News Updates

News Updates

February 2004

• The Waters of Sadness

  Tears water the story of God and his sinful people, writes Daniel Muth in the third article of the Lenten series, "The Many Waters of Baptism."

  Posted on February 27, 2004

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• Church Center Renovation Proceeds

  The national Executive Council authorized a series of current year expenditures equal to $1.35 million in order to proceed further with a proposed $28 million renovation of the Episcopal Church Center headquarters at 815 Second Ave., New York City

  Posted on February 20, 2004

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• Decline in Giving Estimated at $3 Million

  With 51 of the Episcopal Church’s 110 dioceses having submitted pledge estimates by the Jan. 27 cutoff, the treasurer is predicting that the financial impact from the controversial General Convention votes on sexuality last summer would be $3 million in 2004.

  Posted on February 20, 2004

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• Network Gets Support of 13 Primates

  Primates from 13 of the 38 provinces within the Anglican Communion have called upon the “faithful” in the Episcopal Church to “resist and confront” infidelity and to join the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes [NACDP].

  Posted on February 20, 2004

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• Archbishop Williams: Network Has Valid Place

  In remarks delivered on the opening day of General Synod of the Church of England Feb. 9 in London, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, endorsed the creation of the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes (NACDP), noting that it had a valid place within the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.

  Posted on February 20, 2004

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• Executive Council Appeals for Patience

  The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, at its recent meeting in Tampa, Fla., implored Episcopalians to remain in “passionate patience” with each other while it also sought to remain engaged with any new political developments.

  Posted on February 20, 2004

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• Bishop Birney Focused on Ministries Overseas

  The Rt. Rev. David B. Birney IV, bishop, missionary, and former coordinator of overseas ministries for the Episcopal Church, died Feb. 13 in his home in Danville, Ky.

  Posted on February 20, 2004

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• Honest to God 40 Years Later

  Bishop John A.T. Robinson's book fueled discussion over radio and television, around kitchen tables and, not least, from pulpits. Looking back after four decades, it’s striking how little the bishop had to say that was new. (By Boyd Wright)

  Posted on February 17, 2004

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• Creeping Congregationalism

  An enormous chasm that exists between a diocese and its members, who are often uninformed, and therefore have little knowledge about what a diocese is supposed to do. (By David Kalvelage)

  Posted on February 17, 2004

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• The Many Waters of Baptism

  The first article in a seven-part Lenten series of meditations on images of water in holy scripture and their reflection of the Christian life. (By Daniel Muth)

  Posted on February 17, 2004

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