Parishioners at St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit are in danger of losing their place of worship if the congregation and the diocese of the Arctic cannot find solutions to several pressing financial problems, says Bishop Alexander Pryor. An outstanding tax bill with the City of Iqaluit, rising insurance rates, high operational costs and the by-now familiar problem of congregational decline—each exacerbated by the unique challenges of life in Northern Canada—have combined to threaten the p...| Anglican Journal
In the wake of the declaration by a coalition of conservative Anglican provinces of its intention to reorder the Anglican Communion around itself rather than Canterbury, two Canadian scholars with years of experience in the global South take different views on how much the apparent schism will divide the denomination in theory and in practice. The post Scholars ponder denomination’s future after GAFCON pledge to ‘reorder’ Anglican Communion appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
By year’s end, the ecclesiastical province of Ontario may have a new misconduct policy to cover the conduct of staff, clergy and bishops when they are doing work or holding meetings at the provincial level. The post Ecclesiastical province of Ontario drafts misconduct policy appeared first on Anglican Journal.| Anglican Journal
The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved key elements of a strategy for streamlining and updating the church, including a task force dedicated to pursuing the six pathways for change recommended by a primatial commission along with other groups working on the national office’s property, programming and staffing. In the same special online meeting Oct. 7, CoGS approved a motion to supplement the 2025 budget by drawing up to four per cent—a sum that could come to more than $1 mil...| Anglican Journal
Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has called Bishop of London Sarah Mullally’s appointment as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury a “timely and inspired” choice for the primate of the Church of England and symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion.| Anglican Journal
