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The congregation of Westhill Community Church in the north-east coastal city of Aberdeen has voted to leave the Scottish Episcopal Church.

The Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, Archbishop Paul Kwong, wants the Council to bring “the fragrance of Christ” to the world.

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An Episcopal congregation in the Diocese of Washington is rallying its parishioners and other churches behind an Anglican hospital thousands of miles away in the West Bank city of Nablus, where the loss of an ambulance could cost the charity hospital its accreditation, forcing it to close its doors.

David Paulsen. 17 January 2019

This week’s terror attack in Nairobi has “left behind a trail of pain and untold suffering among innocent and hardworking citizens”, the Anglican Church of Kenya said in a statement. At least 21 people are known to have been killed after militants from al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based al Qaeda affiliate, attacked the DusitD2 hotel and business complex in Nairobi on Tuesday. A further 19 people are still unaccounted for. The terror group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

ACNS. 17 January 2019

The terror attack in Nairobi has “left behind a trail of pain and untold suffering”, the Anglican Church of Kenya said in a statement.

On the eve of his 70th birthday, Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon received the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation 2019 Merit Award in Kaduna.

The Week. 17 January 2019

The 2019 Open Doors World Waatch List reveals disturbing revelations for the world’s two most populous countries—India and China—which have seen a dramatic increase in the persecution against Christians. As they are each home to more than a billion people, even an incremental rise in persecution has an outsized, exponential impact in these countries. China jumps a shocking 16 spots on the Open Doors World Watch List from No. 43 to No. 27, while India enters the top 10 list for the first time.

Religion News Service. 16 January 2019

Benny Hazlehurst was raised in a liberal High Anglican famil, but came to evangelical faith in his teens. He trained at Trinity College Bristol, before ordination, and a serious of encounters with gay Christians led him to change his view on the Church’s teaching on same-sex relationships, out of which he founded Accepting Evangelicals . Our paths crossed at various times during our ministries, and I invited him to contribute to one of the study days discussing sexuality that I organised at St John’s, Nottingham. I remember him as a person of remarkable energy and passion, and was deeply moved to read the last article he wrote on his blog as he knew he was facing imminent death from cancer. He died on Boxing Day, and his funeral is to be held on 17 January. I repost his article with permission from his widow Mel; do pray for her and their children.

Ian Paul. Psephizo. 16 Janaury 2019

Reflecting on the post-Epiphany season, the Revd Dr Zachary Guiliano, Associate editor of The Living Church, asks whether the Anglican Communion has “pursued all that makes for peace and builds up our common life”.

ACNS. 16 January 2019

Christians in Indonesia have prepared the international material for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, on the theme of justice.

A bishop in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has stepped down after a former Deacon lodged a complaint of sexual misconduct.

Anglican Saints, a new football club from the Diocese of Harare, will start the 2019 football season in Mashonaland East Division Two.

The Archbishop of Canterbury was tonight offering his prayers and condolences after a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi by suspected militants.

Christian Today. 15 January 2019

A work titled “McJesus,” depicting a crucified Ronald McDonald, at an art museum in Haifa has brought angry calls from local Christians to remove it — a result the artist said he approves.

Michele Chabin. Religion News Service. 14 January 2019

Anjay and Nisha planted saplings as part of the CSI’s new “Green Wedding” protocol when they married at St Thomas’ Church in Punnackadu.

The Australia priest chosen as interim leader of the Anglican Centre in Rome has sought to rebuff criticism about his beliefs in the resurrection.