News release The primates of the Anglican Communion emerged October 16 from a closed two-day meeting at London’s Lambeth Palace, headquarters of the archbishop of Canterbury, with a strong statement on what they perceive as threats to unity. The special meeting was called by Archbishop
News release CHICAGO — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) mailed about 18,000 copies of “Journey Together Faithfully, Part Two: The Church and Homosexuality” on Sept. 5 to the pastors and lay leaders of the church. A task force for ELCA Studies on Sexuality
Unless you have been living under a rock on Fire Island waiting for spring to arrive, you like the rest of us have been reading and watching the unfolding scandal within the Roman Catholic Church regarding pedophilia and its Priests. It is indeed a terrible
“God is love! God is love! God is love!” I found myself chanting these lines over and over again at the recent Witness Our Welcome conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. But, I was not enraptured by these words during a worship service at the ecumenical conference
As if I wasn’t giddy enough from all the emotional events of this year, last weekend I journeyed to Philadelphia for the WOW 2003 conference! WOW! Witness Our Welcome. Over 1,000 LGBTQ people and our straight allies were there, including some of the most amazing
News release While liturgies blessing same-sex unions are celebrated in some parts of the Episcopal Church, the church is not ready to authorize creating common liturgies for such services, General Convention has decided. In a vote by orders, with 58 lay deputations and 62 clergy
Listen to the podcast interview with Bishop Robinson News release A long and difficult journey, for both the church and the bishop-elect of New Hampshire, ended Tuesday evening when the House of Bishops voted to confirm the Rev. Canon Gene Robinson’s election as the next
Listen to the podcast interview with Bishop Robinson News release With 110 dioceses in the Episcopal Church, it seems someone is always electing a new bishop. But the attention of the Anglican world is now focused on one — the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the
News release Reaction to the June 7 election of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay priest who is living in a committed relationship, as the ninth bishop of New Hampshire has ranged from joy to outrage. Yet all parties have one thing in
News release On June 17, 2003, while Soulforce was holding a vigil in the Phoenix heat outside the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, the convention’s Task Force on Ministry to Homosexuals released their report. The task force was formed in response to a motion at