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Festivus on A Call to Disobey the United States Government: Our church council will make and sign a proclamation to much the same this month. To obey God is first and foremost.

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[Scotland] New Primus for the Scottish Episcopal Church

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 • 9:00 am

Belatedly posted news from earlier this month, from the church’s website:

Bishop David is widely known in the Church as a communicator. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Thought for the Day’. He writes a blog at http://www.bishopdavid.net and believes that bishops should use today’s means of communication to carry the message of the Church. Born in Dublin in 1951, Bishop David grew up in Northern Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Oriel College, Oxford.

His training for ministry was at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, in the Church of England. Ordained in Belfast in 1976, much of his working life has been spent at the heart of the Northern Ireland conflict. His work in parish ministry was consistently focused on the challenge of reconciliation and the problems of sectarianism. He also served as Church of Ireland Youth Officer from 1979-1983. Before moving to Scotland in 2005, he was for 19 years Rector of Seagoe Parish Church in Portadown and Archdeacon of Dromore.

Since coming to the Diocese of St Andrews, Bishop David has worked with clergy and others to carry out a major review of the life of the diocese and its congregations. This has led to the Casting the Net initiative which was launched in every church of the diocese on Pentecost Sunday, 31st May. Casting the Net is a movement of mission and growth - it encourages clergy and people to reach out into the communities in which they live.


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Sounds evangelical. Is he orthodox?

[1] Posted by iceworm on 06-30-2009 at 04:08 PM • top

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