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| The Solution to the Mosque Dilemma - Mike McManus | ||
| Published: | Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | The Solution to the Mosque Dilemma By Mike McManus September 9, 2010 I have the perfect solution to the problem of building a 15-story mosque and community center two blocks from Ground Zero where two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who wants to build the center, told his side of the story for the first time on Larry King Live, interviewed by Soledad O'Brien. He asserted, "I have been an imam, in a mosque 10 blocks from the site, serving that community for a quarter of a century. "A member of my congregation, who knew we needed more space, found this building, acquired it, and offered it for us to establish a center. I've had a vision for 15-20 years to create a center which embodies the fundamental beliefs that we have, as do Christians and Jews, to love our God and our neighbor. We want to get to know each other and forge personal bonds." Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| The Truth About Men & Church: The Importance of Fathers to Churchgoing | ||
| Published: | Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:20:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | The Truth About Men & Church: The Importance of Fathers to Churchgoing By Robbie Low http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-05-024-v September 2010 Most of us, I suspect, are not great students of "the small print." We employ lawyers and accountants because we recognize that carefully constructed small print may contain disclaimers, definitions, and information that effectively drive a coach and horses through our assumptions about the general argument and make utterly null and void the common understanding that we thought we had. Allow me to introduce you to a piece of very small print. Not many will have whiled away the long winter evenings by reading "The demographic characteristics of the linguistic and religious groups in Switzerland" by Werner Haug and Phillipe Warner of the Federal Statistical Office, Neuchatel. It appears in Volume 2 of Population Studies No. 31, a book titled The Demographic Characteristics of National Minorities in Certain European States, edited by Werner Haug and others, published by the Council of Europe Directorate General III, Social Cohesion, Strasbourg, January 2000. Phew. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| The Real Debate on Race in America | ||
| Published: | Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | The Real Debate on Race in America By Jay Haug Special to Virtueonline www.virtueonline.org Sept. 8, 2010 When I was a young man, I was a pretty good cross-country and track runner. In some (not all) dual meets, I would often open up significant gaps on the field and coast to victory. Can you imagine if one of the runners called out to me during the race ,"Excuse me, could you slow down please so I can catch up?" Had such an unlikely event occurred, I would have laughed and probably said something like "come get me, if you can." The whole point, of course, was to win, not to be fair, compassionate or egalitarian. To let anyone catch up would have produced outcries and cold stares from my teammates eager to win the overall event. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| PENNSYLVANIA: Standing Committee asks for help in getting bishop to leave | ||
| Published: | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | PENNSYLVANIA: Standing Committee asks for help in getting bishop to leave By Mary Frances Schjonberg Episcopal News Service September 08, 2010 he members of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania's Standing Committee have asked the leaders of the House of Bishops for their "support and assistance in constructing a way to go forward in this diocese and to secure Bishop [Charles] Bennison's retirement or resignation." Bennison resumed his role as diocesan bishop Aug. 16, some 11 days after the church's Court of Review for the Trial of a Bishop overturned a lower church court's finding that he ought to be deposed (removed) from ordained ministry because he had engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy. The review court agreed with one of the lower court's two findings of misconduct, but said that Bennison could not be deposed because the charge was barred by the church's statute of limitations. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| 'Move beyond fear': Planned Quran burning is religious stupidity - Leo Frade | ||
| Published: | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:50:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | 'Move beyond fear': Planned Quran burning is religious stupidity - Leo Frade By Leo Frade, Episcopal News Service September 08, 2010 How can anyone think that an act of hate and religious fanaticism -- the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 -- can somehow be redeemed by an act of intolerance and religious stupidity? I have been trying to decide whether Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove Center in Gainesville, who is planning to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, has any idea of how much harm and persecution his action will bring upon Christians living around the world -- and specifically those living in countries with a majority Muslim population. I have traveled extensively in the Middle East, and I am quite familiar with the precarious situation of Christians in that area. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| SAN DIEGO:St. Michael's-by-the-Sea Anglo-Catholic Rector Dumped by TEC Bishop | ||
