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Province of Central Africa to Become Three National Churches

The Anglican Province of Central Africa confirmed its intention to divide into three autonomous national churches, and to allow dioceses to ordain women at a synod held this week in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

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Christ in the World (Pentecost 17, Year B)

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Nicaraguan Diocese Dissolved by Repressive Government

Since 2018, 5,552 organizations have arbitrarily lost their legal status in the country, about 70 percent of the non-governmental organizations that then existed.

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Teen’s Baptismal Journey Took 7,500 km

The teenager, identified only as Aaron, could not be baptized in his underground church, or in the state-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement.

Pauli Murray Center Celebrates Groundbreaking Priest-Activist

The center, located in Murray’s childhood home in Durham, North Carolina, contains exhibits about her life and provides space for community and social-justice programs.

New EDS Dean Seeks to Fill Gaps in Theological Education

An unaccredited seminary with neither buildings nor faculty — yet buttressed by an $80 million endowment — Episcopal Divinity School is determining what offering it will bring to the church in its current iteration, says new dean and president Lydia Kelsey Bucklin.

Figural Graffiti with Joe Mangina

Episode 131 • 29th August 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living Church How can poetry teach us to read Scripture? Everything within creation Speaks...

El Camino Real Defends Its Safeguarding System

Bishop Lucinda Ashby: “I want to assure you of my ongoing commitment to having all our communities be places of safety and security.”

9/15 Issue Online

The September 15 Parish Ministry issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

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‘Classicism’ and Chaos in Dalí

Salvador Dalí stated his intention of creating, with a camera’s accuracy, the dreamscape of the unconscious mind.

Anglican Devotion, Evangelical Faith

Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane introduce non-Anglican evangelicals to a solid, stately liturgy with a Reformation edge.

Orderly and Confident Church Designs

Christopher Webster’s presentation of important Classical achievements such as St. Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury (George Steuart, 1790-92) is novel and enlightening.

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Lay Presidency Comes to the Church of England

The Rev. William Taylor: “Yesterday’s commissioning was the second of its kind, and I suspect many others will now follow — and, in due course, ordination services.”

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Appointments and ordinations across the Episcopal Church

Into the Light of Things: Caring for God’s Creation

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Connecting (Episcopal) Church and State

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Mississippi’s New Bishop Aims to Build Community

“I want to look around us and see how our loving God would respond,” she said. “I want us to become the heart and hand of God on Earth, and make God’s love very visible.”

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