Members of the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod in Winnipeg agreed Sunday that the blessing of same-sex unions is not in conflict with the church’s core doctrine, in the sense of being credal. Debate resumed Sunday morning after being suspended late Saturday.
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed dioceses to decide for themselves whether or not to bless same-sex unions.
Native groups from across Canada came to Winnipeg Friday to present gifts and pay their respects to the Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald as he was installed as the first National Indigenous Anglican Bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Canon (Lay) Robert L. Falby, Chancellor of the Diocese of Toronto, was elected Friday as Deputy Prolocutor of General Synod at its triennial meeting in Winnipeg.
General Synod approved first reading Saturday of a resolution that will permit the election of future National Indigenous Anglican Bishops.
General Synod approved an amended resolution Saturday to accept the conclusion of the Primate’s Theological Commission’s St. Michael Report that the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine but is not a core doctrine in the sense of being credal, and that it should not be a communion-breaking issue.
Anglicans meeting in General Synod suspended their discussion of controversial blessing of same-sex unions resolutions Saturday evening with at least 16 delegates still waiting to speak on the subject.
The Anglican Church of Canada has chosen Bishop Fred Hiltz of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as its 13th Primate or national leader.
Delegates at the Eleventh Biennial National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have elected Rev. Susan Johnson, Assistant to the Bishop of the Eastern Synod, as the new National Bishop of the ELCIC. The election occurred on the sixth and final ballot for Bishop.
Nearly 1,000 Anglicans and Lutherans spent a day together in worship at the Winnipeg Convention Centre Thursday to celebrate six years of full communion between their two churches — and also to consider global warming.
The Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews, President of Thorneloe University, an Anglican federated college of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. (Diocese of Algoma), was elected prolocutor of General Synod on the fifth ballot Thursday evening.
The following is the text of an address to General Synod by Archbishop of York Dr. John Sentamu, delivered June 20.
The question of how to proceed on the issue of same-gender relationships will be one of the most difficult questions facing Anglicans meeting in Winnipeg this week, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison told the opening service Monday evening of the 38th General Synod.
The merger of Augsburg Fortress and the Anglican Book Centre is almost complete, with only a few legal and technical details remaining.
Delegates to the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod quickly agreed Wednesday that the Council of the North should be allowed to draw upon previously untapped resources to help solve its funding crisis.