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TEC Finances Remain Strong Despite COVID

By Kirk Petersen
Despite warnings in June that layoffs may be needed at the Church Center, all of the staff jobs seem safe for 2020, as the Executive Council made only minor further cuts to the annual budget..
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AC Rejects Takeover of Egyptian Church

By Mark Michael
Under Egyptian law, the Anglican denomination in that country must conduct its interactions with the government through the Protestant Church in Egypt (PCE), which is officially considered an "Egyptian denomination." The PCE recently claimed that it owns all Anglican property, and the global Anglican Communion is pushing back hard.
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Anglican Evangelical
J.I. Packer Dies at 93

By Sue Careless
Fr. Packer was a towering figure among American evangelicals, in part based on more than 30 years of service as a senior editor and visiting scholar for Christianity Today. He also was general editor of the English Standard Version of the Bible, an evangelical translation.
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Ex-Dean of Cathedral in 1984 Sex Abuse

By Kirk Petersen
The Very Rev. James A. Kowalski, who for 15 years was dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York, reached an accord with the Bishop of Connecticut, accepting unspecified consequences for a 1984 incident with a young woman.
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Love Is Stronger
Than Death

By Douglas LeBlanc
A former TLC senior editor finds comfort in four words on a mural honoring George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis: "I can breathe now."
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Cry of the Wounded

By Asher Imtiaz
A photo essay brings the protests in Minneapolis to life through powerful images, while the photographer unpacks the nature of his craft.
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Archives: 1920 Anglo-Catholic Congress

By George Parsons
A throng of "bishops and other ecclesiastics" gathered in London a century ago in a show of strength for the Oxford Movement's influence throughout the Anglican Communion.
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Cheap Grace
and Social Justice

By Molly Jane Layton
"It is easy for nice white Christians to blind ourselves to our role in the problem. We think that if we avoid racist jokes, have a couple of minority friends, and attend a protest or two, then we are anti-racist." This is part of a series of social justice articles on Covenant this week.
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