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47-2: July 2008 (8 articles) June 2008 - July 2008: Volume 47 Number 2
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	GAFCON: “A Movement For Christ And The Gospel” Special Report/Analysis By David W. Virtue, Robert England, and Auburn Traycik Galvanized by a growing and unremedied theological divergence in the Anglican Communion, the Global Anglican Future Conference launches a mission to clearly reassert the Church’s historic faith and “rescue” the Communion from those who have departed from it. But what GAFCON identifies as a reform-from-within movement looks to some like a breakaway Communion, or - as one liberal writer put it – “an attempt to seize control of global Anglicanism from the dithering hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury.”
	FOCUS (Part 1/4) Virginia: Ex-Episcopal Parishes Prevail Again, As Judge Rules State Statute Constitutional Women Bishops: C Of E Favors Conformity Over Comprehension Canada: Gay Issue Continues To Vex; Realigners Buffeted, Buoyed Stir As Australian Church Elevates First Woman Bishop Anglican Turf Wars God Speaks “Uniquely” Through General Convention, Anderson Claims
	FOCUS (Part 2/4) Gay “Marriage” Decision Portends Last Gasp Of “Windsor Compliance” In California Furor As Two Male Priests “Wed” In C Of E Church How Not To Keep A Low Profile, By Gene Robinson
	FOCUS (Part 3/4) Bennison Found Guilty Of “Conduct Unbecoming” Colorado: Vengeance Beyond The Grave? More Dioceses Challenge Legality Of Schofield, Cox, Depositions TEC Amends Lawsuit Against Realigned San Joaquin Diocese Lambeth And The Two Bishops Of San Joaquin The Call Of The Mild: Dr. Williams Writes The Lambeth Bishops Lambeth: There’s No Show Business Like No Business
	FOCUS (Part 4/4) Institute: Covenant Process Should Accept Reality Of “Two-Tiered” Anglican Community FIF-NA Rallies For New Province, Seeks CCP Moratorium On Women’s Ordination Two Continuing Church Prelates Seize Parish’s Property; Congregation Yields To “Settlement” Extramural Anglican Coalition Confirms CCP Membership FCC Continues Emphasis On Orthodox Anglican Cooperation, Unity LATE NEWS RC Archbishop Announces Expansion Of Pastoral Provision A GAFCON Gaffe?
	BONUS REPORTS SCHORI: GAY UNION RITES "IN OUR LIFETIMES" (LIKE MAYBE NOW?) WHY SOME MAY SAY THAT TEC IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION FROM INDABA TO UBUNTU: WELCOME TO GENERAL CONVENTION 2009 THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ROBINSON BACKS OUT OF APA EVENT ON GAY THERAPY The GAFCON Documents - Some Initial Thoughts - by Fr. Sam Edwards IS THE ACCENT ON THE GAFFE OR ON THE CON? The Jerusalem Declaration In Perspective UP, DOWN AND OUT IN CANADA: A PERSONAL RETROSPECT - BY J.I. PACKER BISHOP NAZIR-ALI DEFENDS AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANITY IN INCREASINGLY MUSLIM U.K. ANGLICAN TURMOIL IN ZIMBABWE NIGERIAN ARCHBISHOP BANS POLYGAMY D.C. BISHOP CALLS FOR U.S.-IRAN "TOLERANCE" TONY BLAIR LAUNCHES INTERFAITH EFFORT TO SOLVE GLOBAL PROBLEMS C OF E: "POOR QUALITY" CLERGY - BUT WHICH ORDER? ANGLICAN PROPERTY SQUABBLE IN JERUSALEM ANGLICAN WORLD NEWS BRIEFS ORTHODOX ANGLICAN REPORTER MOURNED CANADIAN PASTOR SILENCED ON GAYS ANTI-LIFE U.K. BILL DELAYED UNTIL AUTUMN SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADER LAMENTS DENOMINATION'S SHRINKAGE; PROPOSES REMEDIES GENERAL INTEREST NEWS BRIEF LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE ISLAMIC MISSIONARIES DISTRIBUTE KORANS IN HOUSTON, CHICAGO
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