News Updates

News Updates

12/27/2004

• Landmark Churches: Joys and Challenges

  Across the country domes and steeples are a vivid reminder of how this nation was built on a rich religious tradition where distinctive sacred spaces were set apart from commercial, residential, industrial functions. But these properties often become a burden as congregations struggle to meet fixed costs. (By Holly Fiala)

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• Funding Parish Growth

  Successful Capital Campaigns Follow a Proven Path. (By Michael O'Loughlin)

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• Build in Flexibility

  Consider both future and present needs for growth when developing a facility plan. (By Howard Hinterthuer)

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• Dissenting Bishops Find Hope in Windsor Report

  Approximately half of the 43 diocesan bishops who voted against the confirmation of the Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson to be Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire attended a special meeting convened by the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Jenkins, Bishop of Louisiana and president of the Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice.

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• Newark: Closings and Mergers Possible

  The Diocese of Newark may follow the lead of its Roman Catholic counterpart and begin a round of parish closings and amalgamations, redeploying diocesan assets in order to minister more effectively to a new generation in the face of declining membership and rising costs.

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• California High Court Rules Parishes May Keep Property

  The California Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that allows parishes to take their property with them if they leave their denomination, notwithstanding any denominational trust clause or canon. The court’s decision may impair the Episcopal Church’s ability to use the Dennis Canon in church property disputes in California.

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• ECF Survey: General Convention Acted too Quickly

  A survey of senior wardens and clergy from 15 percent of all congregations conducted from April through June 2004 by the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) reveals neither a clear endorsement of nor opposition to General Convention votes to normalize homosexuality.

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• Archbishop Eames Clarifies His Views

  In a written statement given to the Anglican Communion News Service, the Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Robin Eames of Armagh, unambiguously stated his expectation that the recommendations of the Windsor Report will be a decisive feature of the February primates’ meeting in Northern Ireland. Archbishop Eames repeated his support for implementing those resolutions not only as chairman of the Lambeth Commission on Communion, but also because those views represented his personal preferences.

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• Africans Consult Episcopal Church on Education

  A shared interest in developing local seminaries resulted in several visitations by senior leaders of Anglican provinces in Africa to the Episcopal Church Center during the last two months of 2004, as well as an announcement from Trinity Parish, Wall Street, that it had awarded its largest grant to date to the Anglican Province in Sudan for that purpose.

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