Jesus’ statement in John 13:34, “As I have loved you, so you love one another,” is a manifesto for Christian leadership, work, life and service. The as/so dynamic gives us an insight into how we are to love. In the life of Jesus, love looks like self-sacrifice not self-realization. Our faith is only as good as our love. Without love, all our accomplishments, efforts and breakthroughs are just noise.
How to Reform the Anglican Church in North America
This essay was first published on my personal Substack. It has been slightly revised in response to a few concerns raised by earlier readers. My aim is simply to describe what I see in the Anglican Church in North America and to suggest structural changes that might help us live together with greater peace and faithfulness.
A number of proposals advocated in this essay would in my estimation as a longtime observer of the ACNA exchange one set of problems for another set of problems and have a good chance of causing the breakup of the ACNA. The essay fails to take into consideration the theological diversity in the ACNA and the ramifications of the proposals advocated by the writer, particularly the proposed reorganization of the ACNA along the lines of TEC and the proposed changes in property ownership.Congregation protests closure of Episcopal church amid sex abuse investigation, demands reopening
Members of an Ohio church that has been shut down by its diocese amid an ongoing abuse investigation have called on their bishop to reopen the sanctuary.
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A Louisiana congregation whose church building was destroyed by fire in 2024 has broken ground on a new building.
How To Start a Disability Ministry in Your Church
A spiritual ministry designed specifically for those with disabilities is an important and powerful part of truly inclusive programming and church culture. Importantly, this doesn’t just provide for the spiritual needs of everyone in your congregation—it helps provide a basis for anyone in the congregation to both educate themselves and to get involved.
How to Create Great Commission Groups
To counter the inward drift, churches must cultivate Great Commission groups—Bible study communities that remain evangelistically focused.
Michigan Church Keeps Kids Warm
As winter approaches, Ishpeming: Wesley UMC’s Keep Kids Warm ministry begins its sixteenth season helping kids in the Upper Peninsula stay warm by providing free outerwear.
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