Anglican Unscripted Episode 63

Jan 13, 2013

This week Kevin and George cover the international outrage over Civll Partnered Gay Bishops in the Church of England... and in the Palaces. They also spend time analyzing the sound approach the Anglican Church in North America is applying to the difficult topics of Multi-jurisdictional Dioceses and Women's Ordination. Story three covers the folly of the Episcopal Church's legal strategy in South Carolina and the Quorum problem. In Episode 63s final story we learn about how North America is able to Bless something without actually do it... we know... weird.

Cathedral’s same-sex marriage decision renews old debate, but doesn’t end it
The decision by leaders of the Washington National Cathedral to perform same-sex weddings is getting a mixed reception, with supporters calling it consistent with the church’s path for more than a decade and critics warning of further division on an issue that has roiled religious denominations across the country...

Global South urges Church of England to pull back on gay bishops
The Global South Coalition of Anglican Primates – representing a majority of members of the Anglican Communion – has urged the House of Bishops of the Church of England to rescind its decision to permit clergy in gay civil partnerships to be appointed to the Episcopate...

Communique from the ACNA College of Bishops
The Anglican Church in North America’s College of Bishops dedicated a week to meet together in Orlando, Florida under the leadership of the Most Rev. Robert Duncan, Archbishop and Primate, to worship, pray, take counsel together and do Bible study. The College was blessed to have a number of special guests, including two dozen of the bishops’ wives. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali served as Biblical expositor, focusing on Ephesians and how it shapes our ministry to share the transforming love of Jesus Christ in North America. The College was also honored by the presence and witness of Bishop Azad Marshall of the Anglican Diocese of Iran...

Women clergy under review for the ACNA
More bishops, fewer dioceses and the future of women clergy were amongst the main topics of debate at the Anglican Church of North America’s College of Bishops meeting this week in Orlando.

Bishops from the conservative province in waiting in North America in the Anglican Communion approved the election of two additional bishops for the PEAR-USA Network. The Rev. Quigg Lawrence will lead the Atlantic Regional Network and the Rev. Ken Ross the Western Regional Network, while the Very Rev. Clark Lowenfield was elected bishop of the Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast – a diocese in formation...

Presiding Episcopal Bishop to speak on spirituality and environment
The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will speak in Milwaukee later this month on the mounting threat of environmental degradation and the ramifications for the planet and all of humanity, the Milwaukee Diocese announced.

Two of the comments:
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I attended an Episcopal service on Christmas with extended family. Their were eleven people there. The official spent 50% of the service lecturing on environmental issues, 50% of the service lecturing on gay rights, he did however manage to weave in a few sentences on the birth of Christ.