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Anglican Division
The Anglican Communion's disagreement over orthodoxy and practice has involved many issues that affect the church as a whole: homosexuality, ordination, property ownership, and global leadership are among the bones of contention. Though there have been dissenters and splits since days of Thomas Cranmer and Henry VIII in the 1500s, the division widened when The Episcopal Church consecrated a non-celibate homosexual as bishop in 2003. Since then, global Anglican leaders have wrestled with questions of unity, ecclesiology, authority, and globalization.
Sailing Off into Irrelevance
The Episcopal Church's rejection of orthodoxy is sobering for evangelicals
December 1, 2003
Living with Tares
Why I stay in a church that has seriously strayed from biblical teaching.
March 1, 2006
More on Anglican Division
Chances Improving for Ex-Episcopalians in Property Fights
Court cases in Texas and South Carolina could reshape other disputes—and denominations.
February 20, 2013
New Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Inherits a Divided Anglican Communion
Evangelical leader says he'll re-examine his opposition to same-sex marriage.
November 9, 2012
After Bishop Is Accused of Abandoning the Episcopal Church, Diocese Really Does
South Carolina has been fighting with the national body for years.
October 18, 2012
Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Blessing Rites
The move comes after Presbyterians and Methodists retained the denominations' definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
July 11, 2012
Out of Africa: What AMIA's Exodus from Rwanda Portends for Global Christianity
Break underscores the difficulty of shifting denominational power across cultures and continents.
December 9, 2011
Leaving Rwanda: Breakaway Anglicans Break Away Again
Dispute between African bishops and Anglican Mission in the Americas prompts U.S. leadership to leave body.
December 7, 2011
'It's Not About the Past'
New Anglican and Lutheran groups need to nurture a positive identity.
March 29, 2010
Land and Building Wars
A handful of parishes win the right to keep their property, but legal experts don't know if their cases are setting a precedent.
January 12, 2010
Q & A: Robert Duncan
The archbishop of the new Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) explains an alternative to the Episcopal Church.
July 30, 2009
The Heresy of 'Individualism'?
The 'individualism' we profess is not only not a heresy—it is at the heart of the gospel.
July 15, 2009
Too Unorthodox Even for the Episcopal Church?
Church leaders appear to have vetoed a bishop-elect for the first time since the 1930s. But few opponents are celebrating.
June 8, 2009
Muslim Priest and Buddhist Bishop-Elect Are Raising Questions About Syncretism
For years, Episcopal Church leaders have taught that God can be found in other faiths. Now some clergy are pursuing him there.
March 27, 2009
'Leaving Isn't the Answer'
Why the pastor of the largest Episcopalian congregation is staying put in a 'very sick' church.
January 6, 2009
What's Ahead for the Fractured Episcopal Church?
The new Anglican branch will face several significant hurdles.
December 5, 2008
Conservative Anglicans Create Rival Church
Top leader Duncan expects to see Episcopal Church 'displaced.'
December 4, 2008
Third Episcopal Diocese Votes to Secede
Quincy diocese in Illinois is the latest; Fort Worth is expected to be next.
November 12, 2008
The Comeback Bishop
Ousted conservative Bob Duncan sees a new center emerging in the Christian West.
October 13, 2008
Defending the Faith
Conservatives face huge obstacles in putting Anglicanism back together.
October 13, 2008
Crackup of Anglican Communion at Hand, Evangelical Bishops Say
Gloomy assessment comes from two leading Anglicans at Lambeth.
July 21, 2008
Virginia Judge Sides with Breakaway Episcopal Churches
Decision confirms April ruling in favor of Falls Church et al., saying the 1867 law that would allow them to retain property is constitutional.
June 30, 2008
Reclaiming Orthodoxy
1000 conservative evangelicals gather in Jerusalem to reclaim Anglicanism. An interview with Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen.
June 20, 2008
Denominations Join Episcopalian Diocese in Fight Over Church Property
Judge says Methodists, Worldwide Church of God, and others can participate in oral arguments.
May 20, 2008
Big Win for Va.'s Breakaway Anglican Parishes in Property Fight
Judge rules that 1867 law on church divisions applies in battle with Episcopal Church, diocese.
April 4, 2008
Episcopal Headquarters Takes Steps to Remove Conservative Bishops
One has led a diocese out of the national Anglican body, two others are preparing to go.
January 18, 2008
'Federation' Charts New Frontier
Orthodox Anglicans take first step in creating their own U.S. church body.
November 12, 2007
Episcopal Bishops in Pa. Suspended, Warned
Philadelphia's liberal bishop accused of protecting abuser; Pittsburgh's conservative bishop warned against abandonment as diocese changes constitution.
November 6, 2007
'No Ultimatum' for Episcopalians, Says Anglican Head
Plus: IRS won't ding All Saints but says anti-war speech was illegal, Newsweek on wooing evangelical voters, and other stories from online sources around the world.
September 25, 2007
Episcopalians Head to High-Stakes Meeting
The years-long strife in the Anglican Communion could reach a breaking point next week in New Orleans.
September 13, 2007
Anglicans Turn Inside Out
Episcopal renewal group's new strategy divides conservatives.
September 11, 2007
Rwandan Politics Intrudes on American Church
Archbishop told Anglican congregation to cancel talk by Hotel Rwanda subject Paul Rusesabagina.
September 10, 2007
Global Ultimatum
The larger meaning of Anglican leaders' demand that the Episcopal Church change its ways.
March 16, 2007
Episcopal Bishops Balk at Anglican Leaders' Demands
Plus: The truth about that Anglican-Catholic union rumor; baby bone scandal at Indian Christian hospital; New Life's overseers speak on Haggard's "dark side"; and other stories.
February 26, 2007
Exodus from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia 
Plus: Another New Life pastor quits, Joan of Arc "relics" studied, and other stories from online sources around the world.
December 18, 2006
"Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"
An excerpt from Philip Jenkins' new book, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.
December 5, 2006
Falling Apart
Controversial decisions at the recent General Convention have accelerated the break-up of the Episcopal Church.
August 1, 2006
Episcopal Church Fight Heads to Court
Episcopalians along the South Carolina coast are battling in court to determine which of two factions owns an estimated $500 million in church buildings, grounds and cemeteries, following an acrimonious split last year over social issues. (WSJ)
Benefits changes will push children into poverty, says archbishop of Canterbury
Iain Duncan Smith hits back at Justin Welby's criticism with claim that existing system is 'not moral or fair' (The Guardian, UK)
Brutal Presbyterian Disunity
Anglicans get plenty of well-deserved attention for their efforts at disunity, but Presbyterians at least deserve an honorary mention in this game.
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