General Synod voted June 29 to put a dollar limit on the amount of money officers of General Synod can spend on church business without approval from CoGS or General Synod itself. The resolution requires them to ask permission from CoGS or from General Synod before making any financial commitment for the church above a limit to be set by CoGS itself. The resolution is a response, said mover Archdeacon Noel Wygiera of the diocese of Calgary, to the surprise announcement that General Secretary ...| Anglican Journal
Our journeys in faith often bring us to a place where we are faced with a decision to relinquish our own hopes, desires, and plans because God is calling us to something else.| Anglican Journal
“I have come to bring peace, but a sword,” Jesus famously tells his apostles when he sends them out to preach, heal and cast out demons (Matthew 10:34)—startling them with these words, perhaps, as much as he startles us. There’s a sense in which the Good News will not be easy to hear; it will be subversive, disruptive, divisive.| Anglican Journal
General Synod has referred to the Council of General Synod (CoGS) a resolution which would significantly curtail the circumstances under which the leaders of General Synod are able to make use of non-disclosure or non-disparagement agreements (NDAs) in cases of various kinds of misconduct. The resolution, moved by Canon Jeffrey Metcalfe of the diocese of […]| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Shane Parker was installed as the 15th primate of the Anglican Church June 29 in a ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ont. Parker was elected June 26 when his name was added to the third ballot after members of General Synod called for additional candidates.| Anglican Journal