Participants came from the United States and Canada, representing their respective Churches and joined the members of the “Continuation Committee” which is conducting these regional gatherings on behalf of the Baptist World Alliance and the Anglican Communion.
Several hundred dioceses and theological centres, a number of parishes and individuals have participated in this dialogue by responding to the Four Key Questions and Six Propositions on ways in which Anglicans understand and experience koinonia.
A group of 10 Episcopal bishops from across the spectrum of views on human sexuality met with Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold in New York, September 10-11, to discuss local reaction to General Convention's decisions about the election of an openly gay bishop and the blessing of same-gender relationships.
The churches, congregations and organizations of the Episcopal Diocese of New York will be observing the second anniversary of the September 11 tragedy with services, lectures, and moments of silence.
On behalf of the Anglican Consultative Council, I am writing to express to you and the United Nations, our deepest sympathy for the loss of Mr Sergio Vieira de Mello and United Nations staff in Iraq.
We, the clergy and wardens of the following Episcopal Churches, along with our bishop, are happy to report the ongoing strength and vitality of our parish churches and ministries.
The Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met from 10 - 18 July at the Duncan Centre, Delray Beach, Florida, under the co-chairmanship of the Most Revd Frank T. Griswold.
On this, the last day of this General Convention, the Church invites us to call to mind St. Dominic, who in the early years of the 13th century founded the Order of Preachers, a brotherhood whose whole purpose was to proclaim, by word and example, the good news of God in Christ, to speak not of themselves, as today's gospel tells us, but of the One who sent them.
The Episcopal Church, USA (ECUSA), today decided that it is not ready to authorise creating liturgies to bless same-sex unions but recognised that local blessings already take place.
Questions have been raised and brought to my attention regarding the Bishop-elect of the Diocese of New Hampshire.
The House of Deputies at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA (ECUSA) voted this afternoon to consent to Canon Gene Robinson's election as Bishop-coadjutor of the Diocese of New Hampshire.
Several thousand people gathered together for the Sunday Eucharist at the 74th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA (ECUSA), on the day that media attention is focussing on the vote in the House of Deputies concerning the election of Canon Gene Robinson as Bishop-coadjutor of the diocese of New Hampshire .
A special hearing before the committee on the consecration of Canon Gene Robinson as Bishop-Coadjutor of New Hampshire took place this morning at the 74th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA, in Minneapolis.
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) held a forum on Global Reconciliation on Thursday 31 July at St Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis as part of the 74th General Convention of ECUSA. The turnout was staggering with nearly 1,000 people in attendance.
During the second day of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA , the Most Revd Michael Peers, Primate of Canada, delivered a presentation to the House of Bishops which focused on two elements: the national church's Aboriginal Healing Fund; and the restoration of funds for mission.
The 74th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, USA, began today with the Presiding Bishop, Frank T. Griswold, having delivered a pre-Convention address yesterday to an assembly of nearly 1,000 bishops, clergy and laity at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota.
The Revd Carl Harris, an Episcopal priest and a consultant for Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD), went to Iraq in June to assess the needs of people in the country following the war.
A gathering of over 60 worldwide Anglican leaders held a press conference yesterday at Truro Episcopal Church, Fairfax, Virginia (a suburb of Washington, DC), to raise awareness of their concerns regarding issues of human sexuality in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion.
They particularly pointed to two matters that will be before our General Convention: one pertaining to the confirmation of the bishop-elect of the Diocese of New Hampshire and the other dealing with the authorization of the development of rites for the blessing of same sex unions which would then be brought to the General Convention of 2006 for debate.
If you're on the Internet, especially if your email address appears on any web site, you must have received at least one of them. The messages come from someone you don't know - many from Nigeria, or from another African country - with an offer that's too good to be true, or a tale so sad it can't help but touch your heart.
Episcopal Relief and Development is aiding over one thousand displaced families in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after continued violence and ethnic clashes.
General Convention is almost here and its theme, Engage God's Mission, draws upon energies and commitment evident around our church.
The gift to the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania from the late Anna Werner, who lived modestly in Philadelphia's Rhawnhurst section before her death a year ago at age 92, has led to the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Frederick Houk Borsch, retired bishop of Los Angeles, as first holder of a Chair of Anglican Studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
"In your life, is the Holy Spirit resident or president?" asked Archbishop Josiah Fearon to over a thousand gathered for the 135th Convention of the Diocese of Albany.
The election of the Revd Gene Robinson to be the next Bishop of New Hampshire has caused several people in this diocese to call and inquire as to my reaction to his election.
The Revd Canon Gene V Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire today on the 2nd ballot.
A consultation of Anglican contextual theologians was held from 13 to 16 May at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
"The world of international affairs is a moral mess," Terry Waite, the former Anglican envoy held hostage for four years in Lebanon, told an audience at the Salt Lake City Library auditorium in the US on May 3. "I don't know who is going to clean it up."
