12062909.htm
Elizabethtown congregation splits, partly over gay bishop - Kentucky.com
New Hope for Orthodox Priests in Court Ruling Against Bennison
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2703
[Virtue Online] July 5, 2005--The Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County Pennsylvania has handed down a ruling requiring Pa Bishop Charles E. Bennison to answer the Third Amended Complaint of Fr. David Moyer, Rector of The Church of the Good Shepherd over a suit filed by Fr. Moyer alleging fraud and collusion in Bennison's "deposition" of the orthodox priest.
[Virtue Online] July 5, 2005--The Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County Pennsylvania has handed down a ruling requiring Pa Bishop Charles E. Bennison to answer the Third Amended Complaint of Fr. David Moyer, Rector of The Church of the Good Shepherd over a suit filed by Fr. Moyer alleging fraud and collusion in Bennison's "deposition" of the orthodox priest.
New Anglican parish formed in Kentucky
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2701
[Virtue Online] July 5, 2005--)--Christ Church, an Episcopal parish in the Diocese of Kentucky has upped and left the Episcopal Church bringing to five the number of parishes who have left the diocese and the ECUSA over the consecration of V. Gene Robinson an avowed homosexual to the episcopacy and the church's failure to uphold Scripture on basic issues of morality and theology.
[Virtue Online] July 5, 2005--)--Christ Church, an Episcopal parish in the Diocese of Kentucky has upped and left the Episcopal Church bringing to five the number of parishes who have left the diocese and the ECUSA over the consecration of V. Gene Robinson an avowed homosexual to the episcopacy and the church's failure to uphold Scripture on basic issues of morality and theology.
Orissa Court Takes Action against ‘Illegal Conversions’
http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1680/section/orissa.court.takes.action.against.%91illegal.conversions%92/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 6, 2005--The Orissa High Court has ordered appropriate action to be taken against incidents of religious conversion through use of force, inducement or by fraudulent means, sources reported late last month.
[The Christian Post] July 6, 2005--The Orissa High Court has ordered appropriate action to be taken against incidents of religious conversion through use of force, inducement or by fraudulent means, sources reported late last month.
Conservatives starting from scratch in Mass.; UCC endorses 'same-sex marriage'; Iowa Supreme Court upholds judge's error in granting 'homosexual divor
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21144
[Baptist Press News] July 5, 2005--Social conservatives in Massachusetts are abandoning an effort to place a constitutional marriage amendment on the 2006 ballot, instead opting to start from scratch to pass a more favorable one in 2008.
[Baptist Press News] July 5, 2005--Social conservatives in Massachusetts are abandoning an effort to place a constitutional marriage amendment on the 2006 ballot, instead opting to start from scratch to pass a more favorable one in 2008.
Evangelist inroads in Muslim Morocco
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1120468323054
[The Jerusalem Post] July 5, 2005--In the past few years, increasing numbers of Westerners have been converting to Islam. Agence France Presse recently reported annual figures in France alone of 30,000 to 50,000. But a new phenomenon – largely unreported in the Western media – is occurring: Muslims, especially in the Maghreb (north-west Africa) are becoming Christians.
[The Jerusalem Post] July 5, 2005--In the past few years, increasing numbers of Westerners have been converting to Islam. Agence France Presse recently reported annual figures in France alone of 30,000 to 50,000. But a new phenomenon – largely unreported in the Western media – is occurring: Muslims, especially in the Maghreb (north-west Africa) are becoming Christians.
Search for Primate begins in Sydney
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/sydneystories/search_for_primate_begins_in_sydney/
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 7, 2005--The General Synod of the Anglican Church begins its search for a new national leader in Sydney today as members gather to vote for the denomination's next primate.
Related articles:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15837570%5E2702,00.html
Anglican poll winner to face major disputes - The Australian
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/for-better-or-worse-anglicans-may-have-little-choice-but-to-electjensen/2005/07/06/1120329505129.html?oneclick=true
For better or worse, Anglicans may have little choice but to elect Jensen - Sydney Morning Herald
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 7, 2005--The General Synod of the Anglican Church begins its search for a new national leader in Sydney today as members gather to vote for the denomination's next primate.
Related articles:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15837570%5E2702,00.html
Anglican poll winner to face major disputes - The Australian
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/for-better-or-worse-anglicans-may-have-little-choice-but-to-electjensen/2005/07/06/1120329505129.html?oneclick=true
For better or worse, Anglicans may have little choice but to elect Jensen - Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Anglican Church changes name
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1731799,00.html
[News24.c0m] July 4, 2005--- The formal name of the Anglican Church is to change, the provincial synod, its highest legislative body, announced on Monday.
[News24.c0m] July 4, 2005--- The formal name of the Anglican Church is to change, the provincial synod, its highest legislative body, announced on Monday.
Kenya Anglicans Cut Links With Episcopal Church USA over Homosexuality & Abortion
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/africa/kenya.anglicans.cut.links.with.episcopal.church.usa.over.homosexuality.abortion/272.htm
[Christianity Today, IK] July 5, 2005--The Anglican Church of Kenya has announced its intention to severe all links with the Episcopal Church of America (ECUSA) and has demanded its expulsion from the global Communion.
Related article:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm?years=2005&months=7&article=411&pos=
Q&A With the Archbishop of Canterbury - Anglican Communion News Service
[Christianity Today, IK] July 5, 2005--The Anglican Church of Kenya has announced its intention to severe all links with the Episcopal Church of America (ECUSA) and has demanded its expulsion from the global Communion.
Related article:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm?years=2005&months=7&article=411&pos=
Q&A With the Archbishop of Canterbury - Anglican Communion News Service
What the Episcopal Church is offering to the world - by Peter Toon
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2696
[Virtue Online] July 3, 2005--We all have heard about the current crisis in the Anglican family caused primarily by the recent actions of the American Episcopal Church in the promotion of the doctrine that "same-sex relationships" can be blessed of God, and that those in such partnerships are eligible for ministerial office.
[Virtue Online] July 3, 2005--We all have heard about the current crisis in the Anglican family caused primarily by the recent actions of the American Episcopal Church in the promotion of the doctrine that "same-sex relationships" can be blessed of God, and that those in such partnerships are eligible for ministerial office.
Report on APA/REC Synod by The Rev. Dr. Lawrence Adams
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2695
[Virtue Online] July 3, 2005--While the Anglican world's attention was focused on the meetings of the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham the week of June 21-25, an event I would propose as more significant in its effect on the church took place in Orlando, Florida.
[Virtue Online] July 3, 2005--While the Anglican world's attention was focused on the meetings of the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham the week of June 21-25, an event I would propose as more significant in its effect on the church took place in Orlando, Florida.
The Promotion of a Different Gospel
http://www.reform-ireland.org/index.php?p=226&r=1
[Reform Ireland] June 30, 2005--Will Irish neutrality on the sexuality issue jeopardise our links with the Global South?
[Reform Ireland] June 30, 2005--Will Irish neutrality on the sexuality issue jeopardise our links with the Global South?
