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Archbishop Justin Welby pauses during a World Council of Churches meeting. | World Council of Churches
** Abuse Scandal Prompts Archbishop’s Resignation
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By Douglas LeBlanc
The archbishop's resignation comes five days after a long-awaited report on serial abuser John Smyth cast doubts on how Welby responded to that scandal. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Rowe Offers Vision of ‘Strong, Adaptive’ Church
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By Mark Michael
An Atlanta-based consulting firm has been working with Rowe since September to analyze the church’s culture, the first step in a process of realigning the church’s vision and staffing structure. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Parochial Report Data Says Pandemic Era Has Ended
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By Mark Michael
Average attendance is nearly back to where it would have been expected to be in 2019, given the gradual rate of decline. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Texas Rector Charged with Fraud
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By Neva Rae Fox
The Rev. Canon Edward R. Monk, SSC, has been charged with six Title IV counts of fraud and mismanagement of the financial accounts of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Corsicana, Texas. Read on ([link removed]) .
** N. African Bishop to Direct Anglican Centre in Rome
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By Mark Michael
The Rt. Rev. Anthony Ball has served for the last year as Bishop of North Africa, overseeing congregations and missions in Algeria, Chad, Libya, Mauretania, and Tunisia. Read on ([link removed]) .
** TLC Foundation Chooses New Members
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By Mark Michael
The Living Church Foundation elected four new members on October 23-24 at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Harrods Creek, Kentucky, Read on ([link removed]) .
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** Review — Hays & Hays, The Widening of God’s Mercy
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By Andrew Goddard
New Testament scholar Richard Hays has changed his mind on human sexuality, but he sidesteps the relevant Biblical texts and ignores the broader task his earlier work inspired: placing these issues in Scripture's full context. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Wheaton-to-Anglican Pipeline: A Response
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By Sarah Puryear
A Wheaton College alumna reflects on how the evangelical university not only led her to the Anglican tradition and ministry as an Episcopal priest, but also helped her navigate moments of disappointment with the church that has been her home for two decades. Read on ([link removed]) .
** Walking the Stony Path with Christ
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By John Deepak Sundara
A barefoot Jesus reminds us that the one walking beside us, although familiar with our pain and suffering, is not constrained by them in the same ways we are. Read on ([link removed]) .
** How Then Shall We Tech?
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By Jon Jordan
Are churches just now catching up to an over-reliance on websites, overuse of social media, and even an embrace of artificial intelligence at the very moment that their members are trying to wean themselves off these things? Read on ([link removed]) .
** A Blazing, Bracing Sacramentality — A Review of Recent Works by Jane Clark Scharl
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By Ben Lima
A review of two recently published volumes of verse by Jane Carl Scharl — Ponds and Sonnez Les Matines. Read on ([link removed]) .
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