| Published: | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | SAN DIEGO: St. Michael's-by-the-Sea Anglo-Catholic Rector Dumped by Episcopal Bishop James Mathes By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org Sept. 8, 2010 In a letter to the parish, Bishop Mathes said, "Father Moquin's resignation was made as my office was concluding a thorough investigation of what turned out to be serious misconduct involving another individual. Like every other priest in our diocese, Father Moquin has agreed to standards of professional conduct that are explained through training, which he has received. He was sworn under penalty of perjury to have read 'Safeguarding God's People', including the section entitled 'Prevention and Response'; he agreed that he would abide by the policies set forth in that manual. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| The Anglican Communion: Is it over? | ||
| Published: | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | The Anglican Communion: Is it over? News Analysis By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org Sept. 8, 2010  To all intents and purposes, the Anglican Communion, as it is now constructed, is over.African bishops and archbishops who spoke privately to VOL in Entebbe, Uganda, believe that the communiqué issued by orthodox Anglican African bishops expressing concern over "progressive developments" in the West was a surface response to the deep fissures and unbridgeable divide that now exists between the Global South and the Global North and there is "absolutely" no way the two can ever come together again. Ever. Specifically they believe the following: Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| UK: Peter Tatchell criticises Archbishop over gay rights worldwide | ||
| Published: | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | UK: Peter Tatchell criticises Archbishop over gay rights worldwide by Matt Cresswell Church of England Newspaper http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/ September 2nd, 2010 PETER TATCHELL, the human rights activist and gay rights campaigner, spoke out against the treatment of homosexuals in Africa, at this year's Greenbelt festival. He was critical of the Archbishop of Canterbury whom he accused of colluding in their maltreatment under the Ugandan authorities. Tatchell, however, was criticised for being wrong about circumstances surrounding Bishop Senjyonjo, whom he claimed had his pension removed by the Church of Uganda for believing in gay rights. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| No Need for God? Stephen Hawking Defies Divine Creation | ||
| Published: | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:10:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | No Need for God? Stephen Hawking Defies Divine Creation By Albert Mohler http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/09/07/no-need-for-god-stephen-hawking-defies-divine-creation/ September 7, 2010 Professor Stephen Hawking is a remarkable human being. His courage and tenacity are an inspiration to all. His work on the theory of gravity has changed the way the field of physics is taught. But, when he crosses that border from science to theology, his worldview leads him into abject disaster. By any measure, Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and influential figures in modern science. For thirty years, he served as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and his career before and after his decades in that post is the stuff of scientific legend. He is also probably the longest-living person ever to be diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS], and the very fact that he has been productive since that diagnosis at age 21 is a testimony to his sense of personal mission and sheer determination. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| A comprehensive study of U.S. congregations points to some changes | ||
| Published: | Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:50:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | A comprehensive study of U.S. congregations points to some changes By HELEN T. GRAY McClatchy Newspapers http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/01/658737/a-comprehensive-study-of-us-congregations.html Sept. 4, 2010 An elderly neighbor said he and his wife go to the early service at their church. A main reason is that they prefer the music: hymns. "All that praise and worship music, with the guitars and drums ... too loud," he said, covering his ears with his hands. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Sentamu pleads for Government rethink on sex trafficking opt-out | ||