Group Fears Air Force Is Discriminating Against Christians
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338588.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 5, 2005--The investigation into whether some cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy went too far in preaching Christianity has generated a separate controversy. Pro-family conservatives now say evangelical Christians might be suffering discrimination at the hands of the Air Force.
[Crosswalk.com] July 5, 2005--The investigation into whether some cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy went too far in preaching Christianity has generated a separate controversy. Pro-family conservatives now say evangelical Christians might be suffering discrimination at the hands of the Air Force.
Vatican Blasts Canada for "Violent Attacks Against the Family"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070401.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 4, 2005--The Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has characterized the recent passage of Canada's Bill C-38 as a manifestation of "violent attacks aimed at the natural family -- based on a union between a man and a woman."
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 4, 2005--The Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has characterized the recent passage of Canada's Bill C-38 as a manifestation of "violent attacks aimed at the natural family -- based on a union between a man and a woman."
Canadian Bishops Pro-Family Arm Pleads with Senate not to Pass Gay 'Marriage' Law
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070407.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 4, 2005--The Bishops also warn of coming persecution with the new law, not only for people of religious faith, but for any Canadians who oppose homosexual 'marriage'. "Finally, in spite of the amendments added to the original text of Bill C-38 by the House of Commons, we are still very concerned about the freedoms of conscience, religion and expression of parents, teachers, preachers and other Canadian citizens who disagree with the vision of marriage that the government seems determined to impose on all of society. We fear that they will be victims of discrimination and of unwarranted legal proceedings for educating, teaching and preaching in agreement with their faith and conscience."
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 4, 2005--The Bishops also warn of coming persecution with the new law, not only for people of religious faith, but for any Canadians who oppose homosexual 'marriage'. "Finally, in spite of the amendments added to the original text of Bill C-38 by the House of Commons, we are still very concerned about the freedoms of conscience, religion and expression of parents, teachers, preachers and other Canadian citizens who disagree with the vision of marriage that the government seems determined to impose on all of society. We fear that they will be victims of discrimination and of unwarranted legal proceedings for educating, teaching and preaching in agreement with their faith and conscience."
Christian Dalits Fight Bias
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/008/3.21.html
[ChristianityToday.com] July 5, 2005--For more than half a century, Indian law has set aside government jobs and education benefits for the socially ostracized Dalits, commonly known as "untouchables." About 60 percent of India's 24-million-member Christian community has a Dalit background. Yet not one of them benefits.
[ChristianityToday.com] July 5, 2005--For more than half a century, Indian law has set aside government jobs and education benefits for the socially ostracized Dalits, commonly known as "untouchables." About 60 percent of India's 24-million-member Christian community has a Dalit background. Yet not one of them benefits.
Clergy who don't believe in God
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1679824,00.html
[The Times] July 5, 2005--Hundreds of Church of England clergy doubt the existence of God and fewer than two thirds believe in miracles, a study out today says.
Related article:
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/signs.of.schism.in.church.of.england.over.homosexuality.miracles.god/658.htm
Signs of Schism in Church of England over Homosexuality, Miracles & God - Christianity Today, UK
[The Times] July 5, 2005--Hundreds of Church of England clergy doubt the existence of God and fewer than two thirds believe in miracles, a study out today says.
Related article:
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/signs.of.schism.in.church.of.england.over.homosexuality.miracles.god/658.htm
Signs of Schism in Church of England over Homosexuality, Miracles & God - Christianity Today, UK
AEC Responds to the Passage of Bill C-38
http://www.anglicanessentials.ca/readarticle.php?article_id=48
[Anglican Essentials Canada] July 5, 2005--Anglican Essentials Canada, a coalition representing thousands of orthodox Anglicans across Canada, is deeply troubled by the recent vote by Canadian Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage without specific provision for the protection of the religious freedoms of those Canadians who cannot in good conscience support an enactment of Bill C-38.
[Anglican Essentials Canada] July 5, 2005--Anglican Essentials Canada, a coalition representing thousands of orthodox Anglicans across Canada, is deeply troubled by the recent vote by Canadian Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage without specific provision for the protection of the religious freedoms of those Canadians who cannot in good conscience support an enactment of Bill C-38.
Church Endorses Same-Sex Vows
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/04/national/main706159.shtml
[CBS News] July 4, 2005--The United Church of Christ's rule-making body voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a resolution that endorses same-sex marriage, making it the largest Christian denomination to do so.
Related article:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2147/section/ucc.becomes.first.mainline.church.to.endorse.gay.marriage/1.htm UCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage - The Christian Post
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050705-0143-unitedchurch-gays.html
United Church of Christ rule-making body passes resolution in favor of gay marriage - SignOnSanDiego.com
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050705/ZNYT02/507050592
United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage - HeraldTribune.com
Will the Episcopal Church USA join the UCC in endorsing gay marriage in 2006?
[CBS News] July 4, 2005--The United Church of Christ's rule-making body voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a resolution that endorses same-sex marriage, making it the largest Christian denomination to do so.
Related article:
http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2147/section/ucc.becomes.first.mainline.church.to.endorse.gay.marriage/1.htm UCC Becomes First Mainline Church to Endorse Gay Marriage - The Christian Post
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050705-0143-unitedchurch-gays.html
United Church of Christ rule-making body passes resolution in favor of gay marriage - SignOnSanDiego.com
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050705/ZNYT02/507050592
United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage - HeraldTribune.com
Will the Episcopal Church USA join the UCC in endorsing gay marriage in 2006?
Vampire witch drank blood of street children
http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2005/07/03/1120329328652.html?oneclick=true
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 4, 2005--A woman has been arrested in Ukraine after luring street children into her home for their blood.
[Sydney Morning Herald] July 4, 2005--A woman has been arrested in Ukraine after luring street children into her home for their blood.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
A Matter of Conscience
Commentary by Robin G. Jordan
In his political testament Mein Kampf German dictator and mass murderer Adolf Hitler, a master propagandist who was able to manipulate the German masses through his demagoguery, outlines the basic principles of propaganda. The aim of propaganda, he writes, is to sell an idea to the masses. The goal is not to so much to win active support of an idea among the masses but to gain its passive acceptance. The larger the number of members of the masses who passively accept an idea, the smaller the number of active supporters who are needed to promote the idea. When an idea is widely accepted among the masses, the number of active supporters needed to promote the idea can be quite small. Since the 1960s gay activists have been promoting the normalization of homosexuality in the United States and other Western countries. At same time they have also been promoting the demonization of those opposed to the normalization of homosexuality, portraying them as homophobic, bigoted, and intolerant. They know that if they can sell these ideas to enough Americans, they can bring about the political and social changes that they are seeking to make. They have already gained passive acceptance and even active support in a number of federal and state courts, state legislatures, and county school systems and in one major political party. The widespread legalization of gay marriage by judicial fiat or legislative act will be a major step toward achieving their goal.
