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David W. Virtue, D.D., established VIRTUEONLINE, an Episcopal/Anglican Online News Service dedicated to serving orthodox Anglicans around the globe. The service has successfully reached nearly 4 million readers across 204 countries.
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Three Crises Engulf Anglican Church in North America
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org October 23, 2025 Three simultaneous crises have engulfed the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), threatening the future of the breakaway orthodox denomination with an unprecedented convergence of scandals involving its highest-ranking leaders. Archbishop Wood Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood has been credibly accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power, according to a Washingto
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Blasts Israel, Urges US Government to End Weapons Sales to Democratic Nation Surrounded by Enemies
No mention of Hamas in remarks to executive council COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org October 22, 2025 Episcopal Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe sharply criticized Israel in remarks to his church's executive council, describing the situation in Gaza as a "moral travesty" and calling for an end to U.S. weapons sales to Israel. Rowe blamed Israeli forces for human rights abuses, violence, and the destruction of Gaza. Notably absent from his remarks was any menti
GAFCON Declares Formation of Global Anglican Communion// GAFCON Separates from Traditional Communion Structure // GSFA Withholds Endorsement // Mullally Appointment Sparks International Response //
"God intends us to penetrate the world. Christian salt has no business to remain snugly in elegant little ecclesiastical salt cellars; our place is to be rubbed into the secular community, as salt is rubbed into meat, to stop it going bad." – John Stott Dear Brothers and Sisters, www.virtueonline.org October 17, 2025 Historic Shift: GAFCON Announces Separation The long-anticipated moment arrived Thursday morning. At 5am, my inbox contained a headline that will reshape An
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Three Crises Engulf Anglican Church in North America
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org October 23, 2025 Three simultaneous crises have engulfed the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), threatening the future of the breakaway orthodox denomination with an unprecedented convergence of scandals involving its highest-ranking leaders. Archbishop Wood Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood has been credibly accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power, according to a Washingto
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Blasts Israel, Urges US Government to End Weapons Sales to Democratic Nation Surrounded by Enemies
No mention of Hamas in remarks to executive council COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org October 22, 2025 Episcopal Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe sharply criticized Israel in remarks to his church's executive council, describing the situation in Gaza as a "moral travesty" and calling for an end to U.S. weapons sales to Israel. Rowe blamed Israeli forces for human rights abuses, violence, and the destruction of Gaza. Notably absent from his remarks was any menti
GAFCON DECLARES FORMAL SEPARATION FROM THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
Anglican communion will be reformed and reordered. We are now the Global Anglican Communion, says GAFCON chairman Archbishop Laurent Mbanda By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org October 16, 2025 The future has arrived, declared GAFCON chairman Archbishop Laurent Mbanda. “Today, GAFCON is leading the Global Anglican Communion. As has been the case from the very beginning, we have not left the Anglican Communion; we are the Anglican Communion,” he declared. “Our Gaf
News From Around the World
U.S. ANGLICAN CHURCH ARCHBISHOP ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, ABUSE OF POWER
An attempted kiss, cash payments and other allegations roil the Anglican Church in North America WASHINGTON POST EXCLUSIVE By Ian Shapira The Washington Post October 23,2025 (Ian Shapira interviewed the priests and former employees who wrote affidavits in the presentment against the archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America. He and Reshma Kirpalani traveled to South Carolina, where Kirpalani took videos and photos for this story.) The Anglican Church in No
ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH INVOLVED IN COMPLAINT AGAINST ACNA ARCHBISHOP STEVE WOOD
Dear Friends, A complaint has been submitted to the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) relating to allegations made against Archbishop Steve Wood in his role as Bishop of the Diocese of the Carolinas. In accordance with Canonical Law, as soon as the complaint is validated as a presentment, Bishop Ray Sutton, Dean of the ACNA’s College of Bishops, will convene a Board of Enquiry to consider whether it warrants further action. Because this is an on-going process, the War
Letter from Bishop Sarah Mullally on LLF, GAFCON and abuse
17th October 2025 My brothers and sisters in Christ, I write , first and foremost, to thank you for your kind messages on my appointment as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. It means a great deal to me to have your encouragement as I respond to the call of Christ and prepare for this new ministry. This is a call that I accept with a sense of peace, because I trust not in myself, but in God, who has called me to the service of his Church. I am grateful for the support of my f
Church of England
CofE clergy vow to offer same-sex blessing services despite bishops’ decision
Religion Media Centre October 20, 2025 A number of clergy in the Church of England are resisting a decision by the House of Bishops which put the brakes on moves to allow stand-alone services for same-sex blessings and to allow clergy to be in same-sex marriages. Canon Simon Butler, an influential vicar in “Inclusive Evangelicals”, says the Canons of the Church of England do, in fact, permit stand-alone services. He has officiated at two in his church, Holy Trinity & St M
JD Vance calls Canterbury Cathedral exhibit 'ugly'
Joshua Askew South East BBC NEWS October 11, 2025 US Vice-President JD Vance has criticised a new installation by marginalised...
