The Rev. Canon Chris Ahrends: “It’s time for a form of ‘civil disobedience’ within the church — call it ‘ecclesiastical disobedience’ — by clergy of conscience.”
The Diocese of Sydney’s synod has eliminated a provision of its governance policy that required lay officials of diocesan-affiliated schools and aid agencies to profess their belief in a traditional ethic of sex and marriage.
The conference drew 220 clergy and laypeople from 30 countries and 28 provinces, under the theme “Leading Safer Churches: Power and Vulnerability in Church Life.”
Bishop Joey Royal: “The main problem with the ACoC it that for decades it has been ‘reimagining’ itself into the image of the prevailing culture, and not the gospel. More ‘reimagining’ will only make it worse.”
Darrell Critch’s new diocese is part of an Anglican church in communion with the See of Canterbury, unlike the ACNA. This will likely make his ministry the first of its kind at a time of deep division across the Communion.
Since 2018, 5,552 organizations have arbitrarily lost their legal status in the country, about 70 percent of the non-governmental organizations that then existed.
The Anglican Province of Central Africa confirmed its intention to divide into three autonomous national churches, and to allow dioceses to ordain women at a synod held this week in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
The Rev. Canon Andrew Hindley was subject to five police investigations for sexual impropriety and assessed as a major risk to young men, and only agreed to resign after receiving a six-figure payoff from the Church of England.
The Rev. William Taylor: “Yesterday’s commissioning was the second of its kind, and I suspect many others will now follow — and, in due course, ordination services.”
“I pray for our clergy and the church family in Southport and for the way they continue to respond and live out the cure of souls in their community,” wrote Bishop John Perumbalath of Liverpool.
Archbishop Henry Ndukuba: “I want to inform the pilgrims here that the martyrs lacked nothing, but they chose to give their lives to Christ. When you have Jesus Christ, you have everything.”
The Rev. Canon Dr. Thomas Herbert O’Driscoll, a son of Cork, Ireland, and revered preacher and composer who served most of his years in North America, died July 25 at 95.
The Archbishop of Canterbury preached on repentance, suffering, and the church’s acts of mercy during a bicentennial celebration of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Just as the Church of England has created blessings for same-sex couples that are not wedding rites, the Church of England Evangelical Council has created “spiritual overseers.”
The Church of England’s General Synod has narrowly backed standalone services for blessing same-sex unions alongside a provision for conservative parishes to register for delegated episcopal oversight.
