Episcopal Church

It's been a long legal battle, but the Episcopal Church in Northern Virginia is about to retake $40 million in property and buildings that had been seized by break away anti-gay elements that aligned themselves in some instances with anti-gay prelate Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria. Rather tellingly, Akinola is suspected in some circles of having ordered the massacre of over 600 Muslims , including women and children. That the break away factions would affiliate with such a person speaks...Read Full Story

The saga of the Anglican Mission in the Americas sounds like the words to an old country song: “Why have you left the one you left me for?” Founded by breakaway Episcopal priests who left their former denomination because they felt it was too liberal, the Anglican Mission is now in the middle of another ugly church feud. Last time the fight was over sex and salvation. Now the fight is over money and power, between the Anglican Mission’s U.S. leaders and the overseas Anglican group that...Read Full Story

UPDATE: There will be a Prayer & Worship service at Truro today, Wednesday, January 11th at 7:30 p.m. in the Church. The Fall Church, Falls Church ‘Here we stand. So help us God. We can do no other.’ Seven Anglican congregations in Virginia that are parties to the church property case brought by The Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia are reviewing today’s ruling by the Fairfax County Circuit Court that the property should be turned over to the Episcopal Diocese. The...Read Full Story

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have formally released the report to the General Synod of the Church of England of their study on the continuing relationship of the Church of England (CoE) and the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).  At the February 6-9, 2012 sessions of the Church of England Synod, Archbishop Rowan Williams and Archbishop John Sentamu reported on their findings as requested by the February 2010 Church of England Synod resolution that recognized...Read Full Story

Read More:- African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Church , To those, in the words of Bishop Richard Allen, that “love the God of love,” urgent help is needed for the downtown Salt Lake African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The historic downtown Salt Lake AME Church is a gem and relates to our spiritual diversity and the critical message of the positive power of religion. Unfortunately, the AME Church is suffering from drainage and facility issues which are...Read Full Story

 UPDATE: Anglican Curmudgeon has commentary on this development up now which you may read here .   The seven Virginia Anglican congregations are set to respond to the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia's motion for "Award of Prejudgment Interest" on February 9, a date set by law from the date the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia filed their Prejudgment Interest motion on  January 23.  By Virginia statute, the hearing is set for February 16th.  However, the Diocese of Virginia for some reason is...Read Full Story

From here : Under the oversight of the Rwandan province, the South Carolina–based AMIA grew to more than 150 congregations in the United States and Canada, AMIA spokeswoman Cynthia Brust said. But the 2010 retirement of Rwandan Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini—who had a strong connection with Bishop Charles Murphy, AMIA's chairman—precipitated a change in the relationship. Suddenly, AMIA faced questions and accusations from Rwandan church leaders over the American association's finances, oversight...Read Full Story