The September 14 Parish Ministry issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.
In News, Caleb Galaraga details complaints rising from across the Episcopal Church over delays and mistakes associated with Quantum Health, a “care navigation provider” who began working with Church Medical Trust this year. Robyn Douglass interviews the Anglican Church of Australia’s new primate, Mark Short, the first evangelical to lead the church in over 40 years. Ben Crosby analyzes a failed disciplinary process in the Anglican Church of Canada, which he says reveals the operational challenges that come with sustained decline.
Tyler Hummell tracks the enduring importance of the Scopes Trial, whose debates about the place of religion in public education still resonate in the region where it unfolded 100 years ago. Clint Wilson offers tips on searching for an organist and Andrew Buchanan asks if our churches really need mission statements.
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News
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- Church Medical Trust’s Changes Exasperate Members | By Caleb Maglaya Galaraga
- Priest’s Daughter Released from ICE Detention | By Caleb Maglaya Galaraga
- News Analysis: Bishop’s Case Reveals Canadian Church’s Weaknesses | By Benjamin Crosby
- International News Briefs
Partner Spotlights 2025
- The Living Church’s annual spotlight of partner organizations
Features
- Do We Need a Mission Statement? | By Andrew Buchanan
- Scopes Trial Still Haunts American Culture | By Tyler Hummell
Covenant
- On Calling an Organist | By Clint Wilson
Books & Culture
- Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity | Review by Dennis Raverty
- Kingdoms of This World | Review by Peter Pham
Other Departments
- Sunday’s Readings
- People & Places
- Obituaries
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