WCC heralds new leader
Anglican Journal
April 1, 2004
Kenyan songs and African drums heralded the installation of Rev. Sam Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya, as the new general secretary of the World Council
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Kenyan songs and African drums heralded the installation of Rev. Sam Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya, as the new general secretary of the World Council
Andrew Ignatieff, executive director of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, the Anglican Church of Canada’s disaster relief and economic development agency, was named
John Uniacke Bayly, who served as chancellor of the diocese of the Arctic from 1993 to 2000, died of a heart attack in February while
Dear editor, Your coverage of the primacy of Archbishop Michael Peers (February) was well done and particularly your inclusion of his wife, Dorothy, and his
Amy Newell, who has served the national church for 24 years, and Robert “Bob” Falby, a lay canon who was a member of the residential
Liberia faces a “huge task ahead” but has turned a corner after its 14-year civil war, according to Gyude Bryant, a long-time lay leader in
There are at least 23 items in Catherine Rigby-Harley’s list of things to do when a loved one dies – from informing immediate family and
Rob Shropshire is leaving his job as development team co-ordinator of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) to join the Canadian Human Rights
This month, the Anglican Journal welcomes a new column entitled Concerning Lutherans, modelled after a similar column in Canada Lutheran magazine entitled Concerning Anglicans. Written
I am one of those people who believe that Canada’s emergence as a secular state is a gift from God, yet to be acknowledged by
Dear editor, May I commend you on the encouraging article on Canon Michael Patterson’s appointment as evangelism director in the diocese of Niagara (Evangelism not
When it finally came, it seemed anti-climactic. There, in typically bureaucratic, church-style vernacular, was the resolution that could change the face of the Anglican Church
The diocese of Fredericton has decided to tear down St. Anne’s church in the parish of Musquash, but not everyone is happy about it. Midge
A new joint Anglican and Lutheran parish, to be known as Trinity church, has been formed in Port Alberni, B.C. The new church came about
DAVID P. CRAWLEY, 66 (will not run) Archbishop of Kootenay, Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon A member of the national church’s negotiating team which
In other news, Council of General Synod (CoGS) also: approved a motion asking officers of General Synod, “in consultation with staff, to ascertain present and
Leaders of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have demanded that the Israeli government “stop and reverse” the construction of a barrier being erected “in
On Monday, March 1, people around the world celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines becoming international law. To mark the
It used to be that Rev. Mary-Ann Somerville knew which Anglican in the hospital needed her prayers or a visit, and which patient she could
Bishop Paul Idlout is one of several Inuit pictured on the old $2 bill; the image was taken from a 1967 photograph. Bishop Idlout is
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