au

Episcopal Church deposes bishop of Pittsburgh

After nearly two days of prayerful and solemn closed-door sessions, the U.S. house of bishops on September 18 voted by a two to one majority to depose Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh. .

  • Conservatives disappointed after TEC ousts Pittsburgh bishop

    Leaders of conservative Anglican group Anglican Mainstream have expressed their "great sadness" at the decision of The Episcopal Church in the US to depose the Bishop of Pittsburgh.

  • Reveal: Churches Aim for Disciples, Not Casual Christians

    Pastor Bill Hybels didn\'t give his life to the development of the local church just to gather a bunch of casual Christians, he says. He gave it to see people far from God find the love of Christ and fully devote themselves to God and what He is doing.

  • Preacher with Fake Cancer Dodges Legal Charges For Now

    The Australian pentecostal preacher who faked cancer to hide his long-standing addiction to porn will unlikely face legal charges for soliciting donations under the false cause.

  • New Zealand Church Leaders Support 'Open Letter' To Political Candidates

    Church leaders from the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army churches in New Zealand have lent their support to an \"Open Letter\" issued by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) that calls for all political candidates in this year\'s General Election to \"front up to the issue of reducing persistent levels of poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand\" [a copy of this \"Open Letter\" is attached].

  • God does not will tragedies, says Archbishop

    The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, led a service of thanksgiving on Wednesday for the lives of Welsh newly-weds Catherine and Ben Mullany who were killed whilst on their honeymoon in Antigua in July.

  • TD Jakes Motivates Pastors Toward Change

    Debt, an unmotivated staff and personal spiritual struggles are not foreign to pastors. Even the highly popular Bishop T.D. Jakes has had his share of tough times before growing his now 30,000-member megachurch and building a successful media empire.

  • 'Soft bigotry' towards Indigenous people fundamentally wrong

    The Chair of Indigenous Studies at Melbourne University, Marcia Langton AM, said today there has not been enough outrage or action to address the appalling Aboriginal health statistics because of a fear of appearing to be racist and feeding negative stereotypes of Aboriginal people.

  • Pittsburgh Episcopalians Discuss Alternative Solution to Avoid Split

    Before the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh discusses changes toward a formal split from the denomination at an annual meeting later this year, some members of the diocese have planned a gathering to talk about \"an alternative solution.\"

  • Lifeline Sydney Wins Award

    Wesley Mission's Lifeline Sydney won the "Charity" category of the City of Sydney Business Awards 2008 – an achievement that would have delighted the late Rev Sir Alan Walker who started up Lifeline in1963 while he was Superintendent of Wesley Mission. Lifeline now operates in more than 14 countries.

  • Church failing on poverty amid homosexuality debate, says Tutu

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu has expressed anger at the Anglican church for putting the row over homosexuality before the need to tackle world poverty.

  • Adventist Church welcomes ban on junk food ads

    The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has welcomed draft laws introduced into Federal Parliament yesterday, banning junk food and alcohol advertising from television during peak children\'s viewing times.