1.   I long for Anglican churches to be more confident in their expression of the Good News.

2.   This large parish now had two Anglican churches but Nonconformity was as pronounced as it had been in the seventeenth century.

3.   Bishop John Spong, a liberal leader from Newark, N.J., predicted that the resolution will place the homosexual issue on the agenda of Anglican churches worldwide.

4.   He predicted that full communion agreements would be established between the fast-growing Lutheran and Anglican churches in Africa within five years.

5.   The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the Church of England, to which all Anglican churches trace their roots.

6.   The confrontation is only the latest chapter in the continuing strife in Anglican churches revolving around what traditionalists consider departures from apostolic tradition.

7.   While rejecting ordination of gays and same-sex unions, the resolution spoke out on the need to minister to many gays in Anglican churches.

8.   A resolution intended to reduce discord among Anglican churches over the ordination of women has drawn protests from female bishops in the United States.

9.   Additionally, Anglican churches in Sudan, Rwanda and the province of the Indian Ocean have decided that they will ordain women.