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Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 8:51am
As losses and damages are being assessed as the result of the tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, the Diocese of Central Florida is coordinating efforts to assist those who have losses.   If you would like to contribute, make your check payable to the “Diocese of Central Florida” and in the memo blank write “Disaster Relief.” Please send your check to the address below. An annual statement, detailing all of your 2013 charitable contributions, will be sent next January for...
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 2:05pm
A letter from the Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna AnisBishop of the Episcopal / Anglican Diocese of Egypt “My prayer is not that you take them out of the worldbut that you protect them from the evil one.” John 17:15 ‫المطران د./ منير حنا أنيس‬.‫5 ش ميشيل لطف هللا‬‫الزمالك القاهرة 11211 مصر‬ 11 April 2013 My dear Friends, Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! The situation in Cairo is very sad for us as a Christian community. On Friday 6 April 2013, sectarianclashes erupted...
Sunday, April 14, 2013 - 4:09pm
The Most Rev Justin Welby is confirmed as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in the presence of Prince Charles and David Cameron.The Most Rev Justin Welby has been enthroned as the new Archbishop of Canterbury at the city's cathedral. The service - which featured Punjabi music, African dancers and drummers and an organ improvisation - was attended by dignitaries including Prince Charles and Prime Minister David Cameron.
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 11:58am
“Can I still be a Bell if I’m a Christian?” James asked himself when he accepted Christ. It’s a question that troubles new Bell believers in S.E. Asia. James is a good-looking young Asian man in his mid-twenties. He joked around with our small survey team from Florida and Virginia  last summer as we met his buddies in an English school they’d started.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 9:32pm
BY COMMUNION PARTNERS BISHOPS   14 November 2012   We, Bishops of The Episcopal Church associated with the Communion Partner fellowship, are grieved at recent developments in the life of The Episcopal Church, specifically in the Diocese of South Carolina. The way in which the complaint was lodged against Bishop Lawrence and the action of the Disciplinary Board itself under the abandonment canon seem to have derailed a good faith attempt on the part of the Presiding Bishop, the Bishop...
Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 12:00am
From Bishop Gregory O. Brewer Nov. 1, 2012 Thanksgiving Offering to help our Companion Diocese of Honduras For nearly 40 years, the Diocese of Central Florida and the Diocese of Honduras have been Companeros en Cristo – working together to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to share the challenges and joys of ministering in His word. One of the ways we have demonstrated this spirit of common purpose is the traditional Thanksgiving Offering for Honduras, generously supported by our...
Sunday, July 8, 2012 - 6:29pm
At the Episcopal Church’s General Convention in Indianapolis on July 8, the House of Bishops expressed their collegiality in a “mind of the house” resolution, after a closed-door discussion about charges against nine bishops, including the Rt. Rev. John W. Howe, that they engaged in misconduct for having endorsed a friend-of-the-court brief prepared by the Anglican Communion Institute in a Texas Supreme Court case between The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Fort Worth.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 8:01am
The Diocese of Central Florida deputation and Bishop Brewer will attend the General Convention of the Episcopal Church beginning July 4. News from the deputation will be posted regularly at: http://generalconvention.cfdiocese.org/  
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:17pm
Our Anglican Heritage, Second Edition Can an Ancient Church be a Church of the Future? By John W. Howe, Sam C. Pascoe Cascade Books (2010)  ORDER A COPY Book review by Joe Thoma

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