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It was actually 3 hours and I made it through the whole thing! The service was broken up into 30 minute blocks - hymn, reading, sermon, prayer and silent reflection. People were allowed to enter and exit during hymns. In future if I think I can't make it for the whole time I will come an hour...

This is my first Easter as an Anglican. Tomorrow my parish is having a morning family service and then a 12 noon - 3 PM service with "meditations at the cross." Does this service actually last the entire 3 hours? And what does it normally consist of, if you're familiar with it?

My parents are from a former British colony in Africa. My maternal grandparents are Anglican and my paternal grandparents were Roman Catholic.

I was raised in an RM church and they did not teach that the Holy Spirit does more than seal your salvation at baptism. There are so many Old and New Testament scriptures on the Spirit's gifts. Many churches focus on tongues but there are other gifts like healing, prophecy, wisdom, and...

What do you mean by tolerate? And also what do you mean by mentioned? I don't want to come to a Sunday service and hear a sermon on sexual immorality. I think the purpose of Sunday service is praise and worship, prayer, and the Lord's Supper. Detailed teaching on lifestyle issues should be done...

I attended two services last week - a lunchtime Anglo-Catholic mass and my normal evangelical Sunday service. At both there were prayers for the new Pope and the ABC. I doubt it's a low/evangelical issue, as we know ABC spent some pivotal time at Holy Trinity Brompton. Perhaps your parish just...

I'm an Anglican but I wanted to share my joy at the selection of Pope Francis. I was so inspired to see so many Christians in St Peter's Square glorifying God. Amen!

Got it, thanks :thumbsup:

I would think the largest group of immersers are the Baptists, and certainly they are not considered to have unorthodox theology?

Then again many churches claim to be non-denominational when in fact they are essentially a denomination. Churches of Christ, Vineyard, and newfrontiers (in the UK) spring to mind. People think they're joining a standalone church but discover it's actually part of a bigger organization with...

I am from your neck of the woods and have commented frequently here that the Episcopal Churches in the area are seriously struggling with orthodoxy. I travelled to a parish in the New Jersey diocese as the ones I came across in Newark were completely off the wall.

I have seen people redunked because a toe or part of an arm didn't go completely under. Talk about missing the point!

I don't know if Jesus was immersed or not. But it's worth considering that Greek word from which we take baptism apparently means immersion - and the Greek Orthodox Church (and perhaps other Orthodox as well) baptizes infants by immersion. That suggests to me that fairly early on in the church...

I think you've missed the point a bit. If you become a Christian because you think it will ensure a good marriage or because you want a spouse, that's not a good motivation. Being a Christian is not about having a great marriage, it's about walking in faith with God. The original point that...

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She appears to have been a financial aid officer at a college, so was not teaching children. She broke the rules that she agreed to, so her only chance would be if the court rules that the contract violates the law somehow.

I do the Common Worship prayers at the Church of England website that was linked above. I tend to say all of it aloud and alternate between the intercession calendar for the liturgical season and my own personal prayer list at the approriate time. Depending on what's been going on I will also...

I support it because of the economics. In countries with universal healthcare, healthcare costs per person are lower and outcomes are better. Yes that's correct - the life expectancies are higher in countries with universal healthcare. The argument about costs is wrong and I find it interesting...

Yes, but I'm not a lawyer or juror. My words are not held to the higher standard of courts so I feel totally comfortable saying he murdered that woman. In my rational mind, a man with a history of domestic violence and threatening behavior who shoots his girlfriend is almost certainly a...

Yes I feel the same way. There were some fraternities at my college what had Confederate roots and racism was involved in their initiation ceremonies. Some friends of mine would complain that we should get them kicked off campus. But there were 1 or 2 minority students who were in those frats...