In June of 2002, the synod of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster (Vancouver, Canada) voted to authorise a service to bless same-sex unions. J.I. Packer was among the synod members who walked out in protest. Why did I walk out with the others? Because this decision, taken in its context, falsifies the gospel of [...]
Category Archives: Anglican/Episcopal
Those wobbling bishops
2 July, 2010 – 11:04 AM
The Ugly Vicar explains the dynamics of how church leaders come to undermine the very beliefs and values they are called to uphold. Note the public silence of key moral issues until they build a consensus to change rules and regulations. The only effective response to this undermining of the Christian faith? — radical principled [...]
Anglican Church in North America
6 May, 2010 – 10:24 AM
If the men and women I met are typical of the movement, then they have a bright future. … These Anglicans have left with a enough energy and faith to pioneer a fresh movement that truly represents the best of the Anglican heritage in North America.
Anglo-Catholics and Anglican decline
12 February, 2010 – 8:55 PM
Peter Corney is a leading evangelical Anglican in Melbourne. He takes a look at Anglican decline and especially the decline of the Anglo-Catholic movement within the Anglican church. Here is his (edited) list of trends that have contributed to Anglo-Catholic decline: 1. Anglo-Catholics drifted away from the credal and biblical orthodoxy of its founders and [...]
Gotta pick a pocket or two
22 December, 2009 – 1:02 PM
Christmas must be the silly season for media hungry clergymen. A UK clergyman has advised his congregation to shoplift following his Nativity sermon. Father Tim Jones, 41, broke off from his traditional annual sermon on Sunday to tell his flock that stealing from large high street chains is sometimes the best option for vulnerable people. [...]
Wishing you a “progressive” Xmas
18 December, 2009 – 9:45 AM
A “progressive” Anglican church in Auckland, New Zealand has erected a billboard depicting Mary looking dejected after unsatisfying sex with Joseph. The huge ad shows the unhappy couple in bed accompanied by the slogan: “Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow.” In the fresco-style work, Joseph looks down red-faced while an anguished Mary [...]
Why Episcopalian decline matters
2 December, 2009 – 2:24 AM
New York Times: How many members of the Episcopal Church are there in this country? Bishop Schori: About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of [...]
Archbishop faces reality of Anglican divide
29 July, 2009 – 3:03 AM
The Times reports that Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury has acknowledged that the Anglican Church is in schism in all but name. In what is one of his most conservative arguments for upholding the traditional biblical stance on homosexuality, Dr Williams said that discrimination against gay people was “sinful” and “disgraceful” – but that [...]
The Church confronts (Post?) Modernity
26 August, 2008 – 1:32 AM
I’m reading Catholicism and modernity: Confrontation or capitulation? by James Hitchcock. Written in the late 1970s in the wake of Vatican II. He writes as an orthodox Catholic facing the growing liberalisation of his faith from within the Church. There are striking parallels in the story of the Episcopalian demise in the US and Canada [...]
Whither the Anglican church?
2 August, 2008 – 8:15 AM
As the Lambeth Conference draws to a close it would good to take a step back from the immediate disputes that have divided the Anglican Communion and look at the wider context. On the left the global Anglican church of 1900. On the right, the Anglican church of 2005. Expect the trend to accelerate as [...]