| Published: | Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:50:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Sentamu pleads for Government rethink on sex trafficking opt-out By Tom Richmond http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Sentamu-pleads-for-Government-rethink.6513038.jp September 4, 2010 THE Archbishop of York has implored the Government to reconsider its decision to "opt-out" of a EU directive intended to clamp down on international sex trafficking. Dr John Sentamu, a longstanding campaigner on the issue, makes the appeal in today's Yorkshire Post in which he describes the sexual exploitation of victims to "modern day slavery". Dr Sentamu said he believed the decision not to opt in to the directive meant the UK would damage its ability to influence co-ordinated EU policy on the problem - particularly in relation to sex trafficking. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Court Cases Postponed in Fresno and Texas | ||
| Published: | Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Court Cases Postponed in Fresno and Texas by A.S. HALEY The Anglican Curmudgeon http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/09/court-cases-postponed-in-fresno-and.html September 4, 2010 Two of the important cases involving the Episcopal Church (USA)'s claims to church property have recently been postponed by the courts. In the Hood County case in Texas, involving the pseudo-diocese of Fort Worth's claims on a bequest from the Cynthia Brants trust to St. Andrew's parish in Fort Worth, Judge Ralph Walton has entered an order of abatement, which holds all further proceedings in the matter until the principal case in Tarrant County, before Judge John Chupp, is resolved between the pseudo-diocese and the only true diocese as to who controls the corporate structures. For more background on the Hood County case and its relation to the claims in the Tarrant County court, see this post, and this one. For more on the Tarrant County case, start with this post, and then follow the later links at this page. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| God no longer male, Scottish Episcopal Church rules | ||
| Published: | Mon, 6 Sep 2010 08:20:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | God no longer male, Scottish Episcopal Church rules A new order of service produced by the Scottish Episcopal Church has caused controversy by removing masculine references to God. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ September 6, 2010  The new form of worship, which removes words such as "Lord, he, his, him" and "mankind" from services, has been written by the church in an attempt to acknowledge that God is "beyond human gender". Episcopalian bishops have approved the introduction of more "inclusive" language, which deliberately removes references suggesting that God is of male gender. Traditionalists have criticised the changes on the grounds that they smack of political correctness and because they believe they are not consistent with the teachings of the Bible. The alterations have been made to provide an alternative to the established 1982 Liturgy, which, like the Bible, refers to God as a man. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| "By Heresies Distressed": Episcopal Bishopess Schori On Immigration | ||
| Published: | Mon, 6 Sep 2010 05:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | "By Heresies Distressed": Episcopal Bishopess Schori On Immigration By Peter Brimelow http://tinyurl.com/2b2zfuw September 5, 2010 My magnificent local Episcopalian Church, built by an earlier and very different generation of New Englanders, did not get an offering from me this Sunday-admittedly, the first time I've attended since the birth of my new daughter on August 4; our routines have been disrupted, by God's ineffable grace. My general feelings of thankfulness and benevolence were brought to a screeching halt when my teenage daughter pointed, with a mischievous grin, to an insert in the Order of Service: We must join immigration dialogue, by the church's appalling Presiding Bishopess, Katharine Jefferts Schori. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| PHILADELPHIA: Pro-Gay Anglo-Catholic Priest Invites Bennison to Say Mass | ||
| Published: | Mon, 6 Sep 2010 02:00:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | PHILADELPHIA: Pro-Gay Anglo-Catholic Priest Invites Bennison to Perform Sacramental Duties By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org Sept. 6, 2010  The Anglo-Catholic priest of one of the last remaining "high" Episcopal churches in the Diocese of Pennsylvania said he has personally invited disgraced Bishop Charles E. Bennison to say Mass for him on some of the weeks he has to be in the hospital for hip surgery.He did this despite the fact that Bennison, 66, stands convicted of conduct unbecoming a priest or bishop. Bennison has returned as bishop with a cloud hanging over him because of a narrow, legalistic reading of the statute of limitations that let him off on a technicality. Bennison had been charged with covering up the sexual abuse of a minor by his brother and failing to discharge his pastoral obligations to the girl, the members of her family, and members of the parish youth group as well as church authorities after he learned of his brother John's sexual abuse. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| STOCKTON, CA: Episcopalians sue for Stockton church | ||
