News Updates

News Updates

January 2007

• Memory of Hurricane Inspires New Tennessee Bishop

  The Rt. Rev. John C. Bauerschmidt was consecrated Bishop of Tennessee Jan. 27 at Christ Church in Nashville, a non-denominational building large enough to accommodate the congregation estimated at 2,000.

  Posted on January 31, 2007

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• Diocese of Virginia Files Suit Against Departing Congregations

  The Diocese of Virginia has filed suit in various legal jurisdictions regarding real and personal property claims made by 11 congregations where the majority of the membership recently voted to leave The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on January 31, 2007

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• Sale of Western Michigan Cathedral Likely

  The results of a recently released feasibility study indicate there is little support for a $3.5 million capital campaign to keep the Cathedral of Christ the King in the Diocese of Western Michigan.

  Posted on January 31, 2007

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• Growth is Goal for New Newark Bishop

  The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith was consecrated Bishop of Newark Jan. 27 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center before a congregation of more than 2,500.

  Posted on January 31, 2007

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• Bishop Weinhauer of Western North Carolina Dies

  The Rt. Rev. William Gillette Weinhauer, Bishop of Western North Carolina from 1975 to 1990, died Jan. 26 in Asheville, N.C, his home for the past 34 years. He was 82.

  Posted on January 30, 2007

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• Louie Crew: Publication of Private Email a Betrayal

  The publication of details from a private e-mail message sent by the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council to Episcopalian Louie Crew was a betrayal, according to Mr. Crew, a five-time deputy to General Convention from the Diocese of Newark and a former member of Executive Council.

  Posted on January 30, 2007

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• Episcopal Church Figures Prominently on Primates' Agenda

  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has been allotted two sessions of next month’s primates’ meeting to describe The Episcopal Church’s response to the Windsor Report.

  Posted on January 29, 2007

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• Nigerian Primate: Consensus on Sexuality Necessary Before Lambeth Conference

  The issue of homosexuality and the Anglican Communion must be resolved before the 2008 Lambeth Conference, if the Church of Nigeria is to participate, according to Archbishop Peter Akinola.

  Posted on January 29, 2007

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• In Appreciation of Lutherans

  My time with our Lutheran sisters and brothers has given me a deeply felt appreciation for their branch of Christ’s Church. (By John Edson)

  Posted on January 29, 2007

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• Grounded in History

  To those who say that there is no common ground between science and religion, I say with philosopher David Hume, “truth springs from argument amongst friends.” I for one am willing to argue God’s existence. (By Michael L. Vono)

  Posted on January 29, 2007

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