As has become evident in Alberta, Canada, the so-called gay rights movement is not just interested in promoting the normalization of homosexuality. It wishes to silence those who are opposed to the gay political and social agenda. It is prepared to trample upon the civil liberties of North Americans here in the United States as it is upon North Americans in Canada. The gay agenda makes no room for freedom of conscience that includes not only the freedom to hold certain beliefs but also to express those beliefs without fear of persecution. Freedom of expression involves more than voicing one’s beliefs in private. It includes but is not limited to making public statements about what one believes, encouraging and urging others to embrace one’s beliefs, and acting upon the beliefs that one holds.
Bible believing Christians who oppose the normalization of homosexuality in the church and in society do so not out of irrational fear or deep-seated hatred of gays and lesbians or preconceived ideas or prejudices toward them or an attitude of intolerance. They oppose the normalization of homosexuality on the grounds of conscience. Bible believing Christians believe that while the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament have human writers, the Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible. God inspired what they wrote. The Bible is more than its writers’ reflections upon the mind of God. God actually reveals his thoughts and will through its words. God is active and present in the Bible and meets the believing Christian each time he or she opens the Bible and reads its words. The Bible for them is a reliable guide to faith and life.
These same Christians believe in the Scripture principle. The beliefs and values a Christian holds and practices must be firmly grounded in the Scriptures. This is one of the core beliefs of Protestantism (and classical Anglicanism). The Bible teaches that homoerotic activity and even homoerotic thoughts and desires are outside the moral boundaries that God has set for humankind. Homoerotic activity is expressly condemned in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus in his teaching on adultery in the Sermon on the Mount equates the thought or the desire with the deed (Matthew 5:27-28). The term Jesus uses for adultery porneia also refers to all other forms of elicit sexual relations identified in the Bible. It includes homoerotic activity. It is the same term that Jesus uses for sexual immorality in Matthew 15:10-20, listing it among those things that proceed from the heart – the innermost self – and defile a person. Jesus goes on to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his father and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate” (Matthew 19:4-6). In the New Testament homosexuality is used to exemplify humanity’s fallen sinful condition and the human race’s broken relationship with God. While homosexuality is not identified as the most grievous sin, it is identified as a sin of such gravity as to preclude the unrepentant homosexual practitioner’s admission to God’s kingdom. No Bible-believing Christian can in good conscience condone the blessing of homosexual partnerships or gay marriage. To do so would be to condone grave sin in defiance of God.
The gay rights movement has always regarded the Christian faith as a major obstacle to its aspirations. For the good part of two thousand years Christianity has influenced the cultural perception of homosexuals and homosexuality. Secularism has greatly weakened the influence of the Christian faith in Western countries. Yet many in the West continue to look to the Christian faith for moral guidance. In the Canada and the United States gay activists within the Christian community have sought to suborn Christian churches into adopting a theology friendlier to homosexuality and more congenial to gays. They and those within these churches sympathetic to their aspirations have promoted heretical new teachings that ignore or twist Scripture to those ends, causing a serious division not only in the Anglican Communion and its provinces but also in other denominations. Pro-gay theologians have gone as far as claiming a new revelation from God.
Gay activists outside the Christian community have sought to silence the voice of Christian protest against the homosexual assault on the American family and the moral fabric of the nation – gay marriage, pro-gay sex education curriculums in public schools, the alliance between gay activist groups and pro-abortion groups. In the United States they have sought to strip churches of their tax-exempt status if they advocate any kind of political action in support of marriage and the family. In Canada and the United States they have filed complaints against Christians and Christian leaders under those countries’ hate crime laws for “anti-gay activities.” They do not cease from pointing an accusing finger in the media and calling Bible-believing Christians homophobic, bigoted, and intolerant, stirring up hatred against these Christians.
With the passage of gay marriage legislation by the Canadian House of Commons and its likely passage by the Canadian Senate, US gays will be crossing the border to marry in Canada and then returning to the United States and demanding the recognition of their “marriages” in the United States. More than ever the United States needs a federal marriage amendment. This amendment will not only preserve the institution of marriage in the United States and protect it from further erosion; the amendment will also safeguard families and children from a dangerous and reckless social experiment. Such an amendment will secure the freedom of conscience for generations of Christians in the United States from attack from the gay subculture and the radical left. It will help to arrest the moral decay in the nation and to restore moral uprightness and decency.
Whatever happens, Bible-believing Christians must take seriously their Lord’s charge to be salt and light in the world. They must be examples of wholesomeness and moral virtue to those around them. They do great harm to their witness when their actual values – the values that they practice as opposed to the values to which they aspire - are no different from those of the culture in which they live. Only as more people come to know Christ and to experience the life transformation that comes with knowing him will Christians see a change in the deteriorating moral climate in North America.
In his political testament Mein Kampf German dictator and mass murderer Adolf Hitler, a master propagandist who was able to manipulate the German masses through his demagoguery, outlines the basic principles of propaganda. The aim of propaganda, he writes, is to sell an idea to the masses. The goal is not to so much to win active support of an idea among the masses but to gain its passive acceptance. The larger the number of members of the masses who passively accept an idea, the smaller the number of active supporters who are needed to promote the idea. When an idea is widely accepted among the masses, the number of active supporters needed to promote the idea can be quite small. Since the 1960s gay activists have been promoting the normalization of homosexuality in the United States and other Western countries. At same time they have also been promoting the demonization of those opposed to the normalization of homosexuality, portraying them as homophobic, bigoted, and intolerant. They know that if they can sell these ideas to enough Americans, they can bring about the political and social changes that they are seeking to make. They have already gained passive acceptance and even active support in a number of federal and state courts, state legislatures, and county school systems and in one major political party. The widespread legalization of gay marriage by judicial fiat or legislative act will be a major step toward achieving their goal.
As has become evident in Alberta, Canada, the so-called gay rights movement is not just interested in promoting the normalization of homosexuality. It wishes to silence those who are opposed to the gay political and social agenda. It is prepared to trample upon the civil liberties of North Americans here in the United States as it is upon North Americans in Canada. The gay agenda makes no room for freedom of conscience that includes not only the freedom to hold certain beliefs but also to express those beliefs without fear of persecution. Freedom of expression involves more than voicing one’s beliefs in private. It includes but is not limited to making public statements about what one believes, encouraging and urging others to embrace one’s beliefs, and acting upon the beliefs that one holds.
Bible believing Christians who oppose the normalization of homosexuality in the church and in society do so not out of irrational fear or deep-seated hatred of gays and lesbians or preconceived ideas or prejudices toward them or an attitude of intolerance. They oppose the normalization of homosexuality on the grounds of conscience. Bible believing Christians believe that while the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament have human writers, the Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible. God inspired what they wrote. The Bible is more than its writers’ reflections upon the mind of God. God actually reveals his thoughts and will through its words. God is active and present in the Bible and meets the believing Christian each time he or she opens the Bible and reads its words. The Bible for them is a reliable guide to faith and life.
