DECEMBER’S PARLIAMENT of the World’s Religions in Cape Town brought together some 7,000 people representing over 100 religions. The main reason for the meeting was
DECISIONS CAN be difficult when they involve competing priorities. The officers of General Synod have decided to appeal the first residential schools case involving the
THE FIRST decision is out in the hundreds of suits filed by former students who say they were abused at Indian residential schools staffed by
A Toronto-area priest says God has withdrawn his blessing from the Anglican Church, particularly because of its dalliance with homosexuality, and is letting it kill
Each year, the Anglican Journal asks readers to support the paper with a special contribution. Although some portion of readers’ regular Sunday contributions to their
HOW PEOPLE and organizations arrive at decisions is often as important to the final outcome as the data used in resolving an issue. The contemporary
IT’S NO SECRET that as the village becomes more global, the more people ponder what values mark their house from the one next door or
INTERNATIONALLY, Canada is largely viewed as a boring country – safe but boring. Such a view is also held about the church here by others
Good News. It’s a literal translation of the Greek word euangelion, which is the root of the English word evangelism. It’s Old English translation was
It was a tentative 50th anniversary but with an infectious dose of vibrant African hospitality, the World Council of Churches recently concluded its eighth assembly
New parish in New Westminster The new millennium will welcome a new parish into the Diocese of New Westminster. On Jan. 1, 2000, the Church
THERE’S A QUIET revolution going on in the media these days. Journalists are beginning to reappraise the role of faith in people’s lives. A faith
NATIVE ISSUES, never far from the front burner in the church, are a hot topic these days. First, in various parts of the country lawsuits
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is “powerfully alive” in the Anglican Communion, but “liberalism … is dead.” That’s the blunt assessment of Bishop Michael Ingham
The Diocese of Sydney, Australia’s largest, is expected to vote in favour of lay presidency at its October synod, setting up one of the main
Canterbury Bishops should respect the boundaries of dioceses and especially provinces (usually meaning national churches), most Anglican bishops agree. Archbishop Michael Peers opened debate on
ONE OF THE resolutions of the Lambeth Conference in 1988 was to declare a Decade of Evangelism. Ten years later, critics claim that evangelicals have
Canterbury “We think we have problems in Canada – we don’t have problems,” said Bishop Charlie Arthurson with a wry smile. “Listening to (African) bishops
WHAT HAPPENED at Lambeth? More to the point, what was the vote on sexuality all about? Why was it even on the agenda? And what
PUNDITS HAVE ALREADY marked this as a watershed Lambeth Conference. “It’s a new church,” said one observer in the press gallery near the end of