The lanyard class Archbishop
Sarah Mullally is the pure distilled essence of everything wrong with the Church of England By George Owers Artillery Row THE CRITIC 3...
Viewpoints by David Virtue
GAFCON Declares Formation of Global Anglican Communion// GAFCON Separates from Traditional Communion Structure // GSFA Withholds Endorsement // Mullally Appointment Sparks International Response //
"God intends us to penetrate the world. Christian salt has no business to remain snugly in elegant little ecclesiastical salt cellars; our place is to be rubbed into the secular community, as salt is rubbed into meat, to stop it going bad." – John Stott Dear Brothers and Sisters, www.virtueonline.org October 17, 2025 Historic Shift: GAFCON Announces Separation The long-anticipated moment arrived Thursday morning. At 5am, my inbox contained a headline that will reshape An
First Woman Bishop is New 106th Archbishop of Canterbury///CofE has Israel Problem///ACNA in Fight Over Firing of JAFC Bishop///Queer Woman Dean to lead NY Cathedral///
Bishop Howard Case Dropped by PB. He resigns TEC///Anglican Church of Southern Africa Supports Palestine, Blasts Israel The concept of...
SPECIAL VIEWPOINTS EDITION
Dear Brothers and Sisters, www.virtueonline.org September 19, 2025 For nearly forty years, the Anglican communion has roiled over...
Culture Wars
‘Roe v. Wade’ Eroded the Church’s Historic Pro-Life Consensus
Abortion and America's Churches: A Religious History of "Roe v. Wade" (Faith, Governance, and Civil Society in American History) By Daniel K. Williams (Author) 384 pages $33.54 BOOK REVIEW By Gillis J. Harp Christianity Today October 9, 2025 It was already unraveling by 1973. Repairing it today won’t be easy. After the Supreme Court’s polarizing Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the liberal Protestant organ, The Christian Century, sometimes expressed deep ethical concerns
The Culture of Mass Delusions. Mental health and the consequences of denying reality.
(Image: Matt Kirk/Unsplash) By Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream September 17, 2025 Thirty years ago, if you had told another person that...
Iran’s Secret Revolution: 2,000 a Day Turning to Christ in the Heart of Islam’s Harshest Regime
By Amine Ayoub THE STREAM July, 2025 While the world’s attention remains locked on nuclear threats, anti-Israel rhetoric, and...
As Eye See It
WHY GOD CAME BACK. Faith supports education, family, and growth.
A woman praying at a service held in the Liberty Tree Mall in Massachusetts. Credit: Getty By Joel Kotkin UNHERD.COM 16 Oct, 2025 Nearly 60 years ago, Time magazine, then an important publication, posed a discomfiting question on its cover: “Is God Dead?” Yet today, a spiritual hunger grips America, with roughly two-thirds of religiously unaffiliated Americans still believing in God or a universal spirit, according to Pew . Overall, young people are drawing closer to a
Why are Christians hung up about Sarah Mullally?
An explanation for those outside the church By Peter Leach Artillery THE CRITIC 11 October, 2025 Sarah Mullally is to be the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, which has upset a number of Christians, especially in the Anglican community here and abroad, and particularly in Africa. Though if you aren’t a Christian, you may be confused as to why many are unhappy with the appointment. Most of the negative commentary is either written for a church audience, and hence does not ex
Sarah Mullally and Reforming the Anglican Communion
By Mouneer Anis October 8, 2025 The Church of England has announced the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of...
Devotionals
Stand Fast in Freedom: Galatians 5:1 and the Modern Yokes of Bondage
By the Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore www.virtueonline.org August 20, 2025 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us...
Sola Gratia: The Unmerited Favor That Rescued the World
Grace is not a suggestion, a boost, or a cooperative handshake—it is the sovereign act of God upon undeserving sinners. The Rev. Dr....
Soli Deo Gloria: Glory to God Alone
By the Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore www.virtueonline.org August 12, 2025 There is a Latin phrase that thundered through the Reformation like a...
Theology, History and Science
ARMINIANISM IS NOT ANGLICAN
Reformation Anglicans see salvation is wholly of God from beginning to end By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org October 21, 2025 Jacobus Arminius, Dutch pastor and theologian, died October 19, 1609. But Arminianism is alive and well in today’s church. This is especially true of American evangelicalism where Christians demand the freedom to pick and choose the elements of our personal creeds, and where we teach our children that they have unlimited potential if they wil
"How Shall They Hear?”: The Word, the Church, and the Birth of Faith
Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore www.virtueonline.org October 17, 2025 There are passages of Scripture that condense vast theological truths into a few short lines, and Romans 10:14–17 is among them. In four tightly linked verses, St. Paul articulates the divine logic behind evangelism, the vocation of the Church, and the very means by which faith is born. He traces a chain of necessity — from proclamation to hearing, from hearing to belief, from belief to calling, and f
Second Vatican Council changed the face of Catholicism forever but failed to unite Christians
Rome Still Doesn’t Get it: Our Hope & Salvation depends on Christ’s Own Righteousness Imputed to us By Chuck Collins...
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