| Published: | Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:50:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | STOCKTON, CA: Episcopalians sue for Stockton church By Sue Nowicki http://www.modbee.com/2010/09/01/1320454/episcopals-sue-for-stockton-church.html#ixzz0ybTrJMy1 Sept. 02, 2010 The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin has filed its ninth and final lawsuit against self-incorporated parishes that turned their backs on the national church in 2007. This one, filed Monday, is against St. John the Evangelist church in Stockton, which is insured for $7.5 million. St. John was one of about 40 parishes in the San Joaquin Diocese that left the Episcopal Church over issues of scriptural interpretation, such as whether Jesus is the only way to God, and whether gays should be ordained as priests and bishops. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| NAIROBI: Kenya Anglican chides central, southern Africans on links to US | ||
| Published: | Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | NAIROBI: Kenya Anglican chides central, southern Africans on links to US By Fredrick Nzwili Ecumenical News International Sept. 2, 2010 A Kenyan Anglican bishop has criticised counterparts in central and southern Africa for saying they will not dissociate themselves from the U.S. Episcopal (Anglican) Church over the consecration of homosexuals and lesbians to the episcopate. "The church in central Africa is still very young and in a minority," Anglican Bishop Julius Kalu of Mombasa told ENInews on 31 August while noting that "most of the large provinces like Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya" agreed acting against the U.S. church. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| When compromise trumps apostolic tradition - George Weigel | ||
| Published: | Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:10:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | When compromise trumps apostolic tradition Written by George Weigel http://www.catholicstarherald.org/ September 2, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Great Britain next month will unfold along a pilgrim's path metaphorically strewn with landmines. Headline-grabbing new atheists like Richard Dawkins, along with their allies in the international plaintiff's bar, may try to have the pontiff arrested as an enabler of child abuse. More subtly, but just as falsely, homosexual activists and their allies will portray John Henry Newman, whom the Pope will beatify, as the patron saint of gay liberation. No challenge facing Benedict in Britain, however, will be greater than the challenge of re-framing the Anglican-Catholic ecumenical dialogue, which is on the verge of de facto extinction. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| ABC hits back after Stephen Hawking insists God did NOT create the universe | ||
| Published: | Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:10:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Archbishop of Canterbury hits back after Stephen Hawking insists God did NOT create the universe By Daily Mail Reporter http://tinyurl.com/3829aqs September 3rd, 2010  The Archbishop of Canterbury has led a religious backlash after Britain's most famous scientist declared God redundant.Dr Rowan Williams dismissed Professor Stephen Hawking's findings that modern physics leaves no room for a Creator and science could explain the origins of the universe. In The Grand Design, the best-selling author concludes: 'Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Professor Stephen Hawking believes the laws of physics were behind the creation of the universe, not God. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Entebbe Finale*Bonnie Anderson to Charles Bennison:"Go"*Lawsuits Continue*More | ||
| Published: | Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:00:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | The Spirit and the Son. The Spirit's witness. How do people come to acknowledge the divine-human person of Jesus? The apostolic testimony is necessary, but it does not compel assent. It is only by the Spirit of God that anybody ever confesses that Jesus is the Christ come in the flesh (1 Jn. 4:2). --- From "The Letters of John" (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) Change from within. There is a sense in which we may say that the teaching ministry of Jesus had proved a failure. Several times he had urged his disciples to humble themselves like a little child, but Simon Peter remained proud and self-confident. Often he had told them to love one another, but even John seems to have deserved his nickname 'son of thunder' to the end. Yet when you read Peter's first letter you cannot fail to notice its references to humility, and John's letters are full of love. What made the difference? The Holy Spirit. Jesus taught them to be humble and loving; but neither quality appeared in their lives until the Holy Spirit entered their personality and began to change them from within. --- From "Basic Christianity" by John R.W. Stott Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Tables turned in Entebbe - Martyn Minns | ||
