COVENANT Number 22

Bishop: Lord or Servant?

by William Carroll

All ministry comes from our participation in the priesthood of Jesus. In Baptism, the same Spirit that rested upon Jesus fills us in a new way, directly empowering the whole Church and each of its members to participate in his ministry. God freely bestows gifts for ministry upon the entire Church. In different ways, each one of us represents Jesus himself in word and deed.

The End of Anglicanism

By William R Coats

The contretemps between the Episcopal Church and most of the rest of the Anglican Communion is not likely to go away. Indeed it seems most likely that within the next three to five years we will no longer be a part of the larger body. For some, such a rupture will be a cause of great sadness, for others, it will hardly register. For myself, I welcome it. It is time for us to go.

Archbishop Akinola's Busy 2005

by John Worrell

Peter J. Akinola, Bishop of Abuja, Archbishop of All Nigeria, has been busy separating the sheep from the goats. At least he seems to be preparing to separate Nigeria and 'the Global South' from the rest of us Anglicans.

The Church is God's

By Lisa Hunt

One of the most memorable moments in my ministry as a priest came after a tornado destroyed the nave of the church I serve. The workers were excavating the foundation of the Victorian Gothic structure when they came to the cornerstone which was set in 1892. In the hollowed granite was a metal box.... Lovingly placed in this box was a time capsule, a gift for us in our grief, given by the faithful a century earlier. It contained the treasures and identifying artifacts of that first St Ann's congregation.

Andrew Linzey and Richard Kirker, editors, Gays and the Future of the Anglican Communion: Responses to the Windsor Report, O Books, 2005

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