Archbishop of Canterbury: who’ll get the impossible job? – by Peter Stanford
So the bookies who are busy offering odds on the runners and riders in this unusual race…have nevertheless installed the 52-year-old Bishop of Coventry, Christopher Cocksworth, as favourite. Unknown on a national stage, his great advantage appears to be that, on the see‑saw principle, he is the favoured Evangelical candidate.
New Anglican Body Launches to Stand Against Liberal Theology in the UK
LONDON, UK (ANS) — Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic groups opposed to liberal developments within the Church of England have created the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, according to London’s Premier Radio. The British radio station says thousands of Anglicans, unhappy with the Church of England’s position on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ordination of women and... Continue Reading
New Anglican Church Being Formed in North America
WHEATON, ILL (ANS) – Bishops, clergy and lay leaders from the United States and Canada unveiled a provisional constitution and the first set of canons for the new Anglican Church in North America at a news conference and worship service December 3, 2008 at Wheaton Evangelical Free Church in suburban Chicago. A news release reported... Continue Reading
Ex-Episcopalians to Form New U.S. Anglican Church
A church constitution, to be unveiled December 3 at Wheaton College near Chicago, would unite some 100,000 disaffected former Episcopalians who now adhere to various conservative Anglican archbishops abroad. Rev. Daryl Fenton says breakaway Episcopalians will soon unveil a new church constitution. “What’s being planned is the organizing of a new Anglican Church in the... Continue Reading
Anglican Communion Continues a Seismic Shift with Pittsburgh Diocese Move
WASHINGTON, Christian Newswire — The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted on Saturday, October 4, 2008, to end its affiliation with the national denomination. The vote carried with support from 119 of the 191 lay delegates and 121 of the 160 clergy delegates. The diocese has aligned itself with another province in the Anglican Communion,... Continue Reading
Anglican Conservatives Form Group to Combat Liberal Trends In the Church
JERUSALEM (ANS)—Conservative Anglicans meeting in Jerusalem will create a global network to combat modern trends in the Church like the ordination of gay clergy. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the group has also decided to break its relationship with the liberal wings of the US and Canadian Churches. The BBC... Continue Reading
J.I. Packer Withdraws from the Anglican Church
The Vancouver Sun reported on May 7, 2008 that one of the world’s most famous evangelical theologians quit the Anglican Church of Canada recently because he believes many of its bishops are “arguably heretical” for adhering to “poisonous liberalism.” James I. Packer, whom Time magazine recently named as one of the planet’s 25 most influential... Continue Reading