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Sexuality Conflict Roils ACNA

By Kirk Petersen
A celibate gay aspirant for ordination in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) touched off controversy when he published a website taking issue with the church's "pastoral statement" on sexuality and identity.
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Supreme Court Won't
Hear Ft. Worth Case

By Kirk Petersen
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a Texas court's ruling that $100 million in church property rightfully belongs to the diocese associated with the Anglican Church in North America -- not to the diocese with the same name that is part of the Episcopal Church.
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Palm Cross Ministry
Benefits Africans

By Neva Rae Fox
Palm Sunday is March 28, and many churches will not be distributing palms, or even meeting in person. A church in Maryland is compensating with hand-woven palm crosses from Tanzania.
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Podcast: Living in Love and Faith, Unpacked

This edition of the Living Church Podcast features one of the architects of the Church of England's "Living in Love and Faith" project, a suite of resources sharing the church's analysis of the convergence and divergence of viewpoints within the church on sexuality and marriage.
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Religious Order in Fiji Welcomes New Novice

By Mark Michael
A 22-year-old Fijian woman committed herself to a life of "chastity, prayer, and humble service" as the first novice at an indigenous women's religious order on the Polynesian island of Fiji.
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Begetting Versus
"Making" Children

By Deonna Neal
In vitro fertilization, surrogate pregnancies and other assisted reproductive technologies can lead to unexpected ethical dilemmas for years to come.
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Growth and Decline
In Parts of ACNA

By Jeremy Bonner and David Goodhew
Parts of the Anglican Church in North America are growing, but other parts have declined. The divide reflects different trajectories for dioceses that moved from the Episcopal Church and those formed since the creation of ACNA.
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A Book for Our Time

By Ronald A. Wells
Michael Mayne’s A Year Lost and Found, a memoir published in 1987 by the then-dean of Westminster Abbey, contains insights about struggling with a difficult illness that can be applied to the current pandemic.
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