News Updates

News Updates

12/22/2003

• Draft of Constitution Issued

  Four dioceses (Dallas, Fort Worth, Pittsburgh and South Carolina) jointly distributed on Dec. 17 a draft constitution for the formation of the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes within the Episcopal Church.

  Posted on December 22, 2003

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• Bishop Griswold Defends His Actions

  Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold said recently he was not acting in bad faith with his international Anglican colleagues, but rather was compelled by the strictures of his office to participate in the consecration of a sexually active homosexual person as Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire on Nov. 2.

  Posted on December 22, 2003

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• Nigerians Plan Own Parishes for U.S.

  The Anglican Church of Nigeria has asked its members in the United States to withdraw from the Episcopal Church and to transfer to congregations of a new “Church of Nigeria in the U.S.”

  Posted on December 22, 2003

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• 2003 in Review: A Church in Crisis

  After the 74th General Convention in Minneapolis gave consent for the consecration in New Hampshire, the Rt. Rev. Peter Beckwith, Bishop of Springfield, said he sensed "an impending train wreck" in the Anglican Communion. While the train wreck had not yet occurred as 2003 drew to a close, there were signs that Bishop Beckwith’s prophecy would be fulfilled.

  Posted on December 22, 2003

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• On Course for a Split

  How it will unfold is not clear, but some sort of formal separation in the Episcopal Church seems to be coming. (By David Kalvelage)

  Posted on December 22, 2003

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• Not a Justice Issue

  An opposing view to the “logical extension” argument for the ordination of individuals in same-sex relationships. (By Alison L. Barfoot)

  Posted on December 22, 2003

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