Online church.The diocese of Oxford The Diocese of Oxford forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. History The Doicese of Oxford was created in 1541 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln. In 1836 the Archdeaconry of Berkshire was transferred from the Diocese of Salisbury to Oxford. has created the first church in the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. that will exist only on the World Wide Web. The diocese announced the appointment of its first Web pastor, Alyson May Leslie at the recent Christian Resource Exhibition. The Web parish, i-church.org, will be formally launched in July. Ms. Leslie set up the WebChurch, Scotland's first online church, in 1998, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the diocese of Oxford Web site. The post of Web pastor was much coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. , the diocese said. "The post attracted applicants from every continent across the world." Ms. Leslie is a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church and is licensed as a lay eucharistic minister in the diocese of St. Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. She told BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Online that more than 700 people have joined the i-church. "They're a wide range of people," she said. "Some are working abroad, some are in countries where they find it difficult to express a Christian faith openly, and some are in residential care and can't get about. Some are disaffected by the church and want to find new ways to belong." And although they will only "meet" via e-mail and Webcasts she said, "My experience of online communities is that they can be loving and generous and supportive." |
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