| Published: | Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:10:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Tables turned in Entebbe by Bishop Martyn Minns Sept. 2, 2010 The tables were turned in Entebbe, Uganda this week as hundreds of Anglican Bishops from all over Africa gathered for their second All Africa Bishops Conference (AABC). The first took place six years ago in Lagos, Nigeria in October, 2004 with the theme - "Africa Has Come of Age" - this time the theme was "Securing the Future: Unlocking our Potential". Both the Prime Minster of Uganda, the Honorable Dr. Apolo Nsibambi, and the President of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri K. Museveni personally welcomed the Conference. They also hosted a five-course formal dinner at the palatial State House, Entebbe, accompanied by a full orchestra playing revival hymns. Both men turned the tables on the assembled bishops by using the opportunity to both establish their credentials as sons of the East African Revival and also deliver challenging biblically based sermons. Their words were refreshingly direct. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| You Should Resign Says House of Deputies President to PA Bishop Charles Bennison | ||
| Published: | Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | You Should Resign, Says House of Deputies President to PA Bishop Charles Bennison Bennison could still be removed from office, says Anderson Witnesses charge that Bennison has learned nothing By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org Sept. 2, 2010  The ultra liberal President of the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson, has told revisionist Pennsylvania Bishop Charles E. Bennison that he ought to resign, arguing that to stay on he will only deepen the divisions and discredit the church rather than to bring healing or advance "our common mission."In a letter to five witnesses who testified at Bennison's trial, Anderson wrote that she wishes Bennison would have the "wisdom and generosity of spirit to resign" as bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The HOD President said that when the bishops of the Episcopal Church meet Sept. 16-21 in Arizona, they "will prayerfully consider this matter and either prevail upon Bishop Bennison to resign, or undertake other measures that lead to Bishop Bennison's removal from office." Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| 'Changing Attitude' Organization Spins All Africa Anglican Bishops Conference | ||
| Published: | Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:40:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | 'Changing Attitude' Organization Spins All Africa Anglican Bishops Conference in Entebbe News Analysis By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.com Sept. 2, 2010  Was it a successful, anti-gay African Bishops Conference in Entebbe, asks Colin Coward of Changing Attitude, the Church of England's unofficial gay activist organization?"The bishops who gathered in Entebbe last week think they represent the majority, the true Christians, for whom homosexuality is the most evil abomination imaginable. I do not belong to such a group. If their interpretation of Jesus' teaching leads them to this conclusion, then why should they not leave and form an exclusive church that is cleansed of the evil they imagine?" VOL: Actually, the 400 some bishops from 12 African nations who met in Entebbe DO represent the majority of Anglicans in the Communion. A conservative estimate is that 80% of all Anglicans are Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic - the majority being Evangelical. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| SAN JOAQUIN: Diocese sues for return of Stockton church property | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:20:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | SAN JOAQUIN: Diocese sues for return of Stockton church property [VOL: Please observe that this is from the Episcopal Church. We do not have independent corroboration from Bishop John-David Schofield's staff and their side of the story] By ENS staff, Episcopal News Service September 01, 2010 The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin on Aug. 30 filed a lawsuit against the former members of St. John the Evangelist Church, Stockton, to seek return of the church property. St. John's was among 40 congregations whose members disaffiliated from the Episcopal Church in 2007, first realigning with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone and later with the Anglican Church in North America. They refused to relinquish church property. