The Christian Challenge - CHALLENGE ONLINE

Articles

44-4: Oct 2005 (8 articles) September - October 2005: Volume 44 Number 3
	1. Unity Among Orthodox Anglicans; How Do We Get There From Here? MENDING DIVISIONS between U.S. orthodox Anglicans is in the initial sense a spiritual and organic process, rather than an organizational, institutional one, and should always be guided by the cause of wider Christian unity. Those were just a few of the assertions made by speakers at a conference at All Saints? Episcopal Church, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania September 30-October 1. It was certainly not the first serious consideration of how to reunite Anglican traditionalists displaced by liberalism in the U.S. Episcopal Church (ECUSA) and fragmented by conflicts among themselves. But it had to be one of the most thoughtful and sobering sessions yet held on the topic.
	0. Full PDF of October 2005 Issue Read the entire Sept/Oct 2005 issue in Adobe PDF format http://www.challengeonline.org/pdf/44-4.pdf
	2. Anglican "Distress Signals" THE "DISTRESS SIGNALS" of division throughout the Anglican Communion have perhaps never been more acute, says Anglican elder statesman, Archbishop Robin Eames of Armagh and All Ireland. Tensions in the Communion are increasing "at an alarming rate," says West Indies Archbishop Drexel Gomez. "The fault lines have been very evident for a long time, but now the fissures are starting to open on a truly Spielberg scale," says one leading orthodox priest. "The liberal establishment will seize everything it can before the dust settles."
	3. Focus This issue?s highlights: * Connecticut: Making It A Federal Issue * Brazilian Case Marks Milestone In Anglican Realignment * "Florida Six" Seek Graceful Exit from ECUSA * Kentucky Bishop Joins In "Abandonment" Suspensions * Skullduggery In Syracuse? * Seceded L.A. Parish Prevails Against Diocese?s Property Bid * ECUSA Bishops Form Property Task Force * Special Commission Will Help Prepare ECUSA?s Response To Primates * Noted Evangelist, Author, To Lead Ex-Episcopalians * The Continuing Crisis, In Brief: More Revisionism And Realignment * TAC?s Pursuit Of Intercommunion With Roman Catholic Church Endorsed * Williams Could Forego Consecrating Women * C Of E Bishops? Panel Scores U.S. Anti-Terror Policy * Gay Agenda Advanced In New England, Slowed In California * LATE NEWS: New ACC Metropolitan, Decisions In L.A., Settlement In Pittsburgh Dispute
	4. EXCLAMATION POINTS Letters From Our Readers And Commentaries From Around The Church
	5. NEWS OF THE WEIRD
	6. SIGNPOSTS - "I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In" DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER chaplains of the Maryland Defense Force (MDDF)?a state version of the National Guard serving in times of emergency?were notified that their services might be needed to serve MDDF personnel, National Guard troops and utility workers active in relief efforts along the decimated Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina. The mission would include providing religious support to the thousands of local civilians who were streaming into field clinics. Just a week earlier, in response to a request from Louisiana authorities, the first wave of MDDF personnel had been airlifted to Jefferson Parish from Warfield Air National Guard Base outside Baltimore. It was followed within days by some 125 additional MDDF personnel. It was the first time that the MDDF had been called to volunteer active duty for the State of Maryland, and the first time mass inductions have occurred, since World War II. It was also the first time in its history the MDDF had been called to service out of state.
	7. Bonus Stories The following stories are only available here in the electronic version of The Christian Challenge, Volume 44, Number 4. Iraqi Anglicans Feared Dead African Consecration Of English Bishop-Elect Uncertain C Of E Synod Election Results Variously Interpreted It Won't Be Long, Now Newark Settles Claim Of Gay-On-Straight Harassment Archbishop Of Canterbury Takes Media To The Woodshed Orthodox-Roman Relations Gain; Orthodox-Anglican Talks Limp Vatican Says Archdiocese Can't Seize Parish Assets From San Francisco To Rome, With Strange Baggage Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Reported