Episcopal leader asks for time
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The head of the Episcopal Church asked church members for patience Tuesday after fellow Anglican leaders demanded the U.S. denomination step back from its support of gays or risk losing its full membership in the world Anglican fellowship.
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The Anglican Communion gave the U.S. Episcopal Church a September deadline on Monday to stop blessing same sex unions, but did gave no clear indication of what action it would then take.
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Episcopal bishops, under intense pressure from Anglicans to ease their support for gays, said Monday they were crafting a straightforward statement that reflects their deep desire to remain in the global Anglican fellowship.
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Episcopal clergymen in Central New Jersey yesterday weclomed further discussions about their faith but showed no sign of giving in to an Anglican Church commission that urged the US Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops.
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Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will demand concessions from the bishops of the US Episcopal Church tomorrow.
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The Salt Lake Family Church will host the American Clergy Leadership Conference Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, June 16, at 9 a.m. at 1969 View St.  Pastors and clergy of all denominations are welcome. Please RSVP to Rev. Mike Stovall at 967-8013 or e-mail mwstovall@msn.com.
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The head of the US Episcopal Church expresses 'regret' over the appointment of a gay Anglican bishop.
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The Anglicans' spiritual leader, faced with a deepening rift over homosexuality and scripture in the worldwide Anglican Communion, called Sunday for humility among bishops as the conflict threatens to fracture the church.
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As Anglicans around the world try to resolve their deep rift over homosexuality, the gay American bishop at the center of the fight is offering a concession to his critics.
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Anglican leaders concluded their five-day meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, yesterday by issuing a demand that the U.S. Episcopal Church unequivocally stop blessing same-sex unions and consecrating any more gay bishops.
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Americans must belong to Episcopal Church, report says. Two months after the Episcopal Church formally approved an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire last year, thousands of distraught conservatives gathered at ...
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The Episcopal Church is not splintering, despite a decision by several Virginia parishes to leave and join Anglican conservatives, the head of the church said Monday.
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Fears of a split with the Anglican Communion have been growing as Anglican leaders seem set to demand an end to the consecration of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions by the Episcopal Church.
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Leaders of the U.S. Episcopal Church face a wrenching decision in the next few days on whether to issue a clear-cut ban on allowing people in gay relationships to be bishops and on blessing same-sex unions.
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The Episcopal Church&#039;s top policymaking body struggled Friday to balance Anglican demands to temporarily bar gays from becoming bishops with pleas from liberals against such a move.
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The U.S. Episcopal Church is in the middle of a wrenching debate that could end with its departure from the worldwide Anglican Communion over disagreements about gay clergy and same-sex unions.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25 -- Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays to keep the world Anglican family from crumbling, affirmed Tuesday that they will "exercise restraint" in approving another gay bishop.