Sewanee, Tenn. — South African humanitarian leader Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu called for an end to homophobia, racism and the humanitarian crises in Africa and the Middle East this morning in Sewanee.

“Let us together transform this world hurting from wars, injustice and oppression,” said Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who rose to fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. “Help me transform the hatred. Help me transform the homophobia. Help me transform poverty. Help me transform this world.”

From the TONIGHT Show with Jay Leno, May 7, 2008

Boy, there's a nasty divorce going on in New Jersey between the former governor, Jim McGreevey. Remember the guy who came out and said he was gay?

McGreevey's wife is charging him with fraud for marrying her, but McGreevey, who is now studying to become an Episcopal priest, claims she not only knew he was gay, she participated with him in three-way sex with their driver.

Posted by the Rev. Goerge Conger in Church of England Newspaper
May 8, 2008

Organizers of the June Gafcon meeting in Jerusalem report that as of April 25, 267 bishops have registered for the June meeting in Jerusalem.

Denounced as a rival gathering to the July Lambeth conference, a detailed agenda has yet to be released. Like Lambeth much of the conference will be devoted to worship and spiritual reflection.

May 8, 2008
Contact:Paul Detterman, Executive Director
Presbyterians For Renewal 502-425-4630

LOUISVILLE, KY - The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) recently lifted a lower court's censure of PC(USA) minister Jane Spahr for conducting same sex commitment ceremonies that she called "marriages."

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Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson knows he is inviting death threats by entering into a civil union with his gay partner on the eve of his church’s biggest ecclesiastical conference. And he says it is worth it, because he is doing what God asks of him.

“When your life is at stake, you learn that there are things in life that are much worse than death,” Bishop Robinson told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Thursday in New York. “That’s the great reward of being a Christian. Not living your life — that’s worse than death. And if something were to happen to me, I would know that I am doing what I discern God is calling me to do.”

Posted on: May 7, 2008

The Diocese of Central Florida announced that terms of a separation agreement had been reached between members of Trinity Church, Vero Beach, one of the diocese’s largest parishes. In order to become enforceable the agreement must first be approved by the diocesan executive committee, the Trinity vestry and the board representing those members who wish to remain Episcopalian.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050719.html

By Michael Baggot

ARLINGTON, VA, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Individuals who once considered themselves homosexuals but who have since left the lifestyle, often remain silent about their past life due to persecution from homosexual activists, an ABC News video revealed on Monday.

"A person may not be happy being gay, has anyone ever thought of that?" asked "David," an anonymous man who has overcome his homosexual inclinations, on ABC News.

May 5th, 2008 Posted in Homosexuality, Nature/Nurture

From NARTH (National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality)

James Phelan, Ph.D., has recently completed a summary of a 300-page document that will be published in June 2008. This summary is in pdf format and can be downloaded HERE. [Summary attached at previous entry] For details of how to obtain the final document when it is published, see NARTH’s website.

Bishop David Anderson, Press Release

‘Under the Schori public mantra, we are about at the end of the churches leaving - most of those so disposed to leave have done so. In fact, she is terribly out of touch with the real world; churches are leaving on a weekly basis. Now it is true that as long as one or two people don’t leave with the rest of the parish, and the bishop can hold onto the name and the building (four walls and a janitor) then TEC will claim that they haven’t lost the congregation. The truth is that a viable church has been lost to the diocese, and down the street in a school cafeteria or gymnasium a new orthodox Anglican Church has been formed with most of the former Episcopalians, now under the care of an overseas Anglican province …

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/5/6/bishop-venables-communion-breaking-up-because-nobody-is-leading

by Suzanne Gill, Director of Communications, Diocese of Fort Worth, TX

Posted on: May 6, 2008

The work of amending the Constitution and Canons of the Southern Cone in order to regularize the admission of parishes and dioceses beyond South America is about to begin, according to Presiding Bishop Gregory Venables. The Primate of the Southern Cone made a visit to the Diocese of Fort Worth for a series of meetings with clergy and lay leaders May 2-4.

ACNS: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/5/6/ACNS4400

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has described his private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI yesterday in the Vatican as 'friendly and informal'. They spent almost half an hour in the Pope's study discussing matters of common interest.

By Henry G. Brinton
Despite the rumors, conservative Christianity is alive and well in the USA, still flexing its moral muscle. And that’s a good thing. For those who might cheer its demise fail to see that religious vitality is actually strengthened by the creative tension between the left and the right.

Posted On : May 6, 2008 4:37 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO
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ACNS: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/5/6/ACNS4399

From April 28 to May 1, 2008, some 90 members of the Church of Melanesia met for a four-day provincial consultation in Honiara, Solomon Islands on "Healing Past Hurts: A way forward for the Church of Melanesia in the ministry of Reconciliation and Peace-building".