Wednesday saw the installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Dame Sarah Mullally at Canterbury Cathedral.
For the first time, the Anglican Communion will be led by a woman. Here’s how women are celebrating
On a bright morning in Hermosa Beach, Calif., sunlight enters St. Cross Episcopal Church at a slant, catching a bit of church history in the colored panes of a stained-glass window.
Conservative Anglicans Reshape Church Leadership At Historic Gathering
For more than four centuries, a single office in the south of England has served as the spiritual center of global Anglicanism. In Nigeria, conservative leaders from across the world voted to change that.
Conservative Anglican bishops seek ‘disengagement’ from Canterbury without naming rival leader
Weeks before the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally is officially installed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury, a group of conservative Anglican prelates known as GAFCON renamed their body the Global Anglican Communion and elected a set of leaders to…
Conservative Anglican leaders restructure organization in break from traditions
Conservative Anglican leaders have restructured their organization, signaling a break from the traditions of the historic Anglican Communion as they seek to reorder the 400-year-old church group.
Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria to elect a leader, fueling concerns of schism
Conservative Anglican leaders gathering in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, are planning to unveil a new leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, even as Archbishop Sarah Mullally is set to be installed as the first female leader of the body later this…
Love for neighbor can guide church through change, Curry says
The American church is in a time of transition, and it is not yet clear what form the church will take in the future, Bishop Michael Curry told the Texas Tribune Festival Nov. 13. Curry, who is now retired as…
Vatican signals possible dialogue with new Anglican Communion
The Vatican has signaled it may be open to ecumenical dialogue with the new, conservative breakaway Global Anglican Communion, a move that would upend decades of Catholic-Anglican relations centered on the See of Canterbury, the English church’s historic “first among…
A house divided: The Anglican communion’s great reset
In one of the largest schisms in Western Christianity since Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation, the global Christian faith has witnessed a fracture of monumental proportions. Today, Oct. 16, the bishops of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, known…
It’s time for evangelicals to leave Anglicanism
“Don’t give me a jar of piss and then tell me it’s Memaw’s sweet tea.” My East Texas-raised father uttered these words when I tried to explain away my failing grade in freshman high school biology. I told him I…
Anglican denominations’ record on abuse prompts calls for victim-focused reform
When Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned in November over his failure to report a serial child abuser in his own denomination, the drastic step, it was thought, would preserve the Church of England’s ability to discipline its clergy in other cases…
Who will be the next archbishop of Canterbury?
The Christmas Day sermon by the archbishop of Canterbury is the centerpiece of the Church of England’s seasonal celebrations. However, with the resignation of Archbishop Justin Welby, Anglicans will have to make do with a homily from the bishop of…