+ GAFCON Chairman’s October 2016 Letter (October 31, 2016 at 11:31 pm)
+ Evangelicals write to CofE Bishops about their plans to depart from the faith (October 17, 2016 at 2:37 pm)
+ Communiqué from the 6th Global South Conference (October 8, 2016 at 8:15 am)
+ Scottish Anglican Network statement on amendment of Scottish Episcopal Church’s marriage canon (June 12, 2016 at 3:58 pm)
+ Diocese of Akure, Nigeria dissociates from the Diocese of Liverpool over TEC SSB Bishop appointment (June 6, 2016 at 12:47 pm)
+ Archbishop Okoh’s GAFCON Chairman’s June 2016 Pastoral Letter to the Anglican faithful (June 4, 2016 at 8:00 am)
Primates Gathering 2016 / ACC-16 in Lusaka
Key Posts
+ GAFCON Primates Nairobi Communiqué 2016 (April 22, 2016 at 3:54 am)
+ What did the Lusaka ACC-16 Meeting Decide? Some views (April 21, 2016 at 1:04 pm)
+ ACC-16 Resolutions (April 20, 2016 at 2:51 pm)
+ Kenya 6: [Anglican Ink] Interview: Kenya’s archbishop responds to forgery reports (April 12, 2016 at 3:17 pm )
+ CofE Synod: David Porter Plans July Facilitated Conversations on Sexual Immorality (February 16, 2016 at 8:19 pm
+ Final Communiqué from the Primates 2016 Gathering (January 15, 2016 at 10:10 am)
+ Statement from the Anglican Primates Gathering of 2016 (January 14, 2016 at 11:16 am)
+ The Press Conference after the Primates Gathering (January 16, 2016 at 4:09 pm)
+ GAFCON statement on the 2016 Primates Gathering (January 14, 2016 at 10:00 am)
+ Archbishop Stanley Ntagali’s Update on the Primates Gathering in Canterbury (January 14, 2016 at 8:21 am)
+ CoU: Hundreds Show Support for Archbishop Stanley Ntagali’s Stand in Canterbury [Statement] (January 19, 2016 at 3:52 pm)
Responses and Comment
+ [Anglican Ink] Interview: Kenya’s archbishop responds to forgery reports (April 12, 2016 at 3:17 pm)
+ [AI] Primate of Kenya refutes claims from ACC 16 (April 12, 2016 at 12:53 pm)
+ Bishop Idowu-Fearon comments on TEC Standing Committee membership and Kenya (April 12, 2016 at 12:47 pm)
+ Anglican Church of Rwanda declines to send representatives to ACC-16 (April 8, 2016 at 5:12 pm)
+ [Canon Phil Ashey] Update: Forgery and False Pretenses on the eve of the ACC-16 meeting (April 8, 2016 at 2:38 pm)
+ Fraud and Forgery Allegations Raised at ACC 16 (April 7, 2016 at 10:51 am)
+ [ACK] Statement on Anglican Consultative Council 16, Lusaka (April 6, 2016 at 7:48 pm)
+ [Martin Davie] A Review of ”˜Intentional Discipleship and Disciple Making..’ for use at ACC-16 (April 6, 2016 at 5:08 pm)
+ Breaking””Bishop Mouneer Anis decides not to attend the 2016 ACC Meeting in Lusaka (April 4, 2016 at 2:04 pm)
+ (CEN) Chris Sugden and Vinay Samuel””What is the Anglican Consultative Council meeting for? (March 31, 2016 at 7:21 am)
+ Archbishop Wabukala responds to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Letter to Primates (March 23, 2016 at 10:50 am)
+ The Archbishop of Canterbury writes to the Primates about the upcoming ACC Meeting in Lusaka (March 23, 2016 at 9:21 am)
+ The Church of Nigeria will not attend the upcoming ACC Meeting (March 16, 2016 at 5:13 am)
+ The Anglican Church of Kenya will not participate in the upcoming ACC meeting (March 9, 2016 at 9:51 am)
+ Anglican Church of Canada Bishops’ Statement (February 29, 2016 at 7:18 pm)
+ TEC Executive Council: opening remarks from House of Deputies president (February 28, 2016 at 9:05 pm)
+ TEC Executive Council: opening remarks from the Presiding Bishop (February 28, 2016 at 8:15 pm)
+ Church of Uganda: Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal to Pray for Uganda and the Anglican Communion (February 24, 2016 at 3:44 am)
+ GAFCON Chairman’s February 2016 Pastoral Letter (February 18, 2016 at 9:12 am)
+ TEC will go to the ACC meeting in Lusaka and they will vote, ACC chairman says (February 17, 2016 at 8:00 am)
