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TOP 10 STORIES OF 2025

As we approach the end of the year, we’re taking a moment to look back at the stories that resonated most deeply with our readers in 2025. We invite you to revisit these pieces and share them with others who might find meaning in their insights.

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NUMBER 4

ACNA Archbishop Faces Second Sexual Misconduct Complaint

by Arlie Coles

(November 2025)

The complaint was filed, rejected, and resubmitted with explosive new claims: a woman alleging sexual harassment, a former communications director claiming Wood offered $10,000 to prevent charges, and allegations of plans for a “bishop-friendly” Board of Inquiry. Arlie Coles investigates why it took a year to file charges and whether the process can be trusted—one of the year’s most critical reports. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .

Related and also among 2025’s most-read stories:

ACNA Primate Faces Misconduct Charges

by Arlie Coles

(October 2025)

The ACNA’s College of Bishops selected Steve Wood as archbishop in secret conclave—but four priests and seven lay members allege he sexually harassed a staff member, plagiarized sermons, bullied colleagues, and misused diocesan funds. Arlie Coles broke the story that raised urgent questions about vetting and accountability in the young denomination. Read the full story here. ([link removed])

Wood Inhibited; Sutton Steps Down

By Arlie Coles

(November 2025)

One month after charges were filed, Archbishop Steve Wood was inhibited from ministry, Bishop Ray Sutton stepped down citing back surgery complications and memory issues, and a new acting archbishop took over. This story, one of the most-read of the year, captures the moment when the ACNA’s top two leaders fell within days, bishops began apologizing “under duress,” and complainants warned: “There has to be more than apologies.”

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NUMBER 4

Field Notes for Episcopalians on the 80 Percent

by Garwood Anderson

(January 2025)

For three elections, 80 percent of white evangelicals have supported Donald Trump with startling consistency. Garwood Anderson, writing from within evangelicalism but outside that majority, explores how Pentecostal prosperity gospel, dispensationalist eschatology, and the singular power of the abortion issue created evangelical loyalty. Read the full story here ([link removed]) .


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