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Nigerian Canadian now American bishop

TAP — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:43:04 +0000

(Photo: Sue Careless)

A FORMER CANADIAN priest has been consecrated bishop by the Primate of Nigeria.
On Sept. 25th, the Rev. Canon Dr. Felix Orji was ordained Suffragan Bishop in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) by Archbishop Nicholas Okoh in Lagos, Nigeria.
Felix Orji was born in Abia State, Nigeria, but immigrated to Canada in 1990 to study at Regent College and later Vancouver School of Theology. Bishop Orji was ordained in 1996

Southern Discomfort: the Bishop Lawrence investigation

TAP — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:40:04 +0000

(Photo: Sue Careless)

Editor’s note: The key charges leveled against Bishop Mark Lawrence of South Carolina by The Episcopal Church (TEC) include: making amendments to the diocese’s charter, constitution and canons; failure to prevent parishes from leaving TEC and failure to sue

TEC drops below two million members

TAP — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:38:15 +0000

ONCE A FLAGSHIP denomination of American mainline Protestantism, the U.S.-based Episcopal Church has for the first time in decades reported membership below two million. Almost one-quarter of Episcopalians who were in the pews in 2000 are no longer there. The denomination, which claimed

Adult baptisms high in ACNA

TAP — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:30:42 +0000

(Staff) A STARTLING statistic was released by a relatively new church on the continent. Of the over 3,000 baptisms reported in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) almost 1,000 or nearly one-third were people aged 30 and over, indicating a significant number of new Christians. This statistic would seem to confirm what Bishop Don Harvey,

Materialism and Marriage

TAP — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:28:58 +0000

(Staff) SPOUSES THAT PLACE a high value on money and possessions can expect a rocky marriage, says a new study from Brigham Young University. Researchers found that materialism in a spouse was associated with lower levels of responsiveness

Presbyterian Church (USA) accepts openly gay clergy

TAP — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:59:29 +0000

(Staff) ON MAY 10 the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) entered the expanding ranks of Christian denominations that allow sexually active gay and lesbian clergy. They join The Epsicopal Church, United Church of Christ and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
But the trend could be slowing down.

R.I.P. Bernard Nathanson, 84, Abortion activist became prolife leader

TAP — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:56:09 +0000

By Fr. Raymond J. De Souza

A key American abortion activist who converted first to the prolife cause and later to Christianity died of cancer Feb. 21 in his native New York.
In 1968 Bernard Nathanson co-founded the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (now called the National Abortion Rights Action League), and became a leading campaigner for the unlimited abortion licence

South Carolina Takes Defensive Stand

TAP — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:21:16 +0000

The Diocese of South Carolina – one of the few orthodox dioceses remaining in The Episcopal Church (TEC) – has ratified on final passage the amendments to its diocesan Constitution

Canadians consult with Communion Partners in Orlando

TAP — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:56:30 +0000

NINETY BISHOPS and clergy gathered in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 15-17 for a three-day conference of Communion Partners. Developed in the wake of tensions within the Episcopal Church, Communion Partners is a fellowship linking members to the larger Anglican Communion, offering fellowship, support and a forum for mutual concerns, as well as support for the Anglican Covenant.

Quiz finds Americans religious illiterates

TAP — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:03:21 +0000

Atheists & agnostics score better than believers

(Staff) A SHORT QUIZ has revealed that Americans, many of whom describe themselves as deeply religious, are actually woefully ignorant of their own faith and the major faiths of their fellow Americans.