News Updates
News Updates
January 2007
Featured
-
Trying to find an article?
News and features from 1995-2001.
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Diocese of Pittsburgh Preparing Vigorous Defense of APO Request
The Diocese of Pittsburgh has released a document detailing how its request for alternate primatial oversight (APO) fits in with its long-term strategy which includes having the “alternative primate convene an organizing convention for the purpose of forming a permanent constituent Anglican body in the U.S.” The document was given to several Global South primates and discussed during a November meeting in Virginia with several bishops and other leaders of the Anglican Communion Network.
Posted on January 29, 2007
-
Third Episcopal Bishop Invited to Primates' Meeting
Three members of the House of Bishops have been invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to address an extra-curricular session of the meeting of Anglican primates in Tanzania.
Posted on January 29, 2007
-
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
-
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

