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Margery Kempe’s Strange ‘Forme of Levyngs’ and Lay Vocations

Every year The Living Church’s student essay contest draws several excellent submissions. The first-place essay will be published in the October issue of The...

Plan for 10,000 New Churches Roils C of E

An ambitious target of planting 10,000 new, predominantly lay-led churches by 2030 headlines the recommendations of a briefing paper issued by the Church of England’s Vision and Strategy group in late June.

The Priesthood of All Believers: The Uses and Abuses of a Doctrine

By Elizabeth Anderson “A lay theologian,” the bishop said with obvious repugnance, “is simply a logical contradiction, which undermines the entire ecclesiology of the Episcopal...

Lay Ministry as a Manifestation of Baptism

In studying confirmation, though, I grew more and more certain of one truth: I had already received every gift and commissioning I needed for ministry in baptism.

Retooling for Ministry

Changing to a part-time priest helps churches decide who should do what.

Iona School Expands Courses

The Iona School for Ministry based in the Diocese of Texas will soon offer expanded training for lay leaders.

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