Consider what the denomination's top officials now openly acknowledge:
"Our context demands that we must help the church to face and engage the reality of decline," Presiding Bishop Michael Curry candidly told the Episcopal Church Council of Bishops meeting virtually September 19 in his opening remarks. "This is not easy. The times are not easy."
Read moreNeither Restoration nor the National Cathedral are broadly reflective of their respective denominations on a nationwide scale, with each listing larger-than-average congregations. But, as a local microcosm of churchgoers in a major metropolitan area, the two churches less than five miles apart may serve to illustrate a sea change in how each emerged following a period of COVID restrictions and a corresponding attendance drop.
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Read moreIf the Communion is restored, can it be made strong enough to face future challenges? How can it fulfil God's mission in a world hostile to God? What will be the best structure that can sustain the Communion and also ensure the autonomy and interdependence of its member Provinces? In order to respond to these important questions, we need first to stop and look back at the history of the Anglican Communion and how it moved from a strong beginning to the current failures and fragmentation.
Read moreMohammed, a car mechanic, leaves behind a widow and five children. He accepted Jesus in 2019. Mohammed was shot five times in the back and chest.
Their widows and eleven children are grieving beyond imagination. And they are completely destitute. There is no social safety net here.
Read moreAnd whereas such developments are in direct contravention of Resolution 1.10 of the
Lambeth Conference 1998 on Human Sexuality, which declared that "homosexual
practice is incompatible with Scripture" and advised against the "legitimising or blessing
of same sex union",
Curry, who was recently hospitalized for a recurrence of internal bleeding and is scheduled for a related surgery later this month, was responding in his address to an Aug.
Read moreOn Sunday, a fund-raising event was held at the Church and the deputy speaker of Uganda's parliament Thomas Tayebwa was the chief guest.
Over three hundred million shillings in cash and pledges was raised for the completion of the new Cathedral building at all saints Cathedral.
Read moreThe former Anambra State governor has made a habit of donating to Anglican Churches and schools in the state since the end of his tenure. In the past he donated ₦40m equivalent of $50,923 US donation to Faith Specialist Hospital, where the College is domiciled, and Friday's donation has brought it up to ₦90 million or $11,133 US.
Read moreDeparture From The Faith Once Received:
The most fundamental factor was the departure of several Provinces, mainly in the global north, from the orthodox Christian faith as Anglicans have received it. This biblical faith was to be found expressed in the Creeds, the early Councils of the undivided church, the Book of Common Prayer, along with the Thirty-Nine Articles and the two Books of Homilies, as well as the later Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral.
Read more"These include allegations that you verbally and physically abused your sons over a period of years; that you threw objects at your ex-wife, threatened her with a knife and by raising your hand at her; and that you publicly misrepresented facts related to your divorce," the letter said.
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