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
More than 95% of the population in the vast Anglican Diocese of Quebec is French-speaking, and yet for over 200 years there hasn't been a francophone Anglican parish in this part of Canada. The conventional wisdom was that French speakers were Roman Catholics, and attempts to evangelise among the French-speaking population were discouraged.
08 February 2000
There are more Christians today than the population of the whole world in Jesus' time. Despite concerns about the decline of Anglicanism, its growth has been impressive. In 1600, there were 47 Anglican dioceses, by 1800 this had increased to 60. By 1900 there were 223 diocese - today there are 593 across the world
08 February 2000
I write as a member of the Primates' Standing Committee which, together with the Archbishop of Canterbury, has spent time over the past months planning the March meeting of Primates. Because of the recent action in Singapore, there will be greater need at that meeting to deepen the understanding of Primates about episcopal ministry.
08 February 2000