February 25, 2008 Three more churches vote to leave Canadian church

Three more Anglican congregations voted on Feb. 24 to leave the Anglican Church of Canada over theological disagreements, including homosexuality, and request oversight from a South American Anglican church.

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February 25, 2008 New Zealand diocese chooses Matthews as bishop

Canadian bishop Victoria Matthews has reportedly been chosen bishop of the diocese of Christchurch in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, according to church sources and published reports.

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February 21, 2008 Journal sees second best appeal ever

The Anglican Journal’s annual fundraising appeal raised its second-highest total in 2007, $565,929, said Larry Gee, the Journal’s business manager.

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February 19, 2008 More Canadian churches align with South American province

Six churches in five dioceses, voting at their general meetings on the weekend of Feb. 16-17, decided to leave the Anglican Church of Canada due to disputes over theological issues, including homosexuality, and join a South American Anglican church.

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February 19, 2008 WCC says Kobia will stand down as general secretary

(ENI)—The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Samuel Kobia, has announced that he will not seek a second term as the head of the world’s biggest Christian grouping.

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February 14, 2008 Vancouver church votes to leave Canadian church

St. John’s Shaughnessy, a large Vancouver parish church, on Feb. 13 voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and affiliate with a South American Anglican church, in an ongoing dispute over Christian fundamentals, including the denomination’s more-liberal stance on homosexuality.

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February 14, 2008 Director affirms right of PWRDF staff to unionize

Cheryl Curtis, executive director of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has commented on the decision by the fund’s staff to form a union, saying the right to organize for collective bargaining “is an enshrined right in Canada and one that we as a church support.”

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February 12, 2008 West Coast bishops warn parishes against separation

At the time of year that Anglican churches usually hold their vestries, or annual general meetings, two bishops in British Columbia have warned parishes that they may not legally separate from their diocese or the Anglican Church of Canada.

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February 11, 2008 PWRDF staff says yes to union

By a vote of 13 in favour and four against, staff at the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), the relief and development arm of the Anglican Church of Canada, voted on Feb. 8 to unionize and become part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

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February 8, 2008 Demonstrators demand answers in residential school cases

Shouting “shame on the church!” and “shame on Canada!” about 20 people picketed the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office on Feb. 8, demanding that the church investigate the cases of children who died at or went missing from the Indian residential school system.

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