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July 17, 2009: Episcopal Convention Report

July 17, 2009: Episcopal Convention Report

After decades of debate and division, the US Episcopal Church this week said overwhelmingly that gays and lesbians are eligible to become bishops or serve in any other ordained ministry of the church.

Posted: Jul 17th, 2009  Comments: 11   Views: 6,366   
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July 10, 2009: Mainline Protestants and Same-Sex Marriage

July 10, 2009: Mainline Protestants and Same-Sex Marriage

Episcopalians will debate a proposal that would allow churches to conduct same-sex weddings in the six states that have legalized gay marriage. Most mainline denominations don't officially allow same-sex weddings. But the changing legal situation is adding new pressure.

Posted: Jul 10th, 2009  Comments: 22   Views: 7,317   
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August 8, 2008: Lambeth Conference Wrap Up

August 8, 2008: Lambeth Conference Wrap Up

The presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church says the worldwide Anglican Communion is holding together despite deep divisions over homosexuality interpretation of Scripture.

Posted: Aug 8th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,669   
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August 1, 2008: Bishop Tom Shaw

August 1, 2008: Bishop Tom Shaw

Read more of Kim Lawton's interview at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury with Bishop Tom Shaw of Massachusetts.

Posted: Aug 1st, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,786   
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August 1, 2008: Bishop Eugene Sutton

August 1, 2008: Bishop Eugene Sutton

Read more of Kim Lawton's interview at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury with Episcopal Bishop Eugene Sutton of Maryland.

Posted: Aug 1st, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,711   
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August 1, 2008: Bishop Gene Robinson

August 1, 2008: Bishop Gene Robinson

Read more of Kim Lawton's interview at the Lambeth Conference with Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.

Posted: Aug 1st, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,653   
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August 1, 2008: Bishop Mark Lawrence

August 1, 2008: Bishop Mark Lawrence

Read more of Kim Lawton's interview in Canterbury at the Lambeth Conference with Episcopal Bishop Mark Lawrence of South Carolina.

Posted: Aug 1st, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,766   
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August 1, 2008: Lambeth Report

August 1, 2008: Lambeth Report

Same-sex unions, as well as the consecration of gay bishops, are among the most contentious issues facing the worldwide Anglican Communion at the Lambeth Conference in England this week.

Posted: Aug 1st, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 2,008   
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July 18, 2008: Lambeth Preview

July 18, 2008: Lambeth Preview

Six-hundred-and-fifty bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion assembled in Canterbury, England this week for the Lambeth Conference, a three-week-long meeting that's held just once every decade.

Posted: Jul 18th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 2,009   
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July 18, 2008: The New Anglicanism?

July 18, 2008: The New Anglicanism?

Read an excerpt from Anglican Communion in Crisis: How Episcopal Dissidents and Their African Allies Are Reshaping Anglicanism, by Miranda K. Hassett.

Posted: Jul 18th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 2,484   
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