+ [Canon Phil Ashey] Anglicanism in spite of Canterbury? (February 16, 2016 at 8:56 pm)
+ (AI) Communique from the Church of Nigeria Standing Committee’s February 2016 Meeting (February 16, 2016 at 4:00 pm)
+ Archbishop reflects on Primates’ Gathering in Synod address (February 15, 2016 at 11:58 am)
+ Statement of the Archbishop of Nigeria on the Canterbury primates gathering (February 10, 2016 at 1:37 pm)
+ [Jeff Walton] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop: Anglicans Didn’t “Vote us off island” (February 10, 2016 at 1:09 pm)
+ (RNS) Episcopal church leader Michael Curry calls Anglican censure ”˜fair’ (February 9, 2016 at 7:00 am)
+ [ACI – Canada] Response to the Meeting of Primates in Canterbury, January 2016 (January 26, 2016 at 11:26 am)
+ A Statement on ACNA Leader Foley Beach’s Participation at the 2016 Primates Gathering (January 25, 2016 at 10:29 am)
+ Reform Statement on the Primates Gathering (January 24, 2016 at 10:17 pm)
+ Anne Kennedy: Three Thoughts About the Anglican Primates Meeting (January 23, 2016 at 1:40 pm)
+ Church of Ireland begins facilitated conversations on sexual immorality (January 22, 2016 at 7:49 am)
+ Bp Mouneer Anis: A Personal Reflection on the 2016 Primates’ Meeting (January 22, 2016 at 7:38 am)
+ FIFNA’s Statement on the Primate’s Communique (January 22, 2016 at 7:36 am)
+ Archbishop Eliud Wabukala on the Canterbury primates communique (January 19, 2016 at 5:19 pm)
All posts for category Primates Gathering in Canterbury 2016
+ Installation of the new Archbishop of the province of SE Asia (February 22, 2016 at 8:12 am)
Harmon Family
Farewell to Stuart Harmon (1932-2016) whose memorial service was on Saturday (April 9, 2016 at 11:02 am)
Dad’s Obituary””Francis Stuart Harmon Jr. RIP (1932-2016) (April 9, 2016 at 3:40 am)
Lent 2016
+ Open Thread: Lent Resources (February 13, 2016 at 11:38 am)
+ The Fire, Lord, Not the Junk Heap; An Ash Wednesday Reflection from Bishop Mark Lawrence (February 10, 2016 at 7:13 pm )
CofE General Synod
+ CofE Synod: David Porter Plans July Facilitated Conversations on Sexual Immorality (February 16, 2016 at 8:19 pm)
+ Diocese of Manchester: Row about play which portrays Jesus as a transgender woman (February 16, 2016 at 8:57 pm)
+ Archbishop reflects on Primates’ Gathering in Synod address (February 15, 2016 at 11:58 am)
+ CofE General Synod 15th to 17th February 2016 Links (February 15, 2016 at 10:54 am)
+ Statement from the Anglican Leadership Institute Fellows (March 2, 2016 at 10:35 am)
Prior key posts may be found here
My apologies for putting this post here, its a bit off topic. I saw an article on T19 around New Years Day, but can’t find it now. I was in the outback of Australia and couldn’t reply at the time. Fr Terry Tee and Pageantmaster both commented on the decline in Anglican blogs. I will throw my two cents worth in here, if permitted:
1. Fr Tee wrote something about the fork in the road being passed and I agree. TEC’s decline isn’t news any more and most faithful people are out of it.
2. But there is another story, a positive one, about the re-establishment of Anglicanism in North America, independently of TEC. Its the story of ACNA, Dio SC and the Continuum churches (apologies if I have missed out on anyone). It is the story of pastors, new churches (often struggling), evangelists, seminaries, and difficult cultural challenges.
3. I suspect there is the potential to build just as much interest in this positive story as there was in the previous negative story. The task after all is immense and varied – Anglicanism has practically disappeared from many areas of North America and Great Britain with the declines of TEC, ACoC and CofE, and its now missionary work to re-establish it.
