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  • 13 Nov 2007
    A church house divided against itself

    Parallels between civil wars and the escalating crisis within American Anglicanism are now being made, says Giles Fraser. Issues of truth and justice cannot be suppressed by a false and forced kind of unity.

  • 9 Nov 2007
    Equalities 'historic opportunity' for evangelicals

    The think-tank Ekklesia, which examines religion in public life, says that the controversial appointment of the head of the Evangelical Alliance UK to the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is "a historic opportunity for evangelicals to shift toward full acceptance of the equalities agenda."

  • 1 Nov 2007
    United Methodist court recognises transgender pastor's appointment

    The US United Methodist Church's legislative body has upheld a bishop's decision that a pastor who changed gender from female to male remains eligible to serve the church, in a move welcomed by those supporting transgender persons.

  • 22 Oct 2007
    Women - equal but different?

    The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney has set out his view of women as 'equal but different'. Savi Hensman traces the patriarchal assumptions behind this position, and questions its claims to biblical authority.

  • 11 Oct 2007
    English bishop says he may boycott the Lambeth Conference

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, faces rebellion in his own episcopal ranks after the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir Ali, indicated that he may boycott next year's Lambeth conference over the gay row and others issues.

  • 6 Oct 2007
    Evangelicals thinking again about sexuality

    This week an initiative called 'Would Jesus discriminate?' will give evangelical Christians who question the anti-gay 'party line' a chance to make their voices heard.

  • 5 Oct 2007
    Anglican commitee backs US Episcopal Church compromise

    A joint report from the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates of the Anglican Communion has found that the Episcopal Church has "clarified all outstanding questions" relating to its response to the requests of the Windsor Report on the sexuality row.

  • 15 Aug 2007
    Church needs inspiratation to Facebook the future
  • 19 Jul 2007
    Re-writing History: the Episcopal Church struggle
  • 16 Jul 2007
    Stuff happens but the Gospel moves us on

    Stuff happens in life - sometimes not very pleasant things, like being daignosed with cancer. Deirdre Good says the Gospel is about nurturing hopeful acceptance not blame in the face of both adversity and prejudice.