The average age of an Episcopalian is now in the mid-sixties; the average age of an Episcopal priest is now in the low sixties. Within a generation. the vast majority of priests will be forced to retire with no one to fill their shoes except non-stipendiary priests who will do little more than open and close doors on a Sunday morning. The number of priests under the age of 44 is less than 10 percent.
Read moreA Catholic priest I watched on video opined that perhaps his church should die and be rebuilt by true believers meeting in their homes. Away with baptized pagans, Vatican banks and huge edifices with only a handful of worshippers.
Read more"The Standing Committee rejoices in the success of GAFCON three held June 2018 in Jerusalem.
Read moreIn 1955, ten years after the close of World War II -- a mere two years after St. David's was founded as a daughter church to All Saints in Lakeland -- there were 8,053 parishes and missions in the church. But, by the mid-20th century, during the midst of the massive post war baby boom, the number of Episcopal congregations was steadily falling.
Read moreThe "creation" letters come in response to an appeal by the Archbishop of Canterbury to his fellow Primates to set out what "the care for God's creation" means in their Provinces as well as what they wanted to say to the wider Anglican Communion about "the care for our common home."
Read moreMost recently, the Episcopal School has not been able to shed the stigma of older predatory upperclassmen preying on younger female students in games of sexual conquest. The 2014 scandal has resulted in an 18-year-old graduate being tried for aggravated felonious assault, sexual assault and the child endangerment of a 15-year-old freshman.
Read moreThe Nigerian Primate said in his September letter to followers, that the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is now recognized as a province by the majority of the Anglican Communion and this pattern is being repeated as persecuted Anglicans in Brazil formed the Anglican Church of Brazil in May of this year with the endorsement of the GAFCON Primates Council.
Okoh blasted the Episcopal Church for spending $60 million on aggressive litigation.
Read moreBut the irony is deep and overwhelming; the leftist media and politicians are blowing the lid right off the Church's homosexual subculture, heretofore their fellow travelers in the pansexual movement!
One Catholic priest who gets it said this; "God will use the government as a scourge to reform the Church."
Read moreThe conversation as it was called was held on the campus of Pennsylvania, Chautauqua. It concluded a nine-week series, which saw interfaith advocates from numerous faith traditions. Sutton represented progressive Christianity.
VOL took a hard look at what he had to say and we concluded the following.
SUTTON: "A progressive religion has a bit of humility."
Read moreThe Roman Catholic Church faces a critical moment in its history not seen since the Reformation. It is a Borgia pope moment with hundreds of priests sexually abusing thousands of mostly young men. The tip of the homosexual iceberg was revealed in Pennsylvania recently. Forty-nine other state attorneys general could open investigations on priestly sexual abuse, effectively bankrupting the Church with lawsuits.
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