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  • Anglicans Seek Balance Between Autonomy, Communion

    Anglican bishops at the once-a-decade Lambeth Conference in Canterbury said Friday that they were positive about the process towards an Anglican Covenant. Archbishop Drexel Gomez said that the Anglican Covenant was \"badly needed\" to help reconcile liberal and conservative Anglicans.

  • African Bishop Accuses Anglican Head of 'Betrayal'

    African Bishop Accuses Anglican Head of 'Betrayal'

    The Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Rev. Henry Orombi, has accused the head of the Anglican Communion of betraying biblically faithful churches by inviting bishops involved in the consecration of an openly gay bishop to their global conference.

  • Archbishop Appeals to Divided Anglicans to Show Generosity

    Archbishop Appeals to Divided Anglicans to Show Generosity

    The Archbishop of Canterbury appealed to hundreds of bishops to demonstrate mutual generosity as the row over sexual ethics continues to embroil the Anglican Communion. Dr. Rowan Williams said that warring factions in the worldwide Communion were "threatening death to each other, not life."

  • Group: Anglicans Must Stop Gay Consecrations, Blessings

    A group of senior Anglican clergy presented a document on Monday demanding a halt to the consecration of partnered gay and lesbian bishops, blessings for same-sex unions and cross-border interventions. The group warned that if the three moratoria were not observed, the Anglican Communion was "likely to fracture."

  • Interview: Brian Mclaren on Anglicans, Mission and Reconciliation

    My dominant impression during my four brief days at Lambeth was not controversy, but rather the spirituality of the participants.

  • Anglican Communion Worth Working Together For, Says Head

    Anglican Communion Worth Working Together For, Says Head

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has urged Anglicans not to give up on the Anglican Communion as it gears up for a week of intensive discussion on divisive issues including human sexuality and a document on unity.

  • Bishops March for Action Against Global Poverty

    Bishops March for Action Against Global Poverty

    Hundreds of Anglican bishops, faith leaders and Christian charity representatives marched passed Parliament and Downing Street Thursday in a call to world leaders to do everything they can to halve extreme global poverty by 2015.

  • Brian McLaren Challenges Anglicans on Emerging Culture

    One of the emerging church\'s foremost figures, Brian McLaren, challenged Anglicans earlier this week to speak the Gospel into the world\'s ever-changing cultures. He argued that religion had \"orphaned\" emerging culture and failed to answer questions raised by the \"hurricane of change\" in the modern world.

  • Gay Bishop Must Resign or Confess, Says Sudan Church Head

    Gay Bishop Must Resign or Confess, Says Sudan Church Head

    The head of the Anglican church in Sudan said on Tuesday that unity could be restored to the troubled Anglican Communion only when the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson resigns or confesses he has "made a mistake" in embracing homosexuality.

  • 'Sorry You're Not Here,' Anglican Head Tells Conservatives

    'Sorry You're Not Here,' Anglican Head Tells Conservatives

    The Archbishop of Canterbury said on Monday that the hundreds of conservative bishops boycotting the Lambeth Conference would have helped heal divisions in the Anglican Communion had they decided to take part.

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