These same Christians believe in the Scripture principle. The beliefs and values a Christian holds and practices must be firmly grounded in the Scriptures. This is one of the core beliefs of Protestantism (and classical Anglicanism). The Bible teaches that homoerotic activity and even homoerotic thoughts and desires are outside the moral boundaries that God has set for humankind. Homoerotic activity is expressly condemned in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus in his teaching on adultery in the Sermon on the Mount equates the thought or the desire with the deed (Matthew 5:27-28). The term Jesus uses for adultery porneia also refers to all other forms of elicit sexual relations identified in the Bible. It includes homoerotic activity. It is the same term that Jesus uses for sexual immorality in Matthew 15:10-20, listing it among those things that proceed from the heart – the innermost self – and defile a person. Jesus goes on to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his father and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate” (Matthew 19:4-6). In the New Testament homosexuality is used to exemplify humanity’s fallen sinful condition and the human race’s broken relationship with God. While homosexuality is not identified as the most grievous sin, it is identified as a sin of such gravity as to preclude the unrepentant homosexual practitioner’s admission to God’s kingdom. No Bible-believing Christian can in good conscience condone the blessing of homosexual partnerships or gay marriage. To do so would be to condone grave sin in defiance of God.
The gay rights movement has always regarded the Christian faith as a major obstacle to its aspirations. For the good part of two thousand years Christianity has influenced the cultural perception of homosexuals and homosexuality. Secularism has greatly weakened the influence of the Christian faith in Western countries. Yet many in the West continue to look to the Christian faith for moral guidance. In the Canada and the United States gay activists within the Christian community have sought to suborn Christian churches into adopting a theology friendlier to homosexuality and more congenial to gays. They and those within these churches sympathetic to their aspirations have promoted heretical new teachings that ignore or twist Scripture to those ends, causing a serious division not only in the Anglican Communion and its provinces but also in other denominations. Pro-gay theologians have gone as far as claiming a new revelation from God.
Gay activists outside the Christian community have sought to silence the voice of Christian protest against the homosexual assault on the American family and the moral fabric of the nation – gay marriage, pro-gay sex education curriculums in public schools, the alliance between gay activist groups and pro-abortion groups. In the United States they have sought to strip churches of their tax-exempt status if they advocate any kind of political action in support of marriage and the family. In Canada and the United States they have filed complaints against Christians and Christian leaders under those countries’ hate crime laws for “anti-gay activities.” They do not cease from pointing an accusing finger in the media and calling Bible-believing Christians homophobic, bigoted, and intolerant, stirring up hatred against these Christians.
With the passage of gay marriage legislation by the Canadian House of Commons and its likely passage by the Canadian Senate, US gays will be crossing the border to marry in Canada and then returning to the United States and demanding the recognition of their “marriages” in the United States. More than ever the United States needs a federal marriage amendment. This amendment will not only preserve the institution of marriage in the United States and protect it from further erosion; the amendment will also safeguard families and children from a dangerous and reckless social experiment. Such an amendment will secure the freedom of conscience for generations of Christians in the United States from attack from the gay subculture and the radical left. It will help to arrest the moral decay in the nation and to restore moral uprightness and decency.
Whatever happens, Bible-believing Christians must take seriously their Lord’s charge to be salt and light in the world. They must be examples of wholesomeness and moral virtue to those around them. They do great harm to their witness when their actual values – the values that they practice as opposed to the values to which they aspire - are no different from those of the culture in which they live. Only as more people come to know Christ and to experience the life transformation that comes with knowing him will Christians see a change in the deteriorating moral climate in North America.
New Anglican church forming
http://www.thecitizennews.com/main/archive-050703/fp-09_church.html
[The Citizen] July 3, 2005--An informational meeting regarding the formation of a new Anglican church will be held Sunday, July 10, at 3 p.m. in the meeting room at the Hampton Inn, I-85, Exit 47, Newnan.
The Anglican Mission in America is forming a new church in Fayetteville, Georgia.
[The Citizen] July 3, 2005--An informational meeting regarding the formation of a new Anglican church will be held Sunday, July 10, at 3 p.m. in the meeting room at the Hampton Inn, I-85, Exit 47, Newnan.
The Anglican Mission in America is forming a new church in Fayetteville, Georgia.
American school children indoctrinated in Islam
[Religious News Service] July 2, 2005--Concerned about ''a clear attempt to engrave Islam in the minds of our children,'' a Christian group is expanding distribution of a guidebook originally intended for Californians. Since its first press run in December 2004, Coptic Christians of California has upon request distributed 5,000 copies of its booklet, The Islamization of American Schools. In California, a seventh-grade history curriculum examines Islamic civilization, among others of the Middle Ages.
But readers in other states are increasingly ordering the booklet, according to author Abdullah Al-Araby. The booklet, which Muslims denounce as misleading, is now available on the group's Web site.
The Coptic Christian group alleges that children learn by emulating Islamic practices, such as kneeling to pray, donning traditional Islamic dress, receiving a Muslim name or chanting in Arabic. Such school practices amount to ''indoctrination,'' says Al-Araby, who says he writes under that pen name because he fears reprisal from angry Muslims.
''It seems a good idea to teach culture, but they have crossed a line'' into promoting a religion, Al-Araby says. ''It's a one-sided version of Islam as a religion of peace. . . . We have to make sure they give true history of Islam, not a polished or refined version.''
But readers in other states are increasingly ordering the booklet, according to author Abdullah Al-Araby. The booklet, which Muslims denounce as misleading, is now available on the group's Web site.
The Coptic Christian group alleges that children learn by emulating Islamic practices, such as kneeling to pray, donning traditional Islamic dress, receiving a Muslim name or chanting in Arabic. Such school practices amount to ''indoctrination,'' says Al-Araby, who says he writes under that pen name because he fears reprisal from angry Muslims.
''It seems a good idea to teach culture, but they have crossed a line'' into promoting a religion, Al-Araby says. ''It's a one-sided version of Islam as a religion of peace. . . . We have to make sure they give true history of Islam, not a polished or refined version.''
Anglican-Catholic accord sought on Mary
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/lifestyle/sfl-limaryjul02,0,977687.story?coll=sfla-features-headlines
[Sun-Sentinel.com] July 2, 2005--In 1995, Pope John Paul II defined the top issues that would have to be resolved before Christianity could be reunited. Among them were seemingly intractable differences over beliefs about Mary, the mother of Jesus.
[Sun-Sentinel.com] July 2, 2005--In 1995, Pope John Paul II defined the top issues that would have to be resolved before Christianity could be reunited. Among them were seemingly intractable differences over beliefs about Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Kenyan Anglicans cut links with US church
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=24215
[The Standard] July 2, 2005--The Anglican Church of Kenya has severed links with the Episcopal Church of America and demanded its expulsion from the global communion.
[The Standard] July 2, 2005--The Anglican Church of Kenya has severed links with the Episcopal Church of America and demanded its expulsion from the global communion.
Christian 'Hate Groups' Accused of 'Anti-Gay Crusade'
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1337955.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--A civil rights organization that has spent the last 25 years monitoring "hate groups" and "extremists" such as the Ku Klux Klan now has a new target -- the religious right -- which the group claims is conducting a "holy war" against homosexuals.
[Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--A civil rights organization that has spent the last 25 years monitoring "hate groups" and "extremists" such as the Ku Klux Klan now has a new target -- the religious right -- which the group claims is conducting a "holy war" against homosexuals.
The conscience never dies
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21140
[Baptist Press News] July 1, 2005--Why do some people view a public display of the Ten Commandments as a threat? Why are pro-abortion advocates trying to force doctors to perform abortions? Why do homosexual activists insist on pushing absolute acceptance of their lifestyle? It is the nagging reality of the human condition known as the conscience.
[Baptist Press News] July 1, 2005--Why do some people view a public display of the Ten Commandments as a threat? Why are pro-abortion advocates trying to force doctors to perform abortions? Why do homosexual activists insist on pushing absolute acceptance of their lifestyle? It is the nagging reality of the human condition known as the conscience.
Winnipeg Museum For Human Rights Ideological Agenda Exposed In Special Report
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05070101.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 1, 2005--Canada’s democratically challenged elites are planning what appears to be a $300 million temple to their deceptively named Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its dangerous underlying ideology. The federal government has already pledged $100 million of the money that is takes from Canadians towards this project. Together with other levels of Canadian government and private sources, $200 million has been pledged so far towards this questionable project to be located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[LifeSiteNews.com] July 1, 2005--Canada’s democratically challenged elites are planning what appears to be a $300 million temple to their deceptively named Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its dangerous underlying ideology. The federal government has already pledged $100 million of the money that is takes from Canadians towards this project. Together with other levels of Canadian government and private sources, $200 million has been pledged so far towards this questionable project to be located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Presbyterian Pastor Outraged with Prime Minister but Energized to Keep Fighting
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05063002.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005--Speaking with LifeSiteNews.com on his reaction to the gay 'marriage' bill's passage, Rev. Emmanuel said he felt "Outrage at the audacity of this Prime Minister to stand there on the podium after the vote and preach to us about human rights. The great fraud in all of this is that it had nothing to do with human rights, it has to do with the normalization of homosexuality and the destruction of the institution of marriage." That kind of straight talk from a religious leader is a welcome change in Canada where political correctness seems the cat that has got the tongues of most spiritual leaders.
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005--Speaking with LifeSiteNews.com on his reaction to the gay 'marriage' bill's passage, Rev. Emmanuel said he felt "Outrage at the audacity of this Prime Minister to stand there on the podium after the vote and preach to us about human rights. The great fraud in all of this is that it had nothing to do with human rights, it has to do with the normalization of homosexuality and the destruction of the institution of marriage." That kind of straight talk from a religious leader is a welcome change in Canada where political correctness seems the cat that has got the tongues of most spiritual leaders.
Calif. High Court Asked to Review Legality of Gay Marriage
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1657/section/calif.high.court.asked.to.review.legality.of.gay.marriage/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 1, 2005--California’s attorney general has called upon the state Supreme Court to bypass the appeals process and rule on the legality of same-sex marriage in the state.
[The Christian Post] July 1, 2005--California’s attorney general has called upon the state Supreme Court to bypass the appeals process and rule on the legality of same-sex marriage in the state.
O'Connor Resigns, Evangelicals Look for Strict Constitutionalist
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/1656/section/oconnor.resigns.evangelicals.look.for.strict.constitutionalist/1.htm
[The Christian Post] July 1, 2005--Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a critical swing vote on several hot-topic issues including abortion and church-state separation, announced today that she is resigning.
Related article:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/126/54.0.html
Supreme Court Opening Will Test Strength of Religious Conservatives - Christianity Today
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21133
O'Connor retires from court; country awaits Bush's nominee - Baptist Press News
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21141
A great battle looms - Baptist Press News
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338363.html
Kennedy Threatens to Oppose Supreme Court Nominee - Crosswalk.com
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338340.html
O'Connor's Retirement Causes 'Ominous Vacancy,' Liberals Say - Crosswalk.com
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338327.html
Bush Calls for 'Dignified' Confirmation Process - Crosswalk.com
[The Christian Post] July 1, 2005--Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a critical swing vote on several hot-topic issues including abortion and church-state separation, announced today that she is resigning.
Related article:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/126/54.0.html
Supreme Court Opening Will Test Strength of Religious Conservatives - Christianity Today
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21133
O'Connor retires from court; country awaits Bush's nominee - Baptist Press News
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21141
A great battle looms - Baptist Press News
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338363.html
Kennedy Threatens to Oppose Supreme Court Nominee - Crosswalk.com
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338340.html
O'Connor's Retirement Causes 'Ominous Vacancy,' Liberals Say - Crosswalk.com
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338327.html
Bush Calls for 'Dignified' Confirmation Process - Crosswalk.com
Archbishop Carey to serve U.S. parish
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050630-123013-1461r.htm
[The Washington Times] June 30, 2005--The retired archbishop of Canterbury will spend this fall and all of next year as a resident priest at an Episcopal parish in Chevy Chase while working on a research project at the Library of Congress.
[The Washington Times] June 30, 2005--The retired archbishop of Canterbury will spend this fall and all of next year as a resident priest at an Episcopal parish in Chevy Chase while working on a research project at the Library of Congress.
Mixing Religious Teachings
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/29/opinion/polls/main705181.shtml
[CBS News] July 2, 2005--Americans say religion plays an important role in their lives, and for many of them, finding a spiritual experience in whatever way they can is more important than adhering to the specific teachings and traditions of a faith.
[CBS News] July 2, 2005--Americans say religion plays an important role in their lives, and for many of them, finding a spiritual experience in whatever way they can is more important than adhering to the specific teachings and traditions of a faith.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Bigotry and the bishops
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,986895,00.html
[The Guardian] June 28, 2005--Question: when is a homophobe not a bigot? Answer: when he is motivated by sincere religious convictions. That is now official doctrine in the Church of England, and since this is a relatively benign institution, it is worth exploring the claim to see if it could possibly be true.
Typical revisionist rhetoric including the name-calling, labeling, and vulgarity.
[The Guardian] June 28, 2005--Question: when is a homophobe not a bigot? Answer: when he is motivated by sincere religious convictions. That is now official doctrine in the Church of England, and since this is a relatively benign institution, it is worth exploring the claim to see if it could possibly be true.
Typical revisionist rhetoric including the name-calling, labeling, and vulgarity.
UK Methodists To Perform Gay Union Blessings
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/06/063005methodists.htm
[365gay.com] June 30, 2005--The Methodist Church has become the first major denomination in the UK to endorse same-sex unions. Leaders of the church in an historic vote agreed to allow ministers to perform blessing ceremonies for gay couples.
I do not see how the Methodist Church in the UK can reconcile this decision with its efforts to be reunited with the Church of England when the Anglican Consultative Council has joined the Primates in reaffirming the 2008 Lambeth resolution on human sexuality which declares that homosexual practice is not consistant with the teaching of the Bible and rules out the blessing of homosexual partnerships. It would appear that the Methodists are expecting the Church of England to cave in on this issue for the sake of reunification.
