Anglican Mainstream

Monday January 5 11:10 PST San Francisco (AP) – The state’s high court has prohibited three Southern California parishes who left the U.S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay ministers from retaining ownership of their chu rch buildings and property. In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court ruled that the property belongs to the Episcopal [...]

By Bill Muehlenberg Paris is in town. Paris Hilton that is. And with her there is a whirlwind circus of the media and adoring fans. I have yet to figure out just what it is about Paris that attracts such interest. But she is nonetheless at the centre of attention, just as she is wherever she [...]

from John Richardson   The Church of England Newspaper has published today a letter from Oliver Barclay, author of a history of English Evangelicalism, in response to an earlier article by Colin Craston, a veteran of the first NEAC Conference, deeply critical of Conservative (what Barclay prefers to call ‘Classical’) Evangelicals. I reproduce it below, with apologies [...]

By Albert Mohler Just before the end of 2008, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a report indicating that a significant percentage of American evangelicals reject the biblical claim that Jesus is the only way of salvation.  According to the report, 52% of American Christians believe that "at least some non-Christian faiths can [...]

From CNS VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the church wants to reach young people today, it must avoid the temptation to "fudge" on core Catholic beliefs in an effort to make them more agreeable to contemporary tastes, a Vatican official said. Instead, it should confront with courage the major barriers in modern evangelization, including cultural resistance to [...]

From mailonline Sexual health clinics could soon be open in every secondary school and college. All pupils would have easy access to emergency contraception and pregnancy testing without their parents being told. Around a third of secondary schools in England - almost 1,000 - already have clinics. Some are mobile units shared by a number of schools. Now an [...]

From Telegraph.co.uk Do you agree with the Bishop of Manchester that the Government’s economic policies are "morally corrupt"? Yes - 39 per cent No - 48 per cent Don’t know - 13 per cent  Has Britain improved or regressed under Labour in the last 11 years in terms of: a) reducing financial inequality Improved - 32 per cent Regressed - 44 per [...]

Associated Press A Wisconsin congregation has decided to leave the Episcopal Church to join a more conservative branch of the world Anglican Communion. St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church of Elm Grove is joining the new Anglican Church in North America. Milwaukee’s Episcopal Bishop Steven Miller says he is disappointed by the announcement.   He adds that members can leave a [...]

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Telegraph.co.uk Plans to introduce women bishops have deeply divided the Church of England, according to the survey. The poll of General Synod members found that only half of them would support the compromise deal proposed by the Church. After years of bitter wrangling over the issue, a report was published last week that advocated [...]

A Judaeo - Christian conference for all With Dr Joseph Nicolosi (NARTH) author of Shame, Homosexuality and the Practical Work of ReparativeTherapy (IVP, to be released April 2009)   Dr Jeffrey Satinover author of Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth Arthur Goldberg. J.D. author ofthe just-released Light in the Closet:Torah, Homosexuality, and the Power to Change with others. Ideal for clergy, rabbis, psychologists, therapists, [...]

By John Mark Reynolds, Washington Post (Hat Tip Barbara Gauthier) Imagine a fan so full of admiration that he takes your name and moves into your house. Your family has always tried to reach out to others and so you allow him to stay with you as an act of kindness. Weirdly, after this fan moves in he [...]

Nick Jones, Vicar of Great Horton Bradford, has begun a blog called Redletters, giving a perspective on issues in parish ministry - being invited to join a street demonstration on the Gaza crisis, and reflecting on the Five Bishops’ critique of the government as he goes shopping. Read here  

By Damian Thompson,  Telegraph.co.uk The Mail reports an amazing rumour - and it is only a rumour at this stage - that Dom Hugh Gilbert, Abbot of Pluscarden in Scotland, has turned down the Pope’s invitation to become Archbishop of Westminster because he is worried that his community will break up without him. According to Simon Caldwell, Cardinal [...]

By Geoffrey Rowell, Timesonline In the Wallace Collection in London hangs one of Nicolas Poussin’s great paintings, A Dance to the Music of Time. As the winged and grey-bearded Father Time plays a lyre the allegorical figures of the Seasons of life, Poverty, Labour, Wealth and Pleasure, dance an eternal round to his music. It was [...]

From Cranmer’s Blog For the last 14 years Jack has been the most popular boys’ name in the land. But in multicultural Britain children named after the Muslim prophet Mohammed come a close second. Back in 2007, The Times observed that Muhammad was the second most-popular name chosen for boys in the UK. And they prophesied, [...]

A Message from Bishop David Anderson Beloved in Christ, On the international scene, the American Anglican Council notes with interest the ongoing conversations in the UK concerning the disestablishment of the Church of England. Given that there are many intricacies and nuances to such a move, and most of them would be unrecognized by those [...]

By Peter Ould Judith Maltby, the Chaplain of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, has written a piece for the Guardian’s Comment is Free section on their web. In it she unfortunately demonstrates a lack of real engagement with the theological objections of those who oppose women’s ordination and consecration and indeed shows how she simply won’t [...]