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The Growth and Decline of the Anglican Church in North America

The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew
February 24, 2021
ACNA, Church of England, Commentary
By Jeremy Bonner and David Goodhew This article is an update of our earlier post, “The Growth of the Anglican Church in North America.” The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) grew markedly in the yea... Read More...

Church, We Need to Fundraise

Zachary Guiliano
February 16, 2021
Church of England, Commentary
By Zack Guiliano You may have noticed the Church of England is teetering toward financial crisis, amid broader declines. Sadly, this is nothing new, and only mirrors longstanding trends. Average Sunday at... Read More...

After COVID-19: A Brave New World? A Bishop in Confinement Wonders About the Future

Guest Contributor
May 12, 2020
Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church
 By Pierre Whalon President Emmanuel Macron of France, in a speech on March 12, 2020, described what he thinks needs to happen after the epidemic is over : We will have to learn the lessons of the moment we are going through, to question the development mo... Read More...

The Next Church

Guest Contributor
December 12, 2018
Ministry, The Episcopal Church
If religion continues to church-it-up in pretense and inside baseball, we become like Gilbert and Sullivan operettas: great good stuff, beloved by an ever-shrinking, self-congratulating group of lovely people.

Mission in Europe and the Future of Anglicanism

The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew
October 22, 2018
Church in Wales, Church of England, Commentary
Decline is profound in many places, but there are heartening areas of vitality and new life.

Reflections on the Beginning of a New Era

Philip Turner
July 18, 2018
Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church
My church has entered a period of decline, even stripping, in which its social position is eroding, its institutions are collapsing, and its common life lies in tatters.

Underemployed: The present and future of TEC clergy

Guest Contributor
August 16, 2017
Commentary, The Episcopal Church
Ordinands are being set up for real struggle, if we continue to ordain more clergy than the church can responsibly support.

The future of the Episcopal Church’s clergy

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August 11, 2017
Commentary
The Episcopal Church has an impending leadership and experience vacuum.
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