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I lift up my eyes to the mountains-where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2
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Canon Ashey
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Dear Friends in Christ,
The future of our Anglican realignment here in North America will depend in many ways on the calling, character and competency of the leaders that we prepare and equip right now. The American Anglican Council is at the heart of this preparation in two important ways.
First, we are working with clergy leaders throughout the Anglican Church in North America in our Clergy Leadership Training Institute. During these gatherings, we focus on four dimensions of leadership in the life of any clergy leader-- all of which can be found in Psalm 144! Our first gathering focuses on the character of the leader (the first of four "C"s, Psalm 144:1a, 2-4). We need clergy who are listening to the Lord for direction, developing Christlike character through spiritual "habits" or disciplines, and with healthy relationships in their marriages, family life, within and outside the church.
We also address a second "C" of leadership-conflict- by identifying in this first gathering what it means to be a healthy leader who does not personalize inevitable conflict in the local church, but is rather enabled to keep people focused on the vision, mission and goals God has for the church. This dimension of leadership can also be found in Psalm 144:7-10 and 14b. In all three of our gatherings we address this critical dimension of clergy leadership so that clergy will be prepared to help the local church grow through conflict... Read more.
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Article 4: Of the Resurrection of Christ
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November 15, 2013
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Canon Ashey discusses Article IV of the 39 Articles of Religion in this week's Anglican Perspective. Article IV says: IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day. Watch this week's Anglican Perspective. |
Archbishop Wabukala's Defense of GAFCON
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November 13, 2013
(Archbishop Wabukala addresed the Ridley Institue in Charleston, South Carolina as part of an ongoing series on "Reformation Anglicanism". The text of his November 13th address is below.)
My dear brothers and sisters, I want to thank you so much for your kind invitation to deliver this lecture and for your very generous hospitality. I also thank God for this opportunity to visit and stand alongside you in your struggle for the gospel here in South Carolina. The subject matter of these lectures could never of course be treated as mere ideas and your context is a sharp reminder that we are not dealing with abstract theological debate, but with the reality of spiritual warfare and the need to contend for the gospel as "the power of God for salvation" (Romans 1.16).
You do not need me to tell you that the faithfulness and integrity of our beloved Anglican Communion has been assaulted on a scale that would have been unimaginable even a generation ago, but I believe I do see being worked out the truth of our Lord's words: "I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18). The boldness with which a false gospel has been promoted in the Anglican Communion has, to borrow a phrase once used by my good friend Archbishop Peter Jensen, awoken the sleeping giant of Anglican orthodoxy... Read more.
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United Methodist Council of Bishops Calls for Charges Against Mel Talbert
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By John Lomperis
November 15, 2013
Meeting this week in Lake Junaluska, NC, the global Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church, after several closed-session meetings, adopted a statement which: (1) notes the deep divisions within our denomination as well as the Council itself, (2) declares that "[w]hen there are violations of the Book of Discipline, a response is required," (3) calls on the Council's executive committee to "initiate a task force to lead honest and respectful conversation s regarding human sexuality, race and gender in a worldwide perspective" (4) acknowledges bishops' authority for holding one another accountable (within some limits), and (5) calls on Council of Bishops President Rosemary Wenner of Germany and Debra Wallace-Padgett of North Alabama to formally file charges against retired Bishop Mel Talbert on the two counts of "conducting a ceremony to celebrate the marriage of a same gender couple" and, since he invaded North Alabama to do it, "undermining the ministry of a colleague."Such high-profile, public insistence by the Council on accountability for one of its own is unprecedented in modern UMC history... Read more.
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Welby denies change in policy on Church school admissions
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November 14, 2013
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has denied that he wants Church of England schools to stop using children's faith as a criterion for admission.
The Times reported on Thursday that Archbishop Welby had told them that church schools were moving away from selecting pupils on the grounds of their religion. But the Church quickly issued a statement that insisted that there had been no change in policy, and that church schools were free to continue to admit children based on their faith, if they wished.
Archbishop Welby said in the statement: "I fully support the current policy for schools to set their own admissions criteria, including the criterion of faith. Nothing in my wider comments to The Times on this subject should be seen as dissenting from this policy."
In a wide-ranging interview with The Times at a Church Urban Fund conference on Wednesday, Archbishop Welby said that "there's a steady move away from faith-based entry tests", and "it is not necessary to select to get a really good school". . . Read more.
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