The board of trustees and the pension committee of General Synod assured the Council of General Synod (CoGS) that the global economic downturn has not
An Arabic version of Silent Night playing in the background on Manger Square heralded in the beginning of the Christmas season in the Holy Land
Hawkins Michael Hawkins was elected bishop of the diocese of Saskatchewan on Dec. 6 at a synod held at St. Alban’s Cathedral in Prince Albert.
The Archbishop of Canterbury met with conservative primates from Africa and the Southern Cone on Friday to discuss the announcement about a proposed new province.
The newly-elected bishop of the diocese of Huron, Robert Bennett, says that he has not yet acted on the diocesan synod’s motion in May asking
Geneva Christian communities should improve their knowledge of Islam, be good neighbours to Muslims and bear witness to their faith in an appropriate manner, an
Alexandra Lowery puts poetry and the Psalms to dance, a physical expression of a spiritual connection. ALEXANDRA Caverly Lowery has danced for God for over
GenevaJean Calvin, known for his role in the Protestant Reformation from Geneva during the 16th century, has been praised as one of the history’s most
Deposed Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan was elected Nov. 7 to serve as bishop of a diocese where a majority of members recently voted to leave
ODDS ARE WE each have a favourite piece of music that opens us to the divine. For some it is the solemnity of the Georgian
AFTER READING both of these books I paused to wonder what they had in common except they both contained Christmas in the title. One is
The Covenant Design Group has published a document “which sets out the responses of the bishops at the Lambeth Conference in their discussions of the
Augsburg Fortress, the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), recently announced the closure of its nine bookstores in the United States,
GenevaChristian emergency response organizations have expressed alarm at a deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province and about brutalities innocent civilians
Bishop Sebastian Bakare of Harare, Zimbabwe received the Per Anger human rights prize in Stockholm Sweden in November. The bishop of Harare, Sebastian Bakare, has
Hong KongRecently elected leaders of China’s officially-sanctioned Protestant churches have said they care about house churches that sometimes operate underground and that they are willing
Elliott The board of directors of the Anglican Journal has elected Bishop George Elliott, suffragan bishop for York-Simcoe, diocese of Toronto, as its president. Rev.
Former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci has agreed to act as facilitator to the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), in the wake
Dion Oxford was recently honored for his work among the homeless. An Anglican who runs a homeless shelter in downtown Toronto has received the “Me
Bishop Robert Bennett (diocese of Huron) and Bishop Ben Arreak (suffragan bishop, diocese of the Arctic) pore over documents during the house of bishops’ meeting