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ACSA NEWS 21 JAN 2018

 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Church of England braced for ‘controversial’ vote on using Methodist ministers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/20/church-england-braced-controversial-vote-using-methodist-ministers/

 

Anglican Communion primates invited to Church of England’s General Synod

http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/01/anglican-communion-primates-invited-to-church-of-englands-general-synod.aspx

 

Episcopal group wants priests to have say in officiating same-sex weddings in Middle Tennessee

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2018/01/19/episcopal-group-wants-priests-have-say-officiating-same-sex-weddings-middle-tennessee/1045488001/

 

Stressed-out Anglican priests turn to trade unions for support

https://religionnews.com/2018/01/16/stressed-out-anglican-priests-turn-to-trade-unions-for-support/

 

Churches should be more dementia-friendly, Anglican expert says

http://www.anglicanjournal.com/articles/churches-dementia-friendly-anglican-expert-says/

 

Alternative Anglican church looms large in the CoE shadows

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alternative-anglican-church-looms-large-in-the-shadows-dx7pd25sr

 

 

AFRICA NEWS

South African diocese rolls out programme to get people talking about racial divide

http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/01/south-african-diocese-rolls-out-programme-to-get-people-talking-about-racial-divide.aspx

 

Nigeria: You Are Too Old to Run, Chukwuma Tells Buhari

http://allafrica.com/stories/201801190092.html

 

Mbanda elected Archbishop of Anglican Church in Rwanda

http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/227829/

 

Bishop urges continued use of anti-retroviral medication after prayer for HIV/Aids

http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/01/bishop-urges-continued-use-of-anti-retroviral-medication-after-prayer-for-hiv-aids.aspx

 

“Green-ing my habitat” – young Angolan Anglicans commit to renewing the Earth

http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/01/green-ing-my-habitat-young-angolan-anglicans-commit-to-renewing-the-earth.aspx