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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.
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Conservative Anglicans Call for Archbishop to Repent Over Same-Sex Relationships Stance
As the issue continues to divide the Church of England, Justin Welby spoke on a popular podcast about how his views have “evolved.”
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Died: Jack Iker, Anglican Who Drew the Line at Women’s Ordination
The Texas bishop fought a bitter legal battle with the Episcopal Church and won.
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Conservative Anglicans Reject Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury
(UPDATED) Gafcon gathering in Rwanda pledges to create alternative authority structures, while Global South fellowship stays separate.
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To Whom Shall We Go? Global South Anglicans Reject Canterbury’s Leadership
Conservative Anglicans’ gathering in April comes after the Church of England’s “disqualifying” decision to bless same-sex marriages.
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Evangelicals Fear LGBT Blessings Proposal Would Split the Church of England
Tensions are high at this week’s General Synod, with leaders on both sides frustrated with the suggested compromise on same-sex marriage.
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Anglican Division over Scripture and Sexuality Heads South
After Lambeth conference steers bishops to agree to disagree on LGBT clergy and marriages, African conservatives chart a new course.
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The Contentious Literary Family That Explains Global Anglicanism
How the dilemmas driving “The Brothers Karamazov” resemble those confronting the world’s third-largest Christian communion.
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Anglican Property Wins Don’t Put an End to Legal Disputes
Breakaway congregations in South Carolina and Texas continue protracted fight with the Episcopal Church.
The Falls Church Anglican Lost Its Historic Building, But Its New Sanctuary Still Feels Like Coming Home
Seeing my family’s church consecrate a space of its own—years after a denominational split and legal fight—reminded me of God’s providence in where he places us.
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Died: Chuck Murphy, Visionary Who Gave Conservative Anglicans a New Home
Founder of Anglican Mission in the Americas partnered with Rwanda to create US alternative to The Episcopal Church.