Episcopal Withering on the Vine

Sep 30, 2023 by

By Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism. Release of Episcopal Church statistics earlier this month hit hard: the worst-ever year-over-year drop in membership (down 88,306 persons, or 6 percent), while attendance saw a middling (19 percent)...

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Episcopalians See Partial Attendance Rebound as Membership Melts Down

Sep 19, 2023 by

By Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism. As is the sixth largest cathedral in the world, the Episcopal Church’s landmark Washington National Cathedral seats about 4,000 worshippers. Across the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, Restoration...

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US Episcopal Church heads for crisis in number of ordinands

Aug 25, 2023 by

by Rebecca Paveley, Church Times: Applicants are older, and fewer churches can afford stipends. A FALL in the numbers training for ordination in the Episcopal Church in the United States, together with churches’ inability to pay for...

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Former Albany Episcopal Bishop Reflects on his Exodus from TEC into the ACNA Diocese of the Living Word

Aug 22, 2023 by

by David Virtue, VOL: An exclusive interview with the former Episcopal Bishop of Albany, The Rt. Rev. William Love. VOL: Bishop, it is just over two years since you stood down as the Episcopal Bishop of Albany and began serving as the...

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From Egypt to the Promised Land and back to Egypt

Aug 20, 2023 by

by David Virtue, VOL: The Rev. Dr. Shawn McCain Tirres of Resurrection (church) South Austin in Texas wants you to believe that after a sojourn of eight years in the Anglican Church in North America, that it was all a...

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Former Arizona Bishop reveals sad truth about Episcopal Seminary Education

Aug 4, 2023 by

by David Virtue, VOL: The former Bishop of Arizona, Kirk Smith let the cat out of the bag when he revealed the true state of four Episcopal seminaries he has taught at since he retired. In an article in The Living Church, “How...

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