Parish Quits Diocese over Title IV, What Was St. Paul’s Conversion?
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"The Africa Six": Rose Okeno, Filomena Tete Estevão, Dalcy Badeli Dlamini, Vicentia Kgabe, Emily Onyango, and Elizabeth Awut Ngor. | Joy Mercy Gachuhi/St. Paul’s University
** Africa's Women Bishops Vow to Fight Triple Threat
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By Jesse Masai
The six women who serve as Anglican bishops in Africa will speak out together about three threats: gender-based violence, teenage pregnancies, and HIV/AIDS. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Exhausted by Title IV, Parish Quits Diocese
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By Kirk Petersen
After years of unresolved disciplinary charges against their rector, which completely drained their bank accounts, the members of St. Paul’s, Shelton have voted to disassociate themselves from the Episcopal Church in Connecticut — and they are not going quietly. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Reverse Missionary Moment for Liberia
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By Elwood Dunn
Arkansas’ new bishop, John Harmon, was born and nurtured by the Liberian Episcopal Church, and his journey to ministry in the U.S. is intertwined with his home country’s struggles. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Australian Clergy Struggle with 48-Hour Weeks
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By Robyn Douglass
Anglican clergy are joining a new faith workers union and leading a push for a five-day work week in several dioceses, citing burnout and the principle of Sabbath rest. Read on ([link removed]) .
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** What Was St. Paul's Conversion?
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By Stewart Clem
St. Paul didn’t convert from Judaism to Christianity — such claims are anachronistic, anyway — but he did recognize Jesus as the Messiah and discovered a new call in his encounter with him. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Paideia for Preaching
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By Jon Jordan
“After 15 years as a teacher and administrator in a K-12 context, I have found that the reasons adult teachers and preachers are tempted toward relying on artificial intelligence to do their work are identical to the reasons students do the same.” Read on ([link removed]) .
** Coleridge: Stained Glass and Nick Cave's Yearnings
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By Ben Lima
Covenant’s monthly digest of theology and the arts news explores a new art film about an Italian stained glass master, a forum on the 50^th anniversary of Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago, interviews with Australian Anglican rocker Cage, and ten films “animated by unexpected mercies.” Read on ([link removed]) .
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