News Updates

News Updates

February 2007

• Chancellor: Cessation of Lawsuits Must be Part of Comprehensive Agreement

  The Episcopal Church will not suspend or withdraw from property lawsuits it initiated unless there is a comprehensive agreement that takes into consideration “all the other recommendations of the primates’ communiqué,” said David Booth Beers, chancellor for the Presiding Bishop.

  Posted on February 28, 2007

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• Goodwill and Patience Needed, Archbishop Says

  The mission work of the churches in the Anglican Communion will be significantly less effective if its structures are loosened, destroyed or so localized that they can no longer work globally, the Archbishop of Canterbury said in an address to the Church of England Synod Feb. 26.

  Posted on February 28, 2007

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• News Analysis: Behind the Scenes in Dar es Salaam

  The Anglican Communion teetered on the brink of collapse throughout the final day of the primates’ meeting, Feb. 15-19 in Tanzania, with conflicting theological and philosophical views jousting for control of the future of Anglicanism.

  Posted on February 28, 2007

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• Primatial Vicar Proposal Insufficient for Chicago Parish

  The primatial vicar experiment proposed by the primates in their communique last week has not persuaded the majority of the congregation at Church of the Resurrection in West Chicago to remain with The Episcopal Church said the rector, the Rev. George Koch.

  Posted on February 27, 2007

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• Jesus Is Lord! Do We Believe It?

  To many it comes through that it doesn’t matter what you believe these days, especially in the hierarchy of The Episcopal Church. (By James M. Adams, Jr.)

  Posted on February 27, 2007

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• Two Nominated by Petition for Connecticut Suffragan Bishop Election

  Two additional candidates have been added by petition to the slate of nominees for the March 10 election of a bishop suffragan in the Diocese of Connecticut.

  Posted on February 27, 2007

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• Presiding Bishop Outlines Discernment Process, Schedules Webcast

  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivered a 24-minute briefing on Feb. 23, telling members of the staff at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City that The Episcopal Church will lose its prophetic voice within the councils of the Anglican Communion if it is unable to give the reassurances requested of it by the primates.

  Posted on February 23, 2007

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• Parish Unrest for 'Windsor Bishop' in Northwest Texas

  The release of the primates’ communiqué on Feb. 19 appears not to have dissuaded the Rt. Rev. C. Wallis Ohl, Bishop of Northwest Texas, from pursuing litigation against a congregation which recently voted to leave The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on February 23, 2007

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• Primates' Communiqué Draws Mixed Reactions From Bishops

  A number of bishops of The Episcopal Church have reacted publicly to the publication of the communiqué from the meeting of Anglican primates in Tanzania which concluded this week.

  Posted on February 22, 2007

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• Panel of Reference Not Bound by TEC Polity

  The fact that each province has its own polity and policy does not prevent other members of the Anglican Communion from considering and coming to its own conclusions about such matters, stated Archbishop Peter Carnley, retired Primate of Australia and chair of the Panel of Reference.

  Posted on February 22, 2007

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