Supporting Our Bishops on Gun Violence

By Ronald Wells The continuing occurrence of mass shootings have troubled all of us. I am very proud of the bishops in the Episcopal Church for their leadership in addressing this problem. My wife and I are ... Read More...

Facing Episcopal Church Decline After COVID

By David Goodhew The Episcopal Church has been in decline for some years. So what is the impact of COVID? New data for 2021 has just been released and, together with other research, it enables us to begin to answer that question. What Has Happened? The ne... Read More...

Alternative Facts on Church Growth

A Response to Scott MacDougall By Benjamin M. Guyer On November 30, House of Deputies theologian Scott MacDougall published “The Church Is Not Dying, It Is Changing: A Message from the House of Deputies Theologian.” MacDougall believes that the decline of ... Read More...

Out with the Old, In with the Old

By Christopher Wells “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often,” wrote John Henry Newman, with an inter-ecclesial bus ticket in his back pocket. He had doctrinal development in his si... Read More...