I hope it doesn’t disappear altogether: less to make fun of.
From here:
The Anglican Journal’s print edition may be discontinued after a “lengthy transition period” and its mandate as an editorially independent news source may be changed under possible scenarios now being considered by a working group, the Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard Friday, June 1.
The paper is presently editorially independent: in other words, it isn’t the official voice of the church. This doesn’t mean that it is unbiased, of course: it is so biased in favour of the liberal theology of the Anglican Church of Canada that discarding editorial independence would make little difference to the content and would at least be more honest. The reason for maintaining a façade of independence is the yearly $596,627 subsidy from Canadian Heritage, only granted if it maintains editorial independence.
Sixty-five per cent of the 400 randomly surveyed Anglicans said they thought the Anglican Journal should be “the official voice of the Anglican Church of Canada” with only 35 per cent preferring that it retain its current status as “An independent, ‘arm’s length’ observer of the Church.”
Bishops “were asked a different question, but it was a parallel question and less than 50% of bishops think that the current mandate of independence is important, and they estimate that about a third of their folks find it important. And, lo and behold, it was a third of the folks who answered the survey,” said Alexander. “I have the sense that bishops have their finger on the flock fairly closely.”
On the other hand, over half of General Synod members and about 75 per cent of diocesan editors feel the Journal’s editorial independence is important, he said.
“Having an independent editorial policy makes the paper more credible as a news source,” Alexander quoted a respondent of the General Synod survey as having commented; “As an unofficial, and, as it were, non-partisan paper, the Journal acts as a fair dealer, offering news from a variety of perspectives,” wrote another.
The Anglican Church of Canada has developed a neurotic dislike of all things binary: there are no definitive decisions or conclusions. It seems to me obvious that this is because the ACoC is too cowardly to take a stand, preferring obfuscation and ambivalence in the hope that no-one will notice that it no longer believes in anything of import.
The fact that the ACoC is so opposed to binary decisions is a strong indicator that there must be something good about them. Musing along those lines, it occurred to me that the real world which is generally regarded as analogue in nature, may in fact be a digital creation masquerading as analogue. Rather like an analogue quartz watch whose hands don’t move smoothly, but appear to at first glance. This might provide an elegant solution to Zeno’s paradoxes.
I bet the “we” mentioned below typed this on a digital computer using nasty binary logic:
“We’re beginning to realize it’s not a binary discussion… ‘either you’re an official voice, and therefore you’re some kind of Pravda, or you’re independent’,” he said. “Editorial independence and diversity of views are not necessarily yoked together.”
Personally, it does not matter to me whether the national paper changes its format or not. I don’t read 95% of it anyway.
If the untimely demise at the adept hands of its ACC Editor of the once orthodox ‘Presbyterian Record’ is any indication, as given out at the 144 PCC GA, in session June 3-6, 2018, Anglicans and World Alliance of Reformed Churches are to meet in August 2018, at the hot-bed of Cultural Marxism, VST. Could both the ‘Record’ and the ‘Journal’ about be be ‘revived’? In wake of the irregular to unlawful – ultra vires, even – pro-LGBT…
Proceedings under way at the 144GA, inclusive of compelled speech (‘heterodox’ has to go…), and (unprecedented in the annals of PCC-GA judicial history) the suspension of the third mark of the true Church, namely, spiritual discipline in order to accommodate the fears and pain of the aggrieved parties in their calculated putsch, the ‘Connexions’ rag could become the reading order of the day for both Communions. It clearly is not The Bible.
Further to which: the Committee of former Moderators (some of whom signed the anon. pro-LGBT… July 2014 online letter that unlawfully reintroduced this anti-Scriptural matter to the PCC; and against the dying counsel in his May 11, 2016 open letter of the late Reverend Dr. William Klempa, Principal of Presbyterian College, Professor of Reformed Doctrine and Polity) which has by-passed the 144 GA and its deliberative authority as a sitting Court of The Church, now has suspended all spiritual discipline on this matter until it reports to the 145 GA/2019: whereby,
the ‘Rainbow Communion’ and its parties can + Ps. 94 “frameth mischief by a law”;inclusive of the Presbytery of Edmonton with Incumbent, 2016, self-declared ‘gay’ Minister, his partner, his daughter and wife all co-habiting; while he occupies Christ’s Pulpit every Sunday;and serves as ‘Missioner’ for LGBTQ for The United Church.
His reward by the 144 GA? Appointment to the Church Doctrine (!) Committee. “Perilous times”…+ II Timothy 3. (My last sermon……).
Ingredient to these unlawful and anti-Scriptural developments is the presence of former, now apostate, PCUSA Ministers (3 anyway) on both the 2018 144GA appointed Commission of Moderators (‘College of Cardinals’); and at least one on the Dissenting opinion to the Church Doctrine Committee Report to the 144GA (herself aspiring to become a Moderator).
Akin to having apostate TEC active in the ACC Synod…oh, that already has happened, both by ‘pastoral’ visit as well as by ‘Priestly’ incursion.
The so-called Anglican Journal is nothing less than a political publication ready to endorse anything BUT the truth and definitely not anything that resembles true Christian principles.
The Anglican Journal is the only way for the diocesan newspapers to reach readers. It’s too expensive otherwise.