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News Updates

January 2007

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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)

  • 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)

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