York The Church of England’s General Synod, held July 6-10 at York, debated improving the health of the poor, the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, financial issues
Rev. James Townley-Smith was sentenced to 2 years in prison on each of three counts of indecent assault related to incidents involving boys at several
Waterloo, Ont. IT WAS a sweet moment – the human face of full communion. Lutheran pastor Hugh Farmer of Saskatoon stepped down from a bus
Reginald H. Soward, who earned the nickname “Mr. Anglican” for his years of involvement in leadership positions in the Anglican Church of Canada, left the
Dorothy Davies-Flindall elected Prolocutor of General Synod Waterloo, Ont. THREE-QUARTERS of members of the new Council of General Synod (COGS) will be serving in that
ECUSA bishop Steven Charleston Waterloo, Ont. THE Canadian Anglican church is not “teetering on the point of ruin, but standing on the threshold of glory.”
After the vote on full communion, both synods were presented with baskets of bread and two bottles of wine by one another’s partners to their
Waterloo, Ont. WHILE the meeting of General Synod was limited to about 400 members and visitors who packed the hall at the University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ont. GENERAL Synod approved a list of priorities for the next triennium and has urged its standing committees to plan their work accordingly. Synod
The Anglican Journal is moving toward incorporating itself separately from General Synod so it can continue to operate if General Synod goes bankrupt. General Synod’s
SINCE FOR MOST Canadian Anglicans the church year begins in September, and mindful of Francis Bacon’s admonition about books, “some few to be chewed and
Bishop Sebastian Bakare of Zimbabwe Waterloo, Ont. GENERAL Synod got both sharp criticism and complimentary feedback from its visiting partners – people invited from the
Keynote speaker Archbishop Yong Ping Chung of the Province of South Asia. Langley, B.C. More than 600 delegates to the second national Essentials conference this
Lutheran Bishop Telmor Sartison addresses the Anglican gathering. Waterloo, Ont. AS A CHILD, outgoing Lutheran bishop Telmor Sartison always felt there was more to church
Sydney (ACNS) – Canon Peter Jensen, principal of Moore Theological College, Newtown, Australia, was elected archbishop of the diocese of Sydney in early June. Bishop
More than 200 historians, archivists and cultural observers from Canada, the United States and elsewhere met in Toronto in June to explore aspects of the
Waterloo, Ont. The once-controversial Book of Alternative Services is here to stay. General Synod decided to extend “approval of the BAS until such time as
Although Canadian churches presented a strongly-worded letter to heads of government at the Quebec City Summit of the Americas, some faith-based protestors on the other
Winnipeg After being recognized in April as one of the top national church newspapers in North America, the Anglican Journal has picked up an additional
Map of the diocese Bishop Terrence Buckle pulls up in his truck and jumps out, walks over to the camera, and stops. He grins. “Welcome