Today I read a report on www.cnn.com; excerpt as follows: “(CNN) — Shooters opened fire at a gathering outside an eastern Egyptian church, killing six during the celebration of a Christian sect’s Christmas Eve, Egypt’s Interior Ministry reported. Coptics — adherents of an Egyptian sectof Christianity that observes Christmas Day on January 7 — were [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2010 by Shayne
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“In 2004, Anglican leaders had asked the Episcopal Church for a moratorium on electing another gay bishop while they tried to prevent a permanent break in the fellowship.” However, the Episcopal Church in America has recently decided to ignore the advice of their peers and they’re in the process of electing another gay person to [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2009 by Shayne
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I’ve heard that the number of Christians killed, in various countries, is increasing. I don’t have the means to verify the various news reports from Christian based organisations – but I do think these reports need to have wider coverage in the western media. What’s you view? For example, I recently read this report: “Islamic extremists [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Shayne
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I was just looking at a web-site in Sydney, which represents the interests of a major Christian denomination. Here are the titles of some of the current articles, on their site: Leaving a church badly Baptise those Babies! Too many ministry apprenticeships? The Gentleness of Scripture Jumping on the secular bandwagon Jingle all the pay! [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Shayne
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I read in the December edition of the Southern Cross, that the recent Jesus All About Life (JAAL) campaign in New South Wales was reasonably successful. An analysis showed that over 80% of the people, polled in a survey, reported that they experienced the campaign in some form. The TV advertisements were received with a ‘moderately positive’ [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Shayne
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I found this statement (made by the SYNOD of the Province of the Anglican Church in South East Asia, meeting in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 27 – 28 February 2008) to be a very balanced view on the Anglican Lambeth Conference 2008 - which gave, good reasons (in my view) why Global South Bishops should attend the Conference. In particular, [...]
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Shayne
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Filipino Devotees Honor Jesus Statue, By HRVOJE HRANJSKI, Associated Press Writer, Full story here, January 9, 2007 Here is an extract: “MANILA, Philippines – Tens of thousands (of) barefoot Filipino Catholic devotees jostled for a chance to touch a black statue of Jesus in an annual procession Wednesday, seeking blessings or forgiveness for their sins. [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Shayne
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There is an article on the Religious Intelligence site “Double standards’ over gays” Tuesday, 8th January 2008. 5:39pm, By: George Conger Which reports: “The Church of England is not being honest about the issue of homosexuality, US Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has told the BBC Radio 4’s PM programme. The failure of other Anglican [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Shayne
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A conservative group of anglican archbishops, bishops and others, are organising a Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) to be held in the Holy Land in June 2008. I guess the main outcome would be a road-map for conservative Anglicans, post the pending split in the Anglican Communion. [Perhaps, regarding the schism - it's more accurate to say while we wait [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2008 by Shayne
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