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<p>Sionnsar, we are so grateful to you for serving us by being the new "Anglican Pinglist Guy". You have stated that no one can fill Arlin's shoes, and you're right. It's brave of you to be our de facto leader anyway! THANK YOU.</p>

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Anglicans to shun gay-row bishops By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent (Filed: 03/09/2004) Liberal American bishops face having their invitations to Anglican summits withdrawn by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, if they continue to defy the worldwide Church over homosexuality. Under tough proposals likely to be recommended by the Lambeth Commission next month, the liberal leadership of the American Episcopal Church could be excluded from policy making and shunned by the vast majority of Anglicans. Bishops who publicly support the consecration of Canon Gene Robinson as Anglicanism's first actively gay bishop last year or who authorise gay "marriages", both...

From tomorrow’s London Times: Lambeth Comission May Take Action against ECUSA Filed under: General— kendall @ 9:29 pm “The Episcopal Church in the United States faces exclusion from the worldwide Anglican communion as punishment for ordaining a gay bishop, The Times has learnt. The draconian disciplinary measure is expected to be recommended by a commission set up by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, to resolve the crisis over homosexuality…. The commission’s findings, which will not be published officially until October, will cause widespread dismay among liberals and Anglican-Catholics in the West, who will regard it as a sign...

CANADIAN ANGLICANS LAUNCH NEW ORGANIZATIONS FOR PERSECUTED FAITHFUL by David W. Virtue in Ottawa OTTAWA, ON-(8/31/2004)--Leaders of 700 orthodox Canadian Anglicans meeting under the banner of ESSENTIALS, announced yesterday the formation of two new organizations - a Federation and a Network - to allow beleaguered Anglicans a safe place from revisionist diocesan bishops. The formation of these organizations arose as a result of recent actions of the General Synod in its passing of an amendment declaring the integrity and sanctity of committed, adult, same-sex relationships. The Federation will act as an umbrella for all orthodox Canadian Anglicans, bishops, clergy and...

Breakaway Parishes Refuse to Hand Over Their Records By Monte Morin, Times Staff Writer Three breakaway Episcopal parishes refused to surrender their churches, hymnals and financial records to the Diocese of Los Angeles on Monday, despite threats of a lawsuit by the Episcopal Church. A lawyer for the parishes said Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno lacked the legal authority to make such a demand. "Your demand that hundreds of families and children immediately cease worshipping God in the buildings they alone have erected and supported defies belief," wrote Eric C. Sohlgren, the secessionist parishes' attorney. Over the past weeks, All...

BISHOP BRUNO'S BETE NOIR News Analysis By David W. Virtue Jon Bruno, the Bishop of Los Angeles got a dose of in-your-face orthodoxy this week, the kind of thing orthodox priests have been taking for years from revisionist bishops, and he didn't like it one little bit. The ex-LA cop, former professional football player and General Convention bouncer for his previous boss, said four clergy from two congregations - St. James' Church in Newport Beach and All Saints Church in Long Beach - appeared unexpectedly, without an appointment, at the Cathedral Center on Tuesday morning, August 17, and delivered written...

Breakaway Anglicans won't vacate churches Bishop trying to evict two parishes that left church over blessings of same-sex unions By Douglas Todd, Sun Religion Reporter VANCOUVER: Two B.C. priests at breakaway Anglican parishes are defying their former bishop's request to vacate their church properties, which are together worth more than $1.2 million. The two Vancouver-area conservative priests – who recently left the Anglican Church of Canada because they vehemently oppose same-sex blessings – say their congregations have no intention of saying goodbye to the buildings in which they have worshipped for years. “We own the premises and we’re carrying on...

Pastor leads church in secession struggle Praveen Bunyan contends that St. James did not break away because of the issue of homosexuality. Deepa Bharath, Daily Pilot NEWPORT BEACH — When Praveen Bunyan speaks, the words ring loud and clear. They still bear a trace of an East Indian accent, as the 42-year-old pastor of St. James Church on Via Lido was born and raised in India and lived there most of his life. But it's easy to understand what he says, because he seems to stand by and believe in every word that comes out of his mouth. Bunyan spearheaded...

African and Asian clergy bring world mission home The Church of England is becoming a mission field for African and Asian clergy, who are making up an increasingly significant minority in dioceses across the country. Over 100 priests from the Global South are estimated to have arrived in parishes over the last couple of years, an investigation by The Church of England Newspaper has found. At least 20 African and Asian clergy have been posted to minister in parishes in the London diocese and around six have begun work in Chelmsford diocese. Out of the clergy who have moved into...

Carey tour adds to US fears of gay schism By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, will provoke a fresh storm over homosexuality in the Church next month by blessing hundreds of American traditionalists who are boycotting their own pro-gay bishop. This high-profile intervention by Lord Carey will highlight the growing polarisation in the worldwide Anglican community over the issue and will be criticised as "back-seat driving" by supporters of his successor at Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. It will also raise the temperature of the debate weeks before the publication of the final report by...

