The fourth Conference of Anglican Provincial Secretaries meeting 24-31 August 2000, in Toronto, Canada faced crucial questions of unity and diversity throughout the Anglican Communion.
01 September 2000
The Anglican Church will cut more than half a million dollars in grants to support ministry in Canada's north and overseas, and eliminate eight full time positions at its national office. At the same time, grants available from the church's Healing and Reconciliation Fund, supporting work with Indigenous peoples, will double.
23 August 2000
The Most Revd Frank Griswold will undergo surgery for early-stage prostate cancer on September 11. In a letter to the members of the House of Bishops, dated August 7, Bishop Griswold wrote:
14 August 2000
The Episcopal Media Center has released its second book on tape featuring sermons by the Revd Barbara Brown Taylor, voted one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English language by Baylor University. "Home By Another Way" includes 39 sermons recorded by the author. In it, Taylor walks listeners through the church year from the expectancy
14 August 2000
Following the adoption of "Called to Common Mission" at the Episcopal Church General Convention in Denver recently, a conference of Lutherans and Episcopalians in Virginia examined the question "Where do we go from here?"
09 August 2000
Eileen and I are so pleased to be back in Chicago, one of our most favourite cities, and in this lovely church of St Chrysostom's. We are grateful to the Rev Amy Richter for her welcome on behalf of the Rector, Fr. Raymond Webster.
06 August 2000
In 1874 Whitfield was a thriving Canadian village that was enjoying prosperity from the lumbering trade and its strategic position on a busy transport route. But just a quarter of a century later, changes in farming and industry, and a general movement of population to cities had seen a big change of in the fortunes of the village.
25 July 2000
Christ Church Cathedral in British Columbia is building a seven circuit labyrinth to mark the new millennium. Labyrinths have been part of the Christian tradition since about the fourth century, an are designed to aid meditation and contemplation.
12 July 2000
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA, the Most Revd Frank Griswold, announced on Friday, 7th July, that the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief would from now on be known as Episcopal Relief and Development.
12 July 2000
The 73rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the Unites States is meeting in Denver, Colorado, from 5th to 14th July 2000. Around 200 active and retired bishops make up the House of Bishops, while there are a thousand deputies and alternates of the House of Deputies.
12 July 2000