[365gay.com] June 30, 2005--The Methodist Church has become the first major denomination in the UK to endorse same-sex unions. Leaders of the church in an historic vote agreed to allow ministers to perform blessing ceremonies for gay couples.
I do not see how the Methodist Church in the UK can reconcile this decision with its efforts to be reunited with the Church of England when the Anglican Consultative Council has joined the Primates in reaffirming the 2008 Lambeth resolution on human sexuality which declares that homosexual practice is not consistant with the teaching of the Bible and rules out the blessing of homosexual partnerships. It would appear that the Methodists are expecting the Church of England to cave in on this issue for the sake of reunification.
Episcopal Church in full battle
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=42590
[nashvillecitypaper.com] July 1, 2005--A battle is raging in Middle Tennessee Episcopal churches that most probably will reshape the denomination..
Moderates?! Radicals would be a better description of the CET!!
[nashvillecitypaper.com] July 1, 2005--A battle is raging in Middle Tennessee Episcopal churches that most probably will reshape the denomination..
Moderates?! Radicals would be a better description of the CET!!
Campaigners for Same-Sex 'Marriage' Celebrate Double Win
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338177.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--In the space of two days, the number of countries where homosexuals are legally entitled to "marry" has doubled, prompting celebrations from activists who believe each victory for them adds momentum to their cause.
Gay marriage not only threatens the institutions of marriage and the family but it is also a serious threat to the civil liberties of heterosexuals - their right to speak freely and their right to freely practice their religion. The passage of a federal marriage amendment will not only preserve marriage and the family but also will preserve the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion in the United States.
[Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--In the space of two days, the number of countries where homosexuals are legally entitled to "marry" has doubled, prompting celebrations from activists who believe each victory for them adds momentum to their cause.
Gay marriage not only threatens the institutions of marriage and the family but it is also a serious threat to the civil liberties of heterosexuals - their right to speak freely and their right to freely practice their religion. The passage of a federal marriage amendment will not only preserve marriage and the family but also will preserve the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion in the United States.
House Registers Strong Disapproval of Supreme Court Ruling
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338223.html
[Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--The House of Representatives can't always undo a troubling Supreme Court ruling, but it can -- and did -- send a message to the states.
[Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--The House of Representatives can't always undo a troubling Supreme Court ruling, but it can -- and did -- send a message to the states.
Amendment Would Reverse Ruling on Ten Commandments
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/1338138.html
{Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--Over 100 congressmen have introduced a constitutional amendment to protect religious expression on public property.
{Crosswalk.com] July 1, 2005--Over 100 congressmen have introduced a constitutional amendment to protect religious expression on public property.
CDC report says 1 million people living with HIV in United States
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21130
[Baptist Press News] June 30, 2005--More than 1 million people in the United States are now living with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number, which is the highest since the 1980s, is said to reflect the success of treatment drugs as well as the failure to prevent new infections.
[Baptist Press News] June 30, 2005--More than 1 million people in the United States are now living with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number, which is the highest since the 1980s, is said to reflect the success of treatment drugs as well as the failure to prevent new infections.
Delay vote on women, say bishops
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/80256FA1003E05C1/httpPublicPages/D638184E13416EC48025703000411CE0?opendocument
[Church Times] July 1, 2005--Seventeen bishops, six of them diocesans, have signed a letter urging the General Synod to reject moves that would allow women to be consecrated as bishops in the Church of England.
Related article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1676582,00.html
Senior clergy move to block ordination of women bishops - TimesOnline
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.urged.not.to.allow.women.bishops/650.htm
Church of England urged not to Allow Women Bishops - Christianity Today UK
[Church Times] July 1, 2005--Seventeen bishops, six of them diocesans, have signed a letter urging the General Synod to reject moves that would allow women to be consecrated as bishops in the Church of England.
Related article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1676582,00.html
Senior clergy move to block ordination of women bishops - TimesOnline
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/church.of.england.urged.not.to.allow.women.bishops/650.htm
Church of England urged not to Allow Women Bishops - Christianity Today UK
Williams: 'we've held the line'
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/80256FA1003E05C1/httpPublicPages/AFFDF02FFC02426580257030004C4B5A?opendocument
[Church Times] July 1, 2005--The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said on Tuesday that, overall, most of his hopes for the ACC meeting had been met.
[Church Times] July 1, 2005--The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said on Tuesday that, overall, most of his hopes for the ACC meeting had been met.
Evangelical Churches Lament Passage of Gay 'Marriage' Bill
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05063001.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005--Bruce Clemenger, president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) lamented the passage of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act saying, "Parliament is embarking on a social experiment that removes the language of husband and wife from the law and eclipses its ability to champion the rights of children to know and be raised by a mother and a father."
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005--Bruce Clemenger, president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) lamented the passage of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act saying, "Parliament is embarking on a social experiment that removes the language of husband and wife from the law and eclipses its ability to champion the rights of children to know and be raised by a mother and a father."
Spain Legalizes Same-Sex “Marriage” and Homosexual Adoption
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05063003.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005-- Spain’s Socialist-led government legalized same-sex “marriage” today. The measure, which passed by a margin of 187-147 in Spain’s Congress of Deputies, also legalizes the adoption of children by homosexual couples, and grants them inheritance rights.
Related article:
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21122
Spain becomes third country to legalize ‘gay marriage’ - Baptist Press News
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005-- Spain’s Socialist-led government legalized same-sex “marriage” today. The measure, which passed by a margin of 187-147 in Spain’s Congress of Deputies, also legalizes the adoption of children by homosexual couples, and grants them inheritance rights.
Related article:
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21122
Spain becomes third country to legalize ‘gay marriage’ - Baptist Press News
Passage of C-38 Spurs Gay Activists Efforts to Criminalize Opposition
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jun/05063007.html
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005--The first indication that principled opposition to the homosexual political agenda will be fodder for the hate crime laws is already manifesting in Alberta two days after the passage of Bill C-38 changed the federal definition of marriage to include same-sex partners.
More evidence that gay activists will go to great lenths to silence those opposed to their agenda and to deprive them of their civil rights - especially the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion.
[LifeSiteNews.com] June 30, 2005--The first indication that principled opposition to the homosexual political agenda will be fodder for the hate crime laws is already manifesting in Alberta two days after the passage of Bill C-38 changed the federal definition of marriage to include same-sex partners.
More evidence that gay activists will go to great lenths to silence those opposed to their agenda and to deprive them of their civil rights - especially the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion.
British Evangelical John Stott Named Honorary Chair of Lausanne Committee
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/ministries/british.evangelical.john.stott.named.honorary.chair.of.lausanne.committee./304.htm
[Christianity Today, UK] June 30, 2005--The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation (LCWE) has announced on 28th June, the influential British evangelical Dr. John R. W. Stott, to become the Honorary Chair of the LCWE. The major and life-long contribution of John Stott to the world’s evangelical movement has been highly appreciated by Lausanne.
