By the Rev. Canon J. Philip Ashey, President & Chief Executive Officer of AAC. Delivered during the Anglican Church in North America’s Provincial Assembly, June 18, 2019. View Canon Ashey’s slide show here. We are on the cusp of a once-every-500-year Reformation of Christianity! This time the presenting issues are around the meaning of human identity […]

by David Virtue, Virtueonline: The Anglican Church in North America celebrated its 10-year anniversary in Plano this week with over 1,100 attendees from 23 countries, that included 10 Primates from the Global South, ACNA Archbishop Foley Beach announced new GAFCON Anglican dioceses, as the moral and theological divide between Lambeth and GAFCON grows exponentially. “The […]

from Christian Concern: Legal judgments continue to erase Christians from our nation’s public life. In a historic ruling, a Christian magistrate has today lost his appeal against the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice’s decision to remove him from the judiciary. Richard Page first faced discipline in 2014 for saying, in private, that a child […]

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. The handsome middle-aged preacher in the white suit paused dramatically, wiped his perspiring brow with a large linen handkerchief, and repeated again in a gravelly voice “praise the Lord!”. A chorus of Alleluias and Amens followed from the rapt audience. He continued: “now is the time to sow that seed […]

from Coalition for Marriage: The Government’s ‘no-fault’ divorce Bill makes getting out of your marriage easier than ending a mobile phone contract. It’s a shocking read for anyone who cares about marriage. In 2017, 42,000 divorces were on the basis of at least two years’ separation before proceedings could start. Under the Bill, separation is […]

from Gafcon: Why does Gafcon exist? What are the problems within the Anglican Communion? What is the Lambeth Conference? If you’ve ever wondered why Gafcon started on 29th June 2008 then this ‘Anglican Reality Check’ timeline (below) will help to answer those questions above. The timeline shows some of the key events and the impact of liberal […]

from Gafcon UK: St Silas Church in the West End of Glasgow has voted to discontinue its status as a licensed private chapel within the Scottish Episcopal Church. After a process of consultation and prayer, a members vote was held and an emphatic majority of 86% voted to leave. St Silas describes itself as a […]

by Martin Davie: In the latest article in the Via Media.News series ‘Does the Bible Really Say that…’ the former Bishop of Bolton, David Gillett, addresses the issue of whether the Bible really views same-sex love as wrong.[1] Bishop Gillett’s argument The starting point for his article is his conviction that ‘unlike in the ancient […]

A review of ‘Plugged In’ by Daniel Strange, by Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream. In England the football season has ended; cricket is in full swing with the World Cup currently being contested; Wimbledon is just around the corner. These and other sports have many things in common, not least the need to balance defence and […]

by Julia Cameron, EFAC Director of Publishing Frances Whitehead died peacefully at her home in Bourne End on 1 June, at the age of 94. A thanksgiving service for her life and ministry will be held in All Souls Church, Langham Place, London W1 on Friday 21 June at 2pm. Frances’s legacy and the legacy […]