Journalism a ministry for western priest

From: Anglican Journal | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

WHEN Archdeacon William Gordon Portman, generally known as Bill, attends General Synod 2001 as a writer for this newspaper, he will bring more church journalism experience to his assignment than the entire staff of the Anglican Journal combined.

"By my count, I've been at eleven (out of twelve) General Synods since 1969. I missed one because I couldn't find a way to get there; there was nobody to spring for it," he said in an interview.

General Synod 2001, he thinks, will see "a continuation of the polarization between liberal and conservative, maybe even an intensification of that." As for ...

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