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Election of the Very Rev. Richard Lawson as 13th Bishop of Alabama

Dear Friends, It is with deep gratitude and joy that we share the news of the election of the Very Rev. Richard T. Lawson III, dean of St. John’s Cathedral in Denver, CO, as the 13th bishop-elect of the Diocese of Alabama. To be elected, a...

The Protest Against an Archbishop of Canterbury that calls the future of the Church into Question.

Counting Archbishops and Counting Authority The Church of England claims that Sarah Mullally is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury. At first sight, the Catholic objection to this numbering — which insists that she is in fact only the 36th Protestant archbishop, following the 69 Catholic...
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Shortly before General Synod, in the light of what I had earlier written at the...

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What has happened? It is only two weeks since a leak from the House of Bishops concerning...

After Lambeth: what next for the Church of England?

Andrew Goddard writes: What are we to make of the recent Lambeth Conference, what...

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Election of the Very Rev. Richard Lawson as 13th Bishop of Alabama

Dear Friends, It is with deep gratitude and joy that we share the news of...

The Protest Against an Archbishop of Canterbury that calls the future of the Church into Question.

Counting Archbishops and Counting Authority The Church of England claims that Sarah Mullally is the...

The Impact and Implication of Suicide, Incompetence and Wokery, on the Appointment of an Archbishop of Canterbury.

Why Paul Williamson Protested After my previous article on the protest made at the service...

The Tragedy of the Church of England

Why Brazen Defiance of God's Word Can Never be "Consecrated" Earlier this week, Dame Sarah...