The Rev. Mark Michael is editor-in-chief of The Living Church. An Episcopal priest, he has reported widely on global Anglicanism, and also writes about church history, liturgy, and pastoral ministry.
The Rev. Lis Goddard claimed that proposals to eliminate the secret ballot, lower the election threshold, and give archbishops an extra vote to break ties amounted to “a massive shift in how we operate, shifting the power dramatically to those who already hold the majority of power.”
Both cases against Bishop Marray have been dismissed, and he will step down a year earlier than planned, a decision "endorsed" by PB Rowe. 15% of the diocese's congregations will have DEPO for the remainder of his ministry.
A champion of elder care and rural ministry, Cox was controversially deposed at 87 for “abandoning the communion of this church” when he asked to transfer his episcopal ministry to an Anglican province in South America.
A Panel of Inquiry faulted the church’s failure to pass on allegations about the serial abuser to an evangelical congregation he joined in 2014, and said that failures in implementing its safeguarding system leaves congregants at risk.
Two cases against retired Bishop Samuel Johnson Howard hinge on whether the bishop and the Presiding Bishop can agree on an accord. Failing that, the cases move to public hearings on April 30.
The Rt. Rev. Bev Mason of Warrington, who served with Perumbalath as the Diocese of Liverpool’s only suffragan, has revealed that she was the bishop who complained of sexual harassment.
The Church of England’s bishops pushed back key decisions on same-sex liturgies and clergy discipline for nearly a year. Dense theological papers show work is being done.
Stories of discipleship in our Lent Issue: a president’s local legacy, a growing church helps people make friends in a lonely city, nuns care for Ukrainian refugees, and a Kenyan activist calls out corruption in high places.
Presiding Bishop Rowe and President of the House of Deputies Ayala Harris decry a series of executive orders signed by the president just after taking office and call for “mercy and compassion” for those threatened with deportation.
Charles Field S.S.J.E. of Boston's Temple Street Mission gathered the West End's children for mystery plays, trained boys as newspaper printers, and advocated for sanitary improvements and a new library in his neglected Black neighborhood.