The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has provided an initial grant of $15,000 to assist victims of the floods in Mozambique through Action by Churches Together.
04 March 2000
I am very greatly honoured in being- asked to give the keynote ad-dress for this major international symposium: "Justice, Memory, and Reconciliation."
24 February 2000
In a letter to his Council of Advice on 10 February 2000, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA, the Most Revd Frank Griswold, reported on his meeting in London with Dr George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury.
23 February 2000
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has decided not to use a hotel in Denver, Colorado, for its General Convention this July, even though it had booked the facility two years ago. The United States Department of Justice is bringing charges against the Adams Mark Hotel chain which allege a wide pattern of racial discrimination by the company.
23 February 2000
International church leaders and theologians gathered at Yale University on February 4-6, 2000 to discuss the future of the ecumenical movement in the 21st century.
18 February 2000
The Bishop of the Arctic, the Rt Revd Christopher Williams, has hit the headlines for his attempt to recruit clergy in England. Trying to find clergy willing to serve in Canada's far North has provoked at least as much interest among the media as it has from potential candidates.
11 February 2000
SEAD (Scholarly Engagement with Anglican Doctrine) held its 11th Annual Conference at the Cathedral of St Luke and St John in Charleston, South Carolina in early January. About 80 people, clergy and laity, attended from 12 states. Six talks were given on the theme of "Christian Hope 2000: Beyond Secularism, Suspicion and Spirituality
11 February 2000
Word has been received by news reports from Singapore concerning the consecration there yesterday of John Rodgers of Ambridge and Chuck Murphy of Pawleys Island (South Carolina) as missionary bishops for the United States. Since this involves one of our own so directly, I think it both wise and necessary that you have a letter from me as your diocesan bishop.
11 February 2000
regret the recent actions in Singapore because, instead of encouraging Christian community, it further magnifies a situation in which, once again, leaders have acted independently. This is not a solution. We are a worldwide community and we need to use our diversity as our strength.
11 February 2000
All of you by now are aware of the consecration of John Rodgers and Chuck Murphy as bishops by the Archbishop of Singapore, the Archbishop of Rwanda, Bishop Rucyahana of Rwanda and Bishop Allison and Bishop Dickson.
11 February 2000