http://www.wikio.com/search=George Conger Wikio - George Conger http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=69495615 By George Conger, CEN The Windsor Continuation Group (WCG)’s proposals for a “holding tank” for American traditionalists is a non-starter, the Bishop of Pittsburgh said, as it assumes traditionalists would want to be part of an unreformed American church. Writing to a member of the WCG, West Texas Bishop Gary Lillibridge on Aug 11, Bishop Robert Duncan [...] Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:19:16 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=69495615 2008-08-30T05:19:16Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=69428044 By George Conger, CEN Sectarian violence between Muslims and Anglicans in Tanzania has sparked outrage in East Africa. On Aug 17 fighting broke out in the small town of Nguruka in the diocese of Western Tanganyika near Lake Victoria after Muslims evangelists accused an Anglican evangelist of blaspheming Islam. According to press accounts, the fighting erupted after Muslims [...] Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:18:06 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=69428044 2008-08-29T11:18:06Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=69370534 By George Conger, CEN The Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to invite the American, Canadian and Central American bishops who consecrated Gene Robinson to Lambeth led to 214 bishops boycotting the conference, a study by The Church of England Newspaper has found. A review of registration data and attendance figures gathered during the conference finds that 206 diocesan [...] Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:15:03 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=69370534 2008-08-28T22:15:03Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68971978 By George Conger, Religious Intelligence GAYS and women bishops could wreck relations between the Church of England and the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Orthodox Church reports. On July 28 Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria, the Russian Orthodox Church’s representative to European institutions met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and his secretary Canon Jonathan [...] Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:17:09 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68971978 2008-08-25T21:17:09Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68593276 By George Conger, CEN Bishops from the American Episcopal Church and the Church of England comprised almost 40 percent of the bishops present at the 2008 Lambeth Conference, an investigation by The Church of England Newspaper has determined. On Aug 8, the Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council stated the 2008 Lambeth Conference “involved the participation [...] Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:51:24 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68593276 2008-08-22T07:51:24Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68593289 By George Conger The 14th Lambeth Conference was a triumph for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, in light of the criteria set forward for success by its organizers, but did not prevent the collapse of the Anglican Communion. “The miracle hasn’t happened,” Presiding Bishop Gregory Venables of the Southern Cone said on Aug 2. “It [...] Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:47:44 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68593289 2008-08-22T07:47:44Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68593316 By George Conger, CEN The Church of England has given the Lambeth Conference an emergency loan of £600,000 to cover the estimated £1.2 million shortfall for the July 16 to Aug 3 conference. On Aug 11, the Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners met with the officers of the Lambeth Conference Company, a corporation set up [...] Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:12:51 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68593316 2008-08-20T16:12:51Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68265613 By George Conger, Religious Intelligence Dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church has not necessarily come to an end, a Vatican official has stated. But the form future talks take will depend on how the communion implements the suggestions offered by the 2008 Lambeth Conference. In an Aug 7 interview with the Catholic [...] Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:36:57 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=68265613 2008-08-19T20:36:57Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=67151882 By George Conger, Religious Intelligence Correspondence between the Archbishop of Canterbury and a former member of the Church in Wales leaked to The Times this week threatens to derail Dr Rowan Williams’ hopes of keeping conservatives and liberals on board the Communion until an Anglican Covenant is signed. While Dr Williams’ assertion that gay sexual relationships can [...] Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:11:23 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=67151882 2008-08-08T21:11:23Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=67116009 From ACL Sydney This week SBTS President Al Mohler interviewed Canon George Conger, who has been reporting from Lambeth for The Church of England Newspaper. The segment starts 11 minutes 20 seconds into the programme and is downloadable as an 8.7MB mp3 file (direct link). Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:13:10 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=67116009 2008-08-08T04:13:10Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66556472 By George Conger, CEN Canterbury: The Archbishop of Canterbury has failed as leader of the Anglican Communion and is presiding over its dissolution, the Archbishop of Uganda has charged in a letter published in The Times on Aug 1. While Archbishop Henry Orombi’s comments have so far been the sharpest words uttered in criticism of Dr. [...] Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:01:39 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66556472 2008-08-03T22:01:39Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66509372 Here in blisteringly hot Israel comes this assessment of the UK Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks', historic address to Church of England Bishops currently meeting during the Lambeth Conference. It's by their excellent reporter, George Conger. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331172840&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Another excellent reporter, Ruth... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:40:44 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66509372 2008-08-03T17:40:44Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66465167 By George Conger, Religious Intelligence The Russian Orthodox Church has released a statement denouncing the Church of England, calling the July 7 vote by General Synod not to create legal safeguards for opponents of women bishops an abandonment of the true faith. The decision taken by General Synod "alienates Anglicans from the Orthodox Church and contributes to further [...] Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:28:19 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66465167 2008-08-03T01:28:19Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66402146 By George Conger, CEN The Russian Orthodox Church has released a statement denouncing the Church of England, calling the July 7 vote by General Synod not to create legal safeguards for opponents of women bishops an abandonment of the true faith. The decision taken by General Synod "alienates Anglicans from the Orthodox Church and contributes to further [...] Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:49:50 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66402146 2008-08-01T21:49:50Z http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66314047 by George Conger The Anglican Communion has foundered and is ready to sink beneath the waves, bishops attending the 14th Lambeth Conference tell the IRD. Charges of dishonesty and ignorance were exchanged during the first week of the conference, a gathering of the bishops of the Anglican Communion in Canterbury, England, that occurs every ten years. Attempts [...] Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:59:17 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/George+Conger?rinfoid=66314047 2008-07-31T19:59:17Z