The Episcopal Church in 2050 The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew January 11, 2021 Analysis, Church of England, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By David Goodhew Bishop John Shelby Spong wrote a book in 1999 entitled Why Christianity Must Change or Die. The Episcopal Church has, largely, followed Bishop Spong’s lead. It has changed and it is dying. I... Read More...
Will the Supreme Court Grant Religious Schools Carte Blanche to Ignore Anti-Discrimination Laws in Hiring and Firing? Guest Contributor July 8, 2020 Analysis, Commentary, News, The Episcopal Church (This article was published hours before the Supreme Court sided with the schools. The decision is described in an addendum at the end of the article.) By John Allan Knight The Supreme Court will soon is... Read More...
Climate change, anxiety, and hope Sam Keyes January 16, 2020 Analysis, Commentary, Contributors, Ethics, Roman Catholic Church While I am hardly a climate change “denier,” I do sit uneasily with the evangelical fervor with which many people I know and respect talk of environmental disaster.
Facing Decline in the Anglican Church of Canada The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew November 19, 2019 Analysis, Anglican Church of Canada, Church of England, Commentary The wider communion would do well not to avert its eyes from the difficult Canadian data.
Church Decline, Faithfulness, and Hope Guest Contributor November 13, 2019 Analysis, Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary While the reports of our death may be premature and exaggerated, our calling remains exactly the same: to proclaim the good news of the risen and ascended Jesus Christ in season and out of season, that we may be found faithful on the Last Day.
Heading South: The Future of The Episcopal Church The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew October 29, 2019 Analysis, Church of England, Commentary The Episcopal Church has recently released its latest numbers, for 2018. The overall trajectory of recent decades continues, with ongoing decline in the number of worshipers, churches and members.
Questioning Lambeth 2020 The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew September 18, 2019 Analysis, Church of England, Commentary, Contributors, Ecclesiology The organizers of Lambeth 2020 have many difficult matters to tackle. But the gross disparity between the number of worshipers in the different dioceses is a question that needs to be faced. As things stand, the net result is continuing to privilege the voices of small numbers of white Westerners while side-lining swaths of the most missional and poorest Christians in the Anglican Communion.
Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ of Faith Bishop Daniel Martins September 17, 2019 Analysis, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church The only access we have to Jesus is through the Christ who is the object of our faith — the Christ who lived and died and rose for us, who intercedes for us as our Great High Priest, and who will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. It is alone through Jesus Christ that we have any knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth.