[Christianity Today, UK] June 30, 2005--The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation (LCWE) has announced on 28th June, the influential British evangelical Dr. John R. W. Stott, to become the Honorary Chair of the LCWE. The major and life-long contribution of John Stott to the world’s evangelical movement has been highly appreciated by Lausanne.
Islamic revolution 'to cover the globe'
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15783115%255E2703,00.html
[The Australian] July 1, 2005--Iran's ultra-conservative President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has thrown down a challenge to the West by declaring that his election victory marked the dawn of a new Islamic revolution that would spread around the world.
[The Australian] July 1, 2005--Iran's ultra-conservative President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has thrown down a challenge to the West by declaring that his election victory marked the dawn of a new Islamic revolution that would spread around the world.
Don demands a reason for belief
http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/sydneystories/don_demands_a_reason_for_belief/
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 1, 2005-- An internationally renown Oxford don has defended his theory that the resurrection of Jesus is 97 per cent likely before a critical university audience.
[sydneyanglicans.net] July 1, 2005-- An internationally renown Oxford don has defended his theory that the resurrection of Jesus is 97 per cent likely before a critical university audience.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Methodists on road to Anglican unity
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/30/nmeth30.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/06/30/ixhome.html
[The Telegraph] June 30, 2005--The Methodist Church paved the way for its first bishops yesterday, accelerating its move towards unity with the Church of England.
Related articles:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1517747,00.html
Methodist leaders vote to bless gay couples - The Guardian
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/methodist.church.considers.offering.guidelines.for.samesex.blessing.requests./648.htm
Methodist Church To Offer Guidelines for Same-Sex Blessing Requests - Christianity Today UK
http://www.christianpost.com/article/europe/467/section/methodist.church.to.offer.guidelines.for.same-sex.blessing/1.htm
Methodist Church To Offer Guidelines for Same-Sex Blessing - The Christian Post
What am I missing? The Methodist Church is moving toward unity with the Church of England while voting to bless gay couples. Are they living on the same planet as we are?
[The Telegraph] June 30, 2005--The Methodist Church paved the way for its first bishops yesterday, accelerating its move towards unity with the Church of England.
Related articles:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1517747,00.html
Methodist leaders vote to bless gay couples - The Guardian
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/methodist.church.considers.offering.guidelines.for.samesex.blessing.requests./648.htm
Methodist Church To Offer Guidelines for Same-Sex Blessing Requests - Christianity Today UK
http://www.christianpost.com/article/europe/467/section/methodist.church.to.offer.guidelines.for.same-sex.blessing/1.htm
Methodist Church To Offer Guidelines for Same-Sex Blessing - The Christian Post
What am I missing? The Methodist Church is moving toward unity with the Church of England while voting to bless gay couples. Are they living on the same planet as we are?
Same-sex marriage creates rift for Anglicans
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050630/ANGLICAN30/TPNational/Canada
[Globeandmail.com] June 30, 2005--The Anglican Church of Canada says it's trying to work with the larger international church on the issue of blessing same-sex unions, but is willing to walk away from the Anglican Communion.
Will the global South provinces change their mind on homosexuality if the Anglican Church of Canada threatens to leave the Anglican Communion?
[Globeandmail.com] June 30, 2005--The Anglican Church of Canada says it's trying to work with the larger international church on the issue of blessing same-sex unions, but is willing to walk away from the Anglican Communion.
Will the global South provinces change their mind on homosexuality if the Anglican Church of Canada threatens to leave the Anglican Communion?
A statement on the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council from Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate
http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2005-06-30_z.ans
[The Anglican Church of Cnanda] June 30, 2005--What follows is a statement from Archbishop Andrew S. Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, on the recently concluded meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham, Eng.
[The Anglican Church of Cnanda] June 30, 2005--What follows is a statement from Archbishop Andrew S. Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, on the recently concluded meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham, Eng.
REC and APA meet in historic encounter to engage mission
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2685
[Virtue Online] June 30, 2005--The Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Province of America moved closer towards intercommunion when the two jurisdictions met together here, and announced the formation of a Federation of Anglican Churches in America with official representatives of more than dozen jurisdictions and agencies signing a Federation document affirming a mutual commitment to work together in common cause for the sake of the gospel.
[Virtue Online] June 30, 2005--The Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Province of America moved closer towards intercommunion when the two jurisdictions met together here, and announced the formation of a Federation of Anglican Churches in America with official representatives of more than dozen jurisdictions and agencies signing a Federation document affirming a mutual commitment to work together in common cause for the sake of the gospel.
Cavalcanti writes to Canterbury
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/news05062902.asp
[Anglican Mainstream] June 29, 2005--The Anglican Diocese of Recife, Brazil – as all of you know - is composed by faithful people, both clergy and lay, loyal to the Anglican Communion and to the spiritual leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury. For a long time you have followed its difficult challenge of keeping its autonomy, identity and beliefs, under heavy pressure, illegal actions and distorted versions from Brazilian Provincial Authorities. The Diocese has appealed to you since last year, looking for support and for a necessary and urgent institutional solution. Unhappily, no action was taken up to now.
[Anglican Mainstream] June 29, 2005--The Anglican Diocese of Recife, Brazil – as all of you know - is composed by faithful people, both clergy and lay, loyal to the Anglican Communion and to the spiritual leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury. For a long time you have followed its difficult challenge of keeping its autonomy, identity and beliefs, under heavy pressure, illegal actions and distorted versions from Brazilian Provincial Authorities. The Diocese has appealed to you since last year, looking for support and for a necessary and urgent institutional solution. Unhappily, no action was taken up to now.
Conservative ECUSA Bishops Gather to Uphold Windsor Report
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2683
[Virtue Online] June 29, 2005--A group of ECUSA bishops including two orthodox Primates and a Nigerian Archbishop met recently in St. Louis to examine in detail what was said and meant in the Windsor Report.
[Virtue Online] June 29, 2005--A group of ECUSA bishops including two orthodox Primates and a Nigerian Archbishop met recently in St. Louis to examine in detail what was said and meant in the Windsor Report.
Anglicans Meet to Discuss Church's Future
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2682
[The East African Standard] June 29, 2005--The Anglican Church synod meets in Nairobi today for a three-day closed door talks on the church's future.
[The East African Standard] June 29, 2005--The Anglican Church synod meets in Nairobi today for a three-day closed door talks on the church's future.
Reawakening the teachings of contempt
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2681
[Jerusalem Post] June 29, 2005--While the end-time scenarios offered by some evangelicals, are indeed disturbing for Jews - and many Christians - the hostility toward Israel encouraged by liberal Protestants poses a much greater near-term threat to Jews than anything the evangelicals espouse.
[Jerusalem Post] June 29, 2005--While the end-time scenarios offered by some evangelicals, are indeed disturbing for Jews - and many Christians - the hostility toward Israel encouraged by liberal Protestants poses a much greater near-term threat to Jews than anything the evangelicals espouse.
