The trial of Archbishop Steve Wood has come to a close, and I’m grateful for the many calls across the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) to pray for justice. That is exactly what we should be doing. After all, serious allegations were made, and the Church investigated those allegations and determined they warranted a … Read More
Twenty-five years ago today, our nation experienced one of the darkest days in its history. Most of us who were old enough to remember September 11, 2001, can still tell you where we were when we first heard the news. We remember the images from New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. We remember the confusion of … Read More
Jesus was very clear about the mission He gave His Church: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). For two thousand years, Christians rightly returned to those words as our Great Commission. We’re called not simply to make converts or add people to church membership rolls, but to make disciples of Jesus … Read More
I’ve written much over the years on Church Health principles, specifically on the importance of being balanced in all five vital areas of a local church’s ministry. I’ve captured those five areas in the acrostic: VITAL, which stands for Vision for Evangelism/Mission, Intentional Worship, Transformation to Christlikeness, Authentic Community, and Lay Mobilization. (You can read … Read More
The recent meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-19) once again brought into focus a question Anglicans have wrestled with for years: What truly holds the Anglican Communion together? News coverage of the meeting understandably focused on discussions surrounding the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals and the differing perspectives expressed by delegates from across the Communion, but beneath … Read More
