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Williams foresees 'huge crisis' on homosexual issue - By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent (Filed: 18/10/2003) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said yesterday that the worldwide Anglican Church still faced "a huge crisis" over homosexuality, despite the consensus reached at Lambeth Palace this week. He forecast that conservative areas of the Church would split from the liberal American Episcopal Church when Anglicanism's first openly active homosexual bishop was consecrated in 16 days. Although an immediate collapse of the worldwide Church was averted at the two-day primates' meeting, some of the more hard-line provinces could walk out over the next...

Report from Today's Meeting in Winchester Tennessee I arrived 30 minutes early at Trinity Church in Winchester, TN, a small town not far from the University of the South, an Episcopal liberal arts school and seminary. I drove down from outside of Nashville as a member of a fairly orthodox parish, established about 8 years ago in an area that has seen phenomenal growth. While average attendance in Episcopal churches is around 37, ours is over 200 each week, when all services are added together. I was eager to hear the points of view from the deputies that attended and...

Breakdown of bishops' vote on Robinson 62 yes, 43 no; 2 not voting Richelle Thompson Episcopal News Service Posted: 8/6/2003 Votes on the consent to the election of the Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of New Hampshire: Yes Adams III, Gladstone B. – Central New York Alexander, John Neil – Atlanta Alvarez, David – Puerto Rico Bainbridge III, Harry B. – Idaho Bennison, Jr., Charles E. – Pennsylvania Bruno, Jon – Los Angeles Caldwell, Bruce – Wyoming Chane, John – Washington Chang, Richard S.O. – Hawaii Creighton, Michael W. – Central Pennsylvania Croneberger, John...

MINNEAPOLIS - Episcopal conservatives protested the election of the denomination's first openly gay bishop by walking off the floor of their national legislative meeting Wednesday as they called on Anglican leaders worldwide to intervene in what they called a "pastoral emergency." Some delegates turned in their convention credentials and left for home. Others refused to attend voting sessions. Another group dropped to their knees and prayed as one of their leaders denounced the confirmation of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson. Robinson was confirmed Tuesday after he was cleared of last-minute misconduct allegations that threatened to delay the vote. The number...

SYDNEY, Asian religious leaders on Wednesday condemned the appointment by the U.S. Episcopal Church of its first openly gay bishop, warning that regional Anglican bishops might consider cutting ties with their American sister church. In Britain, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who is spiritual leader of the Church of England and of the Anglican Communion, said that the bishop's confirmation would have a "significant impact" on the worldwide Anglican Communion, but he appealed to opponents not to react rashly. The U.S. church reached its historic decision after rejecting accusations of sexual misconduct against the Reverend Gene Robinson. In an...

Rev. Gene Robinson Confirmed As Episcopal Church Bishop

(CNSNews.com) - Some Christian activists expressed disappointment Tuesday over the election of the Episcopalian Church's first openly homosexual bishop - a vote that occurred after church officials meeting in Minneapolis, Minn., concluded allegations of past sexual misconduct on the part of Rev. Gene Robinson were baseless. "It's a sad day for Christians everywhere," Peter LaBarbera, senior policy analyst with Concerned Women for America's Culture and Family Institute, told CNSNews.com. The vote by the House of Bishops had been postponed Monday following the 11th-hour allegations that Robinson had engaged in inappropriate touching with another man at a church event. An investigation...

<p>August 6, 2003 -- Defiant Episcopal Church leaders last night scoffed at threats of a schism and elected their first openly gay bishop - just hours after clearing the clergyman of two sex-tainted accusations.</p> <p>Church bishops voted 62 to 45 to confirm New Hampshire Bishop-elect Gene Robinson, who has been living with his male lover for 13 years. Conservative foes immediately vowed to boycott the rest of the week's convention in Minneapolis - and headed across the street to a Lutheran church to pray.</p>

Come on Down to the Roman Catholic Church! If you have a hard time joining the "roman wing" of the Church, considering reading the works of Cardinal Newman, a convert from the Anglican faith. For more about the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, see the following link: Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman Some excepts from his works (from the above site): About the middle of June (1839) I began to study and master the history of the Monophysites (1) . . . It was during this course of reading that for the first time a doubt came upon me of...

The US Episcopal church's first openly gay bishop predicted that other churches would soon follow his denomination's example in welcoming gays into their leadership."I suspect that before too very long, other denominations will also follow and welcome openly gay and lesbian people into leadership positions. That's my prayer," Gene Robinson told ABC television on Wednesday.A majority of the church's House of Bishops on Tuesday voted 62 to 45 to ratify Robinson's appointment as bishop of New Hampshire, church officials said, ending three days of contentious debate.Conservatives within church ranks, many of whom have fiercely opposed Robinson's election on the...