Nanaimo pastor dismissed Anglican rector Tom Semper was asked to resign after a petition on same-sex unions went to the bishop The struggle in the Anglican Church about blessing same-sex couples recently focused on Nanaimo’s St. James Anglican Church, and its conservative rector, Tom Semper. On June 9, 2004, following the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, the local diocese under its new Bishop, Jim Cowan, asked Semper for his resignation, and Semper submitted it. He is now no longer licensed to practice as a parish priest and no longer a member of the Anglican Church of Canada....

Two Major Calif. Churches Disassociate From Episcopal Church USA Filed under: General— kendall @ 1:20 pm All Saints’ Church Aligns with the Worldwide Anglican Communion LONG BEACH, Calif. – Aug. 17, 2004 – All Saints’ Church, a biblically orthodox church since 1926, affirms its membership in the Anglican Communion and will no longer be affiliated with the Episcopal Church USA or the Diocese of Los Angeles. All Saints’ Church is now under the jurisdiction oversight of the Anglican Province of Uganda in the Diocese of Luweero, which is a member of the mainstream of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Despite trends...

August 13, 2004 For Immediate Release August 13, 2004 Contact: Cynthia P. Brust 202-296-5360 Senior Episcopal Bishops Condemn Secret Meetings, Uphold Essentials of Faith In an open letter to Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, five senior bishops expressed deep regret that a pattern of secrecy continues in Episcopal leadership as the doctrinal crisis in the denomination grows daily. A meeting planned for August 13, 2004 between the Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice and the five bishops was cancelled after the Presiding Bishop refused to allow non-participating observers to attend. “We feel strongly that a meeting of this...

OKLAHOMA: Bishop makes major gaffe in letter to Pittsburgh Bishop Duncan says Moody's letter based on false assumptions and ECUSA's innovations Special Report By David W. Virtue OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (8/11/2004)--The Bishop of Oklahoma, the Rt. Rev. Robert M. Moody has written a letter, which Virtuosity has obtained, publicly castigating and chastising the Bishop of Pittsburgh, the Rt. Rev. Robert W. Duncan, Jr., over the appointment of a deacon in his diocese, who was not, it turned out, under his jurisdiction. In his letter, Moody blasted Duncan saying that the appointment of the Rev. Vern Caswell as vicar of St....

SOUTHERN OHIO: Orthodox Priest Resigns Parish. Bishop Outlaws Network. By David W. Virtue CHILLICOTHE, OH (8/9/2004)--The rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chillicothe, has resigned from his parish because he found himself at odds with his bishop Herbert Thompson over his parish's affiliation with the Anglican Communion Network. "For the sake of the Gospel, I'd rather switch than fight," said Fr. Rick Terry to Virtuosity. In his letter of resignation, that has been widely circulated, he wrote, in part, "Rather than pursue the avenue of an inhibition, an ecclesiastical court trial, a potential deposition, and all the accompanying pain...

MICHIGAN: Aftershock of gay bishop installation rocks local Episcopal churches By George Jaksa THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION August 8, 2004 It's been a tumultuous year for some area Episcopalians and their churches. Since the ordination of an openly gay Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire a year ago, three local pastors have resigned their posts and tumbling local church attendance has yet to stabilize. Gone are the Rev. Scott Danforth, 51, rector of St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, Davison Township; the Rev. David Kulchar, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Flushing; and the Rev. Gregory Tournoux, 45, rector of Christ Episcopal Church,...

A Decisive Turn to Paganism Has the nation finally abandoned its Judeo-Christian heritage, or is there still hope? By Harold O.J. Brown | posted 08/05/2004 8:30 a.m. Recent events have left Christians wondering how they stand in American society. In the last year, we at Christianity Today have received several manuscripts by prominent Christian intellectuals suggesting that the United States has become definitively and irreversibly anti-God. Other Christians continue to urge us to do good with the hope that we can make a difference. Each side can marshal compelling arguments and strong evidence. Yesterday and today we publish two views...

MISSOURI: Gay marriage ban approved by voters, nixed by Episcopal bishop News Analysis By David W. Virtue Voters in Missouri have given a resounding thumbs up to an amendment (2) to the state constitution banning gay marriage. By doing so they served notice that similar proposed bans in other states could be difficult to defeat. The Missouri Constitution will now state that "to be valid and recognized in this state a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman." The vote was over 70% in favor. The Christian voters turned out in record numbers, said a Virtuosity subscriber....

THE FUTILE JOURNEY OF THE THREE NOT SO WISE MEN News Analysis By David W. Virtue Two American Episcopal bishops and a seminary Dean are in Africa trying to understand why African Anglican Provinces and their bishops will have nothing to do with ECUSA's theological and moral innovations. The three are John Lipscomb, Diocesan Bishop of Southwest Florida, Ted Daniels, Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Texas and Titus Pressler, Dean of the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest. Dr. Pressler wrote a letter from Nairobi, Kenya, which Virtuosity has obtained, explaining their 12-day mission. "The purpose of the trip is...