The diocese of Calgary, recently shaken by the prolonged resignation of Bishop Barry Hollowell, is preparing in several ways for an episcopal election expected to
London The Church of England edged a step closer to accepting women bishops and the ability to have a female Archbishop of Canterbury as spiritual
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested and executed by the Nazi regime for his resistance to Adolf Hitler. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, visited Germany and
Bishop Colin Johnson of the diocese of Toronto has appointed his executive assistant, Archdeacon Peter Fenty, as commissary for safe communities following a rash of
Departing members of the parish of Holy Cross, a Japanese-Canadian parish in East Vancouver, paid the parish’s back assessment of $30,290 to the diocese of
Ask and Imagine, a popular Anglican leadership course for young people, will have international participants for the first time this summer, said Judy Steers, program
‘Thy will be done’ The agony of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane as depicted by Canadian artist Michael O’Brien. Gethsemane was where, according to
Jerusalem Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has urged Christians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip not to panic over the militant Islamic group
Bishop George Snell has set up a trust administered by the Anglican Foundation to finance special work in Toronto parishes. Bishop George Snell on Jan.
Four parishes in the diocese of New Westminster will be tapping alternative energy sources – the sun and the wind – after receiving a $50,000
London It has featured transsexuals, couples having sex and contestants engaged in fisticuffs, but now Big Brother wants Christians to appear on the show. For
Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR), the delivery arm for development programming and overseas relief for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), has partnered with
Nairobi Churches in Kenya are moving to provide aid for millions facing starvation due to a severe famine in this East African country, where the
About 100 women from across the Anglican Communion are set to attend the 50th anniversary celebration and meeting of the United Nations Commission on the
The top two managers at the Anglican Book Centre in Toronto have resigned. General manager Dan Benson, who has been with the internationally-known retailer of
We would like to offer some clarification for our fellow scribes, many of whom picked up on a December Anglican Journal story that detailed a
John Chew Hiang Chea, the bishop of Singapore, has been elected third primate of the province of the Anglican Church in Southeast Asia. Primate-elect John
This year marks the centennial of the official chartering of the Canadian Bible Society (CBS) and special events have been lined up to celebrate it,
Bishop-elect Patrick Yu says being an immigrant gives him an advantage as a bishop. The Anglican Church of Canada has its first bishop of Asian
Churches and communities around the world gathered Jan. 18 to 25 for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; the event, which some churches mark