Anglican World magazine moves to online format.Publication of a paper version of Anglican/Episcopal World magazine, published quarterly by the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as office in London, has been suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. in favour of an e-mail distribution model, said Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Communion. "It has been suspended for financial reasons. Distribution costs distribution costs distribute npl → Vertriebskosten pl have been going up. We mail 11,000 copies four times per year," said Mr. Kearon, adding that the magazine has recently run an annual deficit of 70,000 [pounds sterling] ($140,500 Cdn), not including staff costs. No staff were laid off as a result of the suspension. Acknowledging that it is an important communication tool for the worldwide Anglican church and its 70 million members in 160 countries, he said, "I am genuinely sorry to be suspending it, but we had to look at whether that level of expenditure was justified." The magazine has in recent years carried a note to readers urging them to visit the Communion's Web site (www.anglicancommunion.org) and subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS ACNS Application and Content Networking System (Cisco) ACNS American Conference on Neutron Scattering ACNS American Clinical Neurophysiology Society ACNS Academic Computing and Networking Services ACNS Automated Copyright Notice System ), noting that "as a quarterly magazine format, Anglican Worm is not able to grasp the scope of the often fast-flowing items that are easily accessible to ACNS." As a full-color, glossy gloss·y adj. gloss·i·er, gloss·i·est 1. Having a smooth, shiny, lustrous surface: glossy satin. See Synonyms at sleek. 2. magazine, Anglican World has been published since 1993. Anglican/Episcopal Worm was mailed free to all 800 bishops of the Anglican Communion and members of the international Anglican Consultative Council The Anglican Consultative Council or ACC is one of the four "Instruments of Communion" of the Anglican Communion. It was created by a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. . Some free copies and some paid. subscriptions also went to national church offices, seminaries, other institutions and individuals. A new electronic publication called Anglican World News & Notes will be sent by e-mail to the two-thirds of the current distribution list that has Internet and e-mail access, with the rest mailed, he said. The first issue was e-mailed on Feb. 5. People do download stories from the Web site, he added. "We see it as the main vehicle for getting stories out," he said. SOLANGE DE SANTIS STAFF WRITER |
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