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Tiptoeing Through the Tulips: Lack of Oversight for ECUSA's Lawsuit Expenses | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:10:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Tiptoeing Through the Tulips: Lack of Oversight for ECUSA's Lawsuit Expenses by A. S. Haley Anglican Curmudgeon August 25, 2010 [N.B.: This is Part IV of a multi-part series entitled: "How Did ECUSA Get its Attorneys?" The previous posts are Part I, Part II and Part III.] They can be found here: http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-did-ecusa-get-its-attorneys.html http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/08/leading-church-into-lawsuits-pt-i.html http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/08/leading-church-into-lawsuits-pt-ii.html Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA: Bishop Lifts Inhibition Against Dean Linder | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:50:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA: Bishop Lifts Inhibition Against Dean Linder Vestry can now fire the priest, says Bishop Waldo By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org September 1, 2010  The Bishop of Upper South Carolina has written a letter to parishioners of Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, SC, saying he is lifting the inhibition against Dean Philip Linder, leaving the church open to relieving the dean of his job.The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo said in a letter to the parish that he has had several conversations with the Dean and his representatives concerning the next steps in the Dean’s ministry and concluded that was the best course of action. Waldo said the inhibition was necessary to prevent division and discord from being spread within the Cathedral community following the Dean’s violation of pastoral direction on July 13th. “In my judgment, his violation of that direction risked injury to the health of the Cathedral and your witness to the gospel. It could not be ignored.” Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| GROVE CITY, Ohio: New Church Body Formed for North American Lutherans | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:10:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | GROVE CITY, Ohio: New Church Body Formed for North American Lutherans Christian Newswire August 29, 2010 A new Lutheran denominational body was born on Friday, Aug. 27, as Lutherans from throughout North America voted overwhelmingly and enthusiastically to form the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). The decision to form the new church body was made at the annual Convocation of Lutheran CORE which attracted more than 1,100 Lutherans Thursday and Friday at Grove City Church of the Nazarene. The Convocation adopted a constitution and elected provisional leaders for the NALC. The Rev. Paull Spring of State College, Pa., was elected as bishop. Spring served as bishop of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 14 years. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Is America Islamophobic - Attorney, Author, and Pastor Responds to Time Magazine | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Is America Islamophobic -- Attorney, Author, and Pastor Responds to Time Magazine Article CAROL STREAM, Ill., Sept. 1 /Christian Newswire/ -- Time Magazine's August 30th cover story asks, "Is America Islamophobic?" Attorney, pastor, and best-selling author Randy Singer argues that it's "decidedly not," despite ongoing controversy surrounding the Park51 project in New York and an increase in mainstream media coverage of Muslim-related issues. "Time is trying to paint the American public as Islamophobic when the majority of the public is drawing the line exactly where it should be," said Singer. Singer, whose new book, "Fatal Convictions" (Tyndale House), focuses on the intersection of the Islamic faith and the Christian faith, says that Time's own polls show that while 61 percent of Americans oppose the Park51 project, 55 percent would support a mosque in their own neighborhood. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| Scholars and 'Snake-Handlers' | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | Scholars and 'Snake-Handlers' Society of Biblical Literature accused of evangelical pandering-and secular bias. by Bobby Ross Jr. www.Christianitytoday.com September 1, 2010 A professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of California–Berkeley quit the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), voicing concern that North America's leading organization for biblical scholarship had welcomed "the views of creationists, snake-handlers, and faith healers." In an op-ed in the July/August 2010 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Ronald S. Hendel complained that SBL had ended its annual joint conference with the American Academy of Religion (AAR) after 2007 and reached out to "evangelical and fundamentalist groups" to boost its numbers. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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| NASHVILLE, TN: St. Andrew's Battles TEC's Legal and Canonical Maneuverings | ||
| Published: | Wed, 1 Sep 2010 06:20:00 -0400 | |
| Description: | NASHVILLE, TN: St. Andrew's Battles TEC's Legal and Canonical Maneuverings A VOL EXCLUSIVE By Mary Ann Mueller with David W. Virtue www.Virtueonline.org September 1, 2010 St. Andrew's is a spiritually vibrant parish with a long history of problems involving its church building. The Episcopal congregation was founded in 1889 during the height of the Reconstruction Era in the post-Confederate south. St. Andrew's, an Anglo-Catholic parish, is one of 13 spiritual daughters of Christ Church, the mother church in Nashville, which eventually became the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org more... |
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