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Anglican Head Has No Ill Feeling as Bishops 'Jump Ship' to Catholic Church Williams, the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is in Rome where he attended the 50th anniversary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity on Wednesday. In an interview with Vatican Radio, Williams responded to the departure of five Anglican bishops who plan to join the new ordinariate to be established under the Roman Catholic Church for disaffected Anglicans seeking full communion with the Catholic Church. He said there was no "ill feeling" between him and the five bishops who left over the ordination of women. “Obviously my reactions to the resignations is one of regret but respect. I know the considerations they’ve been through, particularly the two who were my suffragans," Williams told the radio. "We’ve talked about it, we’ve worked through it and parted with prayers and blessings so there’s no ill feeling there." "I t

Christian Earthkeeping – Social Justice Over Climate Change Since an announcement in May, the evangelical seminary located in Portland, Ore., has welcomed its first 15 students into the program and started them on their first course in Christian Earthkeeping. The course is part of a concentration in sustainability. Admissions officer Sheila Bartlett says the concentration is about more than the three R’s (recycle, reuse and reduce). “This is not about recycling … this is about good stewardship,” explained Bartlett. On the website, the seminary notes that the evangelical church has long been silent about environmental issues. However, it cites the Bible as the anchor for Godly concern. The site quotes Genesis 2 :15, which states, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” Evangelical leadership has historically challenged environmentalism because of theories such as global warming and climate change. In March 2007, Focus on

Israel and the church by Maria Mackay Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 9:49 (BST) The London School of Theology was the setting for a recent discussion among theologians who feel that the time has come for a different kind of debate on the question of Israel and the Jewish people. Among them was Calvin L Smith, Principal of King’s Evangelical Divinity School, who is alarmed by the “vociferous” tone with which some Christians are speaking out against Jews and the modern state of Israel. Of particular concern to him is the emergence in recent decades of an especially politicised form of supercessionism actively campaigning against Israel. 'New supercessionists' hold the belief that the church has replaced Israel as God’s people and that God therefore no longer has a purpose or plan for the Jewish people. He said that some Christian anti-Israelists had gone as far as to say that Zionists were deviants of the faith and were contributing to the “current demonisatio

Free Church of Scotland allows singing by Christian Today reporter Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 8:39 (GMT) The Free Church of Scotland has overturned more than a hundred years of tradition by moving to allow music and singing during. The decision was made following two days of discussion in Edinburgh. Ministers voted 98 to 84 to allow congregations to choose whether or not to incorporate hymns and musical instruments into their services. Until now, Free Church congregations were only allowed to sing the Psalms but without the accompaniment of musical instruments. The vote made during the first plenary meeting to be held since the Free Church split from the Church of Scotland in 1843. It came in spite of some opposition from traditionalists who wanted the Free Church to continue to worship without any instruments

Church Season of growth for Hillsong Church by Elena Garcia, Christian Post Posted: Monday, November 15, 2010, 16:06 (GMT) Hillsong Church has been expanding its locations at home and abroad. The Australian-based megachurch recently announced a new extension site for one of its main campuses and began holding gatherings for its first church location in the United States. The Pentecostal church has four main campuses across Sydney and international branches in London, Kiev, Cape Town, Stockholm, Paris, Moscow, and now New York City. Hillsong NYC launched last month and the response has been overwhelming. The church has already expanded to three services due to the growing number of attendees. On their homeland, Hillsong will be taking over Noosa Life Church on November 29, according to an announcement on the departing church's website. Hillsong spokeswoman Karalee Fielding told The Courier Mail that the congregation will become an extension of Hillsong's Bri

Catholic Church outlines details of Ordinariate Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 8:00 (GMT) The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, from the Anglican church listens as Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols from the Roman Catholic Church. PA The Catholic Church has confirmed that its Ordinariate for disaffected Anglicans will be launched in January. Five former Anglican bishops are to be ordained to the Catholic diaconate and priesthood prior to Lent. They will be responsible for helping other former Anglican clergy to prepare for full communion with the Catholic Church. The Church plans to put defecting clergy through a “period of intense formation” for ordination as Catholic priests. Those seeking to join the Ordinariate are expected to be received into the Catholic Church and confirmed at Easter, followed by the ordination of former Anglican priests at Easter. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams told Vatican Radio earlier this

Methodist church attacked near Bradford by Brian Hutt Posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010, 22:09 (GMT) A Methodist church in a village near Bradford was badly damaged in an attack by vandals last week. Police confirmed that the vandals had not stolen anything in the attack on Birkenshaw Methodist Church, which took place sometime between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. According to the Christian Institute, Bibles were burned, chairs and hymnbooks were slashed, a large crucifix had been torn from an inside wall, and keyboard and speaker cables had been cut. The cost of repairing the damage has been estimated at £2,000. The church, which has a congregation of around 60, has been left shaken by the attack. The Rev Graham Edwards, the church’s minister, said: “Everyone is very upset and it is very sad to go to the effort of refurbishing the whole place to find somebody will break in and, for what seems like no reason at all, will destroy and ruin things. “What is upsetting p