Snarf
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject: Two good elections for the Christian Progressives |
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It looks like the return to the center, nearer to the path of early Christians, is on the way. Maybe the focus of the people of faith will move away from politics and towards God? I think Jesus mentioned something about that being a good idea...
Episcopalians elect 1st female national leader
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman picked to lead an Anglican province Sunday when she was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, a groundbreaking and potentially divisive step that comes three years after the denomination ordained an openly gay bishop.
Standing before cheering delegates to the Episcopal General Convention, Jefferts Schori said she was “awed and honored and deeply privileged to be elected.” Outgoing Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold was at her side as she was introduced after closed-door balloting.
The choice of Jefferts Schori may worsen — and could even splinter — the already difficult relations between the American denomination and its fellow Anglicans. Episcopalians have been sparring with many in the other 37 Anglican provinces over homosexuality, but a female leader adds a new layer of complexity to the already troubled relationship.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13119225/
A Shift Among the Evangelicals
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, June 16, 2006; Page A25
Sometimes very important elections receive very little attention.
When the Southern Baptist Convention elected the Rev. Frank Page as the group's president at its meeting this week in Greensboro, N.C., the news appeared on the back pages of most secular newspapers -- or it didn't appear at all.
The mellowing of evangelical Christianity may well be the big American religious story of this decade -- and it will probably have an impact on the nation's political life.
But Page's upset victory could be very significant, both to the nation's religious life and to politics. He defeated candidates supported by the convention's staunchly conservative establishment, which has dominated the organization since the mid-1980s. His triumph is one of many signs that new breezes are blowing through the broader evangelical Christian world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501790.html |
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