Bishop of Albany William Love has refused to comply with the General Convention's decision that same-sex marriage rites should be available in all dioceses, He has been referred to a Hearing Panel for a public ecclesiastical trial.
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Bishop John Parkes of Australia’s Diocese of Wangaratta has suspended the authorization of same-sex marriages, at the direction of the Australian primate, the Most Rev. Philip Freier. The Diocese of Wangaratta's synod previously approved such marriages by wide margins. The matter now goes to the Anglican Church of Australia’s Appellate Tribunal.
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Some Episcopal bishops intend to boycott next year's Lambeth Conference to protest the decision by the Archbishop of Canterbury not to invite the spouses of any bishop in a same-sex marriage. Others plan to attend, bringing their protests to the conference.
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A service format called Messy Church has been attracting people who otherwise don't attend church. Kids "are asking for Messy Church more often, dragging their parents along."
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Dioceses in the Global North are shrinking, while dioceses in the Global South are growing. Each bishop at next year's Lambeth Conference will have equal voice, which privileges the voices of small numbers of white Westerners while side-lining swaths of the most missional and poorest Christians in the Anglican Communion. 
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Some recite the appoint psalms loudly, others softly. Some fast, others slow. The role of the officiant is to pray through the chaos so the chaos can eventually find order through the prayers. 
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