Also: ACNA Archbishop Installation; African Anglican Mission Center in MA
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Presiding Bishop-Elect Sean Rowe at Executive Council Orientation Session
** Rowe Urges Strategy-Driven Executive Council
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By Mark Michael
PB-Elect: “We need to look at finance in terms of strategic direction, to ask ‘how is our financial strategy in conversation with a budget?’ [Otherwise] you end up with the tail wagging the dog. What we do is determined by the budget." Read on ([link removed]) .
** ACNA Installs New Archbishop
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By Jeff Walton
The October 30 investiture functioned as a commissioning ceremony, with GAFCON Chairman and Primate of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda Archbishop Laurent Mbanda anointing the Most Rev. Steve Wood with oil. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Mission Center Builds Up African Ministries in Boston Area
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By Lauren Anderson-Cripps
The new African Anglican Episcopal mission center reflects the vitality of the diocese’s immigrant worshipping communities and recognizes now-retired Bishop Alan Gates’ efforts to support the ministry of African clergy during his 10-year episcopacy. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Singapore Mission Consultation Celebrates Anglican Church Planting
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By Jeff Walton
The Diocese of Singapore's Missions Consultation Roundtable aimed to coordinate support for Anglican ministries in a region with an historically sparse but steadily growing Anglican presence. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Bishop Dabney Smith (1953-2024)
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By Mark Michael
The Rt. Rev. Dabney Smith, the fifth Bishop of Southwest Florida, died October 26 after a brief hospitalization, at 70. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Commentary: Why the Church Says No to Polyamory
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By Pierre Whalon
This is the root of the difficulty of non-monogamy in general and polyamory in particular: mimetic rivalry. Read on ([link removed]) .
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** Becoming Men of Prayer
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By Will Brown
In a three-part essay derived from talks given at a men's retreat, Will Brown considers the process of change, conversion, and growth into the full stature of Christ. Read Part 1 ([link removed]) , Part 2 ([link removed]) , and Part 3 ([link removed]) .
** The Horrors and Defeat of the Devil
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By Ian Olson
Reviewing some recent studies on the nature of evil and drawing on Barth and Heidegger, Ian Olson urges us to take the Devil and malignant forces in society seriously, but to take Jesus Christ even more seriously. Read on ([link removed]) .
** The Communion of Saints
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By John Bauerschmidt
On All Saints' Day, Bishop John Bauerschmidt teases out the meaning of Communion: a sharing in life together as well as having a share in the holy gifts of God. Read on ([link removed]) .
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