Church urged to refrain from allowing women bishops
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5775&title=Church%20urged%20to%20refrain%20from%20allowing%20women%20bishops
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 1, 2005--A large group of bishops has issued a last-minute appeal to the Church of England to hold back from allowing women the opportunity to become bishops.
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 1, 2005--A large group of bishops has issued a last-minute appeal to the Church of England to hold back from allowing women the opportunity to become bishops.
Text of bishops' letter on women bishops
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5775&title=Text%20of%20bishops'%20letter%20on%20women%20bishops
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 1, 2005--Sir, At the July meeting of the General Synod a motion is to be debated asking that the legal impediments for the ordination of women as bishops be re...
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 1, 2005--Sir, At the July meeting of the General Synod a motion is to be debated asking that the legal impediments for the ordination of women as bishops be re...
Shipwreck and Kingdom: Acts and the Anglican Communion
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/news05062901.asp
[Anglican Mainstream] June 29, 2005--closing address to the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Counci, lNottingham, 28 June 2005 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright
[Anglican Mainstream] June 29, 2005--closing address to the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Counci, lNottingham, 28 June 2005 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright
Church 'has reinforced traditional teaching' at ACC
http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5775&title=Church%20
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 1, 2005--The Anglican Church has reinforced its upholding of traditional teaching on the homosexuality issue at the ACC meeting, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
More articles from The Church of England Newspaper can be found at http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php.
[The Church of England Newspaper] July 1, 2005--The Anglican Church has reinforced its upholding of traditional teaching on the homosexuality issue at the ACC meeting, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
More articles from The Church of England Newspaper can be found at http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Tolerance for laws slips fast
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15761964%255E2862,00.html
[Herald Sun] June 29, 2005--The State Opposition is the latest group to drop its support for Victoria's besieged religious tolerance laws.
[Herald Sun] June 29, 2005--The State Opposition is the latest group to drop its support for Victoria's besieged religious tolerance laws.
Historic Commons vote paves way for same-sex marriage across Canada
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews.jsp?content=n062902A
[McCleans.ca] June 29, 2005-- It was fought in courtrooms, in legislatures, in street protests, and one of the most turbulent debates in Canadian history was settled Tuesday in Parliament.
[McCleans.ca] June 29, 2005-- It was fought in courtrooms, in legislatures, in street protests, and one of the most turbulent debates in Canadian history was settled Tuesday in Parliament.
Anglican-Methodist Covenant First Report Welcomed by Methodists
http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/anglicanmethodist.covenant.first.report.welcomed.by.methodists./642.htm
[Christianity Today, UK] June 28, 2005--The Methodist Conference 2005 entered the third day on Monday with the agenda highlighting the first ecumenical report on the Anglican-Methodist Covenant prepared by the Joint Implementation Commission (JIC). Methodist leaders have warmly welcomed the report.
[Christianity Today, UK] June 28, 2005--The Methodist Conference 2005 entered the third day on Monday with the agenda highlighting the first ecumenical report on the Anglican-Methodist Covenant prepared by the Joint Implementation Commission (JIC). Methodist leaders have warmly welcomed the report.
Christian Groups Plan More Monuments
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062701583.html
[WashingtonPost.com] June 28, 2005--Within hours of yesterday's Supreme Court decision allowing a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol, Christian groups announced a nationwide campaign to install similar displays in 100 cities and towns within a year.
[WashingtonPost.com] June 28, 2005--Within hours of yesterday's Supreme Court decision allowing a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol, Christian groups announced a nationwide campaign to install similar displays in 100 cities and towns within a year.
Regional synod of Lutherans welcomes gays
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0629lutheran29.html
[AZCentral.com] June 29, 2005--The regional branch of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination has officially opened its arms to gays and lesbians.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Grand Canyon Synod became the 23rd of 65 synods nationwide to join a denominational movement toward full acceptance of gays and lesbians.
[AZCentral.com] June 29, 2005--The regional branch of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination has officially opened its arms to gays and lesbians.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Grand Canyon Synod became the 23rd of 65 synods nationwide to join a denominational movement toward full acceptance of gays and lesbians.
Christian Doctrine must underline churchly unity base
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8553.shtml
[MichNews.com] June 28, 2005--Reuters announced the formation of a new group, Christian Churches Together in the USA, seeking to unite believers.
Michael Conlon’s piece focused on Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox representatives forming a Christian union of some sort. But what was remarkably missing was doctrinal foundations for the group.
"U.S. Christians Nearing a New Unity" was the headline. I searched the report for a theological underpinning to the venture; but there was none.
Until the group pronounces publicly for all believers to read that doctrinal base upon which it proposes to rest, there will be legitimate suspicions as to what this group is all about.
[MichNews.com] June 28, 2005--Reuters announced the formation of a new group, Christian Churches Together in the USA, seeking to unite believers.
Michael Conlon’s piece focused on Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox representatives forming a Christian union of some sort. But what was remarkably missing was doctrinal foundations for the group.
"U.S. Christians Nearing a New Unity" was the headline. I searched the report for a theological underpinning to the venture; but there was none.
Until the group pronounces publicly for all believers to read that doctrinal base upon which it proposes to rest, there will be legitimate suspicions as to what this group is all about.
Inmate convicted of killing homeless man becomes Episcopal priest
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/21/state/n182401D54.DTL
[SFGate.com] June 21, 2005--The 37-year-old inmate was ordained an Episcopal priest in a ceremony Saturday at California State Prison, Solano — an event church officials said was the first of its kind at a California prison and possibly the first in the country.
"It was quite a symbol of hope," said the Right Rev. William Swing, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, who performed the ceremony. "It meant that resurrection is not just for the afterlife but here and now."
[SFGate.com] June 21, 2005--The 37-year-old inmate was ordained an Episcopal priest in a ceremony Saturday at California State Prison, Solano — an event church officials said was the first of its kind at a California prison and possibly the first in the country.
"It was quite a symbol of hope," said the Right Rev. William Swing, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California, who performed the ceremony. "It meant that resurrection is not just for the afterlife but here and now."
The Buddha boom
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1119953258165610.xml&coll=7
[The Oregonian] June 28, 2005--A lotus grows in the mud, the Eastern spiritual saying goes. But if the proliferation of Buddhist images, icons and language means anything, then it's also thriving in boardrooms, shopping malls and cyberspace.
[The Oregonian] June 28, 2005--A lotus grows in the mud, the Eastern spiritual saying goes. But if the proliferation of Buddhist images, icons and language means anything, then it's also thriving in boardrooms, shopping malls and cyberspace.
MTV launches new gay cable TV channel
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8919782
[Reuters] June 28, 2005--The prospect of a television channel entirely devoted to gay programs for gay people may strike some as unnecessary and others as a sign of immoral times. Media giant Viacom thinks there's money in it.
[Reuters] June 28, 2005--The prospect of a television channel entirely devoted to gay programs for gay people may strike some as unnecessary and others as a sign of immoral times. Media giant Viacom thinks there's money in it.
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