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"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." Mark 8:38 NASB
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Message from Bishop Anderson
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Bishop Anderson is traveling today and was not able to write an article.
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Message from Canon Ashey
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 Dear Friends in Christ, I am on my way home from a week of meetings at Nashotah House for the Anglican Church in North America. Since 1996, the American Anglican Council has been involved in the renewal and realignment of Anglicanism in North America. Until 2003, the AAC was deeply committed to renewing the Episcopal Church from within. Bishop David Anderson, our President and CEO, was a principal leader in that effort and a co-organizer of the historic 2003 Plano Gathering that galvanized so many leaders, ordained and otherwise, to create what is now the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Since 2008, the AAC has been committed to the creation, development and flourishing of the ACNA. Though no longer seeking to change TEC from within, we are still helping congregations and leaders within TEC stand for Jesus Christ and the Gospel. We have invested our time, our staff, our resources and our future into building up Anglican leaders and congregations all over North America to fulfill Jesus Christ's "Great Commission" in Matthew 28:16-20 - to make disciples of Jesus Christ who in turn will make disciples of ALL nations!... Read the rest of Canon Ashey's article here.
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This is Your Brain on Marriage
| By Bart Gingerich 
June 21, 2013
If there's one thing Anglicans know, it's that the West is fighting over the definition of marriage. Whether it be pansexual takeovers in the United States and Canada or English bishops debating in the House of Lords, followers of the Anglican Way are struggling to uphold marriage on an international scale. Revisionists within and without the Church work tirelessly to remodel mankind's oldest-known, universal institution. Their cause has become frightfully popular, especially with the younger set. Marriage defenders-especially orthodox Christians-struggle to marshal an effective defense for marriage as an exclusive lifelong covenant between one man and one woman.
Rational defenses abound. The latest volley includes a case based on natural law and reason. Authored by Robert P. George, Ryan Anderson, and Sherif Gergis, "What is Marriage?: Man and Woman: a Defense" offers a rational basis for the traditional definition of nuptials for all of society, not just religious communities. However, as the Manhattan Declaration's Eric Teetsel pointed out, "It's not an intellectual boxing match, it's a beauty contest." In luxurious, entertainment-soaked societies, people - especially Millennials - aren't concerned with what is logical as much as they are about what is appealing. This is not necessarily how things ought to be, but how they are.
How, then, can marriage defenders address this increasingly emotive, hostile environment?....
The rest of the article may be found here.
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Archbishop Duncan Addresses the 5th Provincial Council of the Anglican Church in North America
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Source: ACNA  June 19, 2013 On June 18, 2013 Archbishop Duncan delivered his State of the Church address to the Provincial Council of the Anglican Church in North America at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Nashotah, WI. The Provincial Council is the governing body of the ACNA comprised of delegates from member dioceses and ministry partners. Address to the Provincial Council on the State of the Church"Freely you have received. Freely give." [Matthew 10:8]The opening of this 2013 Provincial Council marks the fourth anniversary of the constitution of the Anglican Church in North America. Following the Inaugural Assembly of 2009 which met at Bedford, Texas, Provincial Council first met at Toronto, Canada. Then we met at Amesbury, Massachusetts. Then we travelled to Long Beach, California. Next we gathered at Ridgecrest, North Carolina, in connection with Assembly 2012. Now we find ourselves at Nashotah, Wisconsin. What a journey it has been!... The rest of the article may be found here. Back to top
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Exodus Closes Down Ex-Gay Ministry
| Source: Stand Firm
June 20, 2013
Posted by David Fischler
A day after apologizing for its existence, the board of directors of Exodus International announced they were throwing in the towel and giving in to the culture:
Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality announced tonight that it's closing its doors after three-plus decades of ministry. The Board of Directors reached a decision after a year of dialogue and prayer about the organization's place in a changing culture.
"We're not negating the ways God used Exodus to positively affect thousands of people, but a new generation of Christians is looking for change - and they want to be heard," Tony Moore, Board member of Exodus. The message came less than a day after Exodus released a statement apologizing (www.exodusinternational.org/apology) to the gay community for years of undue judgment by the organization and the Christian Church as a whole....
The rest of the article may be found here.
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England: Archbishop of York speaks to same sex marriage bill
| Source: Archbishop of York
June 17, 2013 
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, today spoke in the House of Lords during the Committee Stage of the Same Sex Marriage Bill. His contribution to the debate follows...
"My Lords, I apologise for not being here in your Lordships' House at Second Reading. I thank noble Lords for their greetings on that occasion, when I was recovering from surgery. I am on the mend, although I am not quite there yet. I want to thank especially the noble Baroness, Lady Royall of Blaisdon, for the generous compliments in her speech.
I suggest that this legislation is an exercise in ideological redefinition. The amendments before us today are designed to limit this ideological damage....
The rest of the article may be found here.
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Kenya: CAPA Treasurer Murdered
| Source: Anglican Ink
June 19, 2013
By George Conger
The treasurer of CAPA - the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa - was murdered last week at her home outside of Nairobi.
The CAPA website reports that on 8 June 2013, Grace Wambua (51) was hacked to death by a farmhand at her Kinaanie farm in Machakos. Local press reports state Ms. Wambua was slashed across her neck and her hands nearly severed as she sought to ward off the blows.
Her neighbor, Elizabeth Miller, found Ms. Wambua near-death and drove her to a Nairobi hospital where she was pronounced dead....
The rest of the article may be found here.
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