Court cases in Texas and South Carolina could reshape other disputes—and denominations.
G. Jeffrey Macdonald, Religion News Service
February 20, 2013
South Carolina has been fighting with the national body for years.
Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
October 18, 2012
The move comes after Presbyterians and Methodists retained the denominations' definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Indianapolis
July 11, 2012
The congressman who won the Values Voters Summit straw poll tells CT that he believes marriage is a sacrament but laws cannot change morality.
Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Washington, D.C.
October 10, 2011
The Rev. Steve Lawler faced being defrocked if he continued to practice Islamic rituals for Lent.
Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 21, 2011
Abby Johnson takes her eight years of experience in an abortion clinic to the pro-life side.
Paige Winfield Cunningham
January 12, 2011
A handful of parishes win the right to keep their property, but legal experts don't know if their cases are setting a precedent.
John W. Kennedy
January 12, 2010
The archbishop of the new Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) explains an alternative to the Episcopal Church.
George Conger
July 30, 2009
The 'individualism' we profess is not only not a heresy—it is at the heart of the gospel.
Richard J. Mouw
July 15, 2009
Church leaders appear to have vetoed a bishop-elect for the first time since the 1930s. But few opponents are celebrating.
Frank E. Lockwood in Little Rock, Arkansas
June 8, 2009
For years, Episcopal Church leaders have taught that God can be found in other faiths. Now some clergy are pursuing him there.
George Conger
March 27, 2009
Why the pastor of the largest Episcopalian congregation is staying put in a 'very sick' church.
Timothy C. Morgan
January 6, 2009
The new Anglican branch will face several significant hurdles.
Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
December 5, 2008
Top leader Duncan expects to see Episcopal Church 'displaced.'
Timothy C. Morgan in Wheaton, Illinois
December 4, 2008
Quincy diocese in Illinois is the latest; Fort Worth is expected to be next.
Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service
November 12, 2008
Ousted conservative Bob Duncan sees a new center emerging in the Christian West.
Interview by Timothy C. Morgan
October 13, 2008
Conservatives face huge obstacles in putting Anglicanism back together.
Timothy C. Morgan in Canterbury and Jerusalem
October 13, 2008
Decision confirms April ruling in favor of Falls Church et al., saying the 1867 law that would allow them to retain property is constitutional.
Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
June 30, 2008
1000 conservative evangelicals gather in Jerusalem to reclaim Anglicanism. An interview with Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen.
Interview by Timothy C. Morgan
June 20, 2008
Judge says Methodists, Worldwide Church of God, and others can participate in oral arguments.
Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
May 20, 2008
Judge rules that 1867 law on church divisions applies in battle with Episcopal Church, diocese.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
April 4, 2008
Episcopalian liturgy for Stations of the Millennium Development Goals truncates the gospel, critics say.
Susan Wunderink
March 6, 2008
One has led a diocese out of the national Anglican body, two others are preparing to go.
George Conger
January 18, 2008
Orthodox Anglicans take first step in creating their own U.S. church body.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
November 12, 2007
Philadelphia's liberal bishop accused of protecting abuser; Pittsburgh's conservative bishop warned against abandonment as diocese changes constitution.
Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
November 6, 2007
Importing orthodoxy—and cultural baggage.
Ted Olsen
November 5, 2007
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.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
September 25, 2007
The years-long strife in the Anglican Communion could reach a breaking point next week in New Orleans.
Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
September 13, 2007
Episcopal renewal group's new strategy divides conservatives.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
September 11, 2007
Archbishop told Anglican congregation to cancel talk by Hotel Rwanda subject Paul Rusesabagina.
Sarah Pulliam
September 10, 2007
Also: Did God smite Evan Almighty? Should police make arrests during church services? And other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
July 6, 2007
Christian tribalism is a renunciation of God's kingdom.
Ted Olsen
April 18, 2007
Episcopal bishops reject oversight from "distant" prelates.
Timothy C. Morgan
March 22, 2007
The larger meaning of Anglican leaders' demand that the Episcopal Church change its ways.
Timothy C. Morgan in Tanzania and Zanzibar
March 16, 2007
Denominational splits just aren't what they used to be.
Ted Olsen
March 7, 2007
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.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
February 26, 2007
Conservatives fleeing the Episcopal Church regroup--apart.
Madison Trammel
February 9, 2007
Plus: Richard Land, Leith Anderson, and others on Hussein's execution; Elizabeth Fox-Genovese dies; mysterious charges against an evangelical Episcopalian leader; and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
January 4, 2007
Plus: Another New Life pastor quits, Joan of Arc "relics" studied, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
December 18, 2006
An excerpt from Philip Jenkins' new book, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.
Philip Jenkins
December 5, 2006