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Bishop Candidates Trend Toward Women

By Kirk Petersen
When three dioceses announced their candidates for bishop recently, nine of the 10 nominees were women. Two men were subsequently added by petition, but all three slates are still majority-female.
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New PK Moderator
Calls Out Persecution


By Mark Michael
The Church of Pakistan's newly elected moderator began his three-year term by addressing concerns about safety, in the country rated the world's most violent for Christians. 
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By Kirk Petersen
The Bishop of Windsor, who leads one of the five "great sees" of the Church of England, has begun a six-week hiatus from his duties in the face of strong opposition within the diocese.
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Clergy Retirements Shift in Pandemic

By Neva Rae Fox
The rate of clergy retirements has not changed, but the pandemic has affected some of the traditional retired-clergy roles, such as supply preaching. 
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A Church That Came Back From the Dead

By Simon Cotton
After an abandoned medieval church building was rescued from satanists, wall paintings a thousand years old were discovered under the plaster.
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Is Virtual Church
A Boon or a Bane?


By John Mason Lock
The pandemic-driven surge of online worship means people who move across the country can continue to "attend" their hometown church. That sounds good, but in the long run may trap people in their comfort zones and reduce the vitality of local churches.
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COVID Taught Me
How to Get Married


By Ben Christenson
The pandemic shattered our plans for a big wedding, but helped me to refocus on the vows and to understand the difference between a contract and a covenant.
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The Problems of Hagiography

By Zachary Guiliano
Even saints are sinners, and their stories should be told in the mode of repentance.
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