4. This is in context of my belief that Anglicanism is a vibrant denomination with a great deal to offer to Christianity today. The intellectual and theological potential is huge, and this should be highlighted on the internet.
5. As a reminder, although Stand Firm now rarely carries Anglican articles, I can remember when an article there about Anglican doctrine and the direction in which Anglicanism should be headed could attract over 500 comments. That is an extreme example, but its a reminder that its just a matter of finding the relevance.
6. Titus One Nine has a separate technical issue: It only has a single column for articles on its front page, and the articles cycle through so quickly that nobody gets time to absorb them. They are usually gone from the front page in a day. “Sticky posts” don’t really help because they just reduce the space available for the other articles, hence they cycle through even more quickly. If you want comment and to build an online community, then an article should sit on the front page for several days at least.
7. Two ways for T19 to deal with this, in my humble submission: (a) Find someone to re-configure the page, with main articles, a cache where older articles are still visible even when not recent, and side spaces or links where articles on particular interest areas can go; and (b) reduce the number of articles.
I hope this is helpful, and wherever the Lord leads each of you, may your ministry be blessed.
At this point it appears T19 is lucky to be up and running normally. Stand Firm is still not quite fixed, since the “recent comments” column doesn’t work, and Midwest Conservative Journal (on the same server, I think) is frozen, not being updated and not accepting comments.
Hi Katherine, thanks, good points.
I wouldn’t call Midwest Conservative Journal an Anglican blog. It’s a political blog done from a Christian viewpoint. Of course it refers to matter going on in the various churches, including Anglicans, but that is just consequential to the main issue which is politics.
By contrast, an Anglican blog will be focussed mainly on church issues (and mainly but not always Anglican), but of course will cover related political issues from time to time. Obvious examples are Virtue Online, Anglican Ink and Anglican Down Under (I am not saying I necessarily agree with each of them, but just talking about the type of blog they are). A similar one from a reformed viewpoint is The Gospel Coalition. Sure they cover political issues, but the primary focus is on church issues, mainly (but not always) Anglican.
Stand Firm was an Anglican blog up until after Greg Griffiths left. Its now far more like MCJ – the articles are mainly on US political issues from a Christian perspective. It still does some Anglican content. The last Anglican article was back in October,
A Christian political blog like MCJ or SF is a worthy thing, but my comments above referred to an Anglican blog, which it appears to me that T19 has always been.
And I hope that the main focus of my comments, i.e. that articles on Anglican blogs could highlight the positive and practical side of Anglican growth and renewal, will not be overlooked.
You are quite right about the natures of those sites, MichaelA. T19 is on the same server, as I understand it, and the other two (of which I know) which are technically related have suffered serious damage from some kind of virus or hack.
I just now noticed the line saying 4 Comments…seemingly without a connection to a post, article, or subject. Being curious, I tapped in.
My exposure to Anglican blogs is limited, by choice, to Mr. Haley’s Curmudgeon, and T 1,9.
Haley’s space offers links to numerous others, as most of us know, but there is such a choice, that even with his guidance, for me it’s over complicated.
I used to read David Virtue, but don’t anymore, for a couple of reasons I won’t express here.
That pretty much leaves me T 1,9 for my news source on Anglicanism. I look at it nearly every day to see what’s new here, in the UK, and in Africa, and I’m happy with it as a source. Long may it continue.
As an 84 year-old cradle Episcopalian originally, and truly uneducated in church history or background (of course I remember Spong, Pike, and others), since 2003, I/we have followed the path that has led us to found a tiny ACNA parish in a small town in Kentucky -formerly Stacy Sauls territory, in which we were some of his victims. As an aside, isn’t it iironic that ECUSA now has to defend itself against Sauls’ Alabama-filed law suit? Haley is convinced this will end up being handled in NY.
Anyway, thanks to our priest and his family, and what we have attained through our membership in +Bill Atwood’s ACNA; Int’l Diocese, we are much happier.
If a viable Anglican blog appears, and I become aware of it, perhaps I shall follow it as well. For now, I’m just grateful for T 1,9.
Luke, you could also look in at [url=http://www.anglican.ink]Anglican Ink[/url]. That site posts articles by George Conger and others, and I note this blog links to it from time to time, and Mr. Haley posts there occasionally too.