Women bishops: some media reports and blog reactions; Scottish Episcopal Church General Synod; Two thousand people in Coventry Cathedral for golden jubilee service; Facebook post vicar makes apology; Free church report against same-sex marriage; Salvationists reaffirm commitment to combating social injustice
Women bishops: some media reports and blog reactions
Thinking Anglicans – Gavin Drake has this news report today for the Church Times House of Bishops amends women bishops Measure. And there is this Church Times Leader: Looking forward to the women-bishops vote …Concerning the Bishops’ amendments, we question whether making the…
http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/005517.html
Scottish Episcopal Church General Synod
General Synod 2012 will take place on 7 – 9 June in Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh. The Agenda and Papers are now available to download. A live audio stream of the proceedings of General Synod will be available during General Synod. General Synod 2012
http://www.scotland.anglican.org/index.php/news/entry/general_synod_2012_agenda_and_papers/#When:09:05:37Z
Two thousand people in Coventry Cathedral for golden jubilee service
Coventry Telegraph – Dignitaries, church officials from around the world and members of the public attended the hour-long service which included a reading by Princess Anne and a music, dance and drama display by pupils at Blue Coat Church of England School.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2012/05/25/two-thousand-people-in-coventry-cathedral-for-golden-jubilee-service-92746-31045703/
Facebook post vicar makes apology
BBC – A vicar apologises for using “inappropriate language” in posts he made on Facebook.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-18209296
Free church report against same-sex marriage
Scotsman – Proposals to legalise same-sex marriage would “legitimise and encourage” the existence of fatherless or motherless children, a new report has claimed.
The report from the Free Church of Scotland study panel comes as responses to the Scottish Government’s consultation on gay marriage are being considered.
Referring to same-sex couples, the report said: “By getting the right to marry, they get more respectability for bringing up children (they already have the right to foster and adopt).
“This is a huge social experiment in which the guinea pigs are children. That is not fair or just to children and does not safeguard their rights.
“It is really being pushed in a doctrinaire way by the gay lobby without any consideration of the harm that it will do.”
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/plans-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage-a-huge-social-experiment-report-claims-1-2308980
Salvationists reaffirm commitment to combating social injustice
Christian Today -The Salvation Army is marking a hundred years since its founding fathers rallying cry to fight social injustice
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/salvationists.reaffirm.commitment.to.combating.social.injustice/29909.htm