I cannot remember the last All Saints’ Sunday I sat in the pew instead of the chancel. However, this All Saints’ Day, I wasn’t collared and vested, leading the liturgy in the parish I serve. I sat in a pew in another parish because I’m taking a sabbatical this autumn. Where does an Anglican priest…
Be the Church: Facing Nominalism
Recently, we were told that the Christian church in America is “hemorrhaging members” and that the church is shrinking. It is true that the number of Americans who claim to be Christian is shrinking. However, as usual, Ed Stetzer provides some real clarity in his interpretation of statistics. Turns out that people are not so much “leaving church” as they…
Five Other Sacramental Rites
Main Two: The Sacraments of the Lord Christ instituted Holy Baptism and Holy Communion for his Church to perpetually celebrate. We call these the Sacraments of the Lord. (To learn more about what Anglicans believe about the sacraments, go here.) The Other Five: The Sacraments of the Church There are five other rites of the…
