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In 1995
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.
Commentaries by
David W. Virtue
Should Christians Share in Muslim Iftar Meals: Episcopal Priest says Yes; We say No
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 29, 2025 As the Episcopal Church moves further and further away from the...
A NEW HISTORY OF REDEMPTION
The Work of Jesus the Messiah through the Millennia By Gerald R. McDermott Baker Academic 426pp $34.10 Reviewed by David W....
HOPE WON’T SAVE THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 25, 2025 The House of Bishops has emerged from its spring...
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Should Christians Share in Muslim Iftar Meals: Episcopal Priest says Yes; We say No
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 29, 2025 As the Episcopal Church moves further and further away from the...
A NEW HISTORY OF REDEMPTION
The Work of Jesus the Messiah through the Millennia By Gerald R. McDermott Baker Academic 426pp $34.10 Reviewed by David W....
HOPE WON’T SAVE THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 25, 2025 The House of Bishops has emerged from its spring...
News From Around the World
Justin Welby feels 'personal failure' over handling of John Smyth case
Staff Writer CHRISTIAN TODAY 31 Mar, 2025 PHOTO: Justin Welby with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg. (BBC) Justin Welby has spoken of a...
Most American Christians don't believe in the Trinity: Survey
By Ryan Foley, CHRISTIAN POST March 30, 2025 An overwhelming majority of Christians reject the basic Christian teaching of the...
GAFCON: The Plano Statement
March 15, 2025 The Gafcon Primates Council met in Plano, Texas on Tuesday, 12 March 2025 and during the rest of that week held G25, a...
Church of England
Former Church of England leader says scale of abuse scandal was 'overwhelming'
By Catarina Demony REUTERS March 30, 2025 LONDON (Reuters) -Justin Welby, the former spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide,...
CEEC offers alternative ‘affirmation of ordination vows’ services
PRESS RELEASE 25 March 2025 The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) is inviting clergy and licensed lay ministers/readers to...
IS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CRISIS?
The Rev Canon Dr Chris Sugden explains how 2025 might pan out and notes developments that could encourage evangelicals. By Chris Sugden...
Viewpoints by David Virtue
VIRTUEONLINE VIEWPOINTS MARCH 21, 2025
Church in Disarray // Evangelical Christian imprisoned over “they/them” rejection // GAFCON Primates Miss Moment to Diss Canterbury // NY...
Is Denominationalism Dead?// GAFCON Primates to meet in Texas // Has the Sexual Revolution Destroyed Mainline Churches // Second Episcopal Bishop Berates Trump // Lord Carey Faces Disciplinary Action
Nashotah House Receives ACNA Prayer Book // Marty E. Martin has died // We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that...
Only 1% of Churches do Evangelism/ ACNA outpaced TEC in post-Covid returning attendance/ ACNA faces ecclesiastical crisis/ Sexual Abuse in UK, TEC and ACNA/ Kenyan ABC repudiates USAID/
Church of England Rudderless – Safeguarding Unresolved / Most clergy will not perform S-S Weddings Unlike so many, we do not peddle the...
Culture Wars
Pro-Life Wins, Big Eva Sins
Pro-Life Evangelicals Are Justified for Voting for Trump in 2024 By Mike Sabo American Reformer March 28, 2025 The political wins on...
U.S. Christianity’s Downturn Levels Off, but Catholic Church Faces Precipitous Decline
Catholicism loses 8.4 members for every convert it gains through ‘religious switching’ By JULES GOMES March 6, 2025 The decades-long...
‘LGBT’ is over – whether the BBC likes it or not
Sexuality and gender are two completely different things. So credit to Donald Trump for this return to common sense Michael Deacon ,...
As Eye See It
The Two Litmus Tests: Christian Orthodoxy in the Moral Realm of the Culture Wars
By Bruce Atkinson PhD Special to VIRTUEONLINE www.virtueonline.org March 29, 2025 Orthodox Christianity requires holding fast to the...
Lessons from the Decline of Protestant Churches
Carl R. Trueman FIRST THINGS March 20, 2025 Reports of the financial struggles and decline in membership among large American...
ARE WE EXPECTING TOO MUCH OF THE CHURCH?
The church is not a sugar daddy whose purpose is to meet all our personal, social and vocational needs. (Photo by Pavel...
Reformation and Renewal
Can PB Sean Rowe and his bishops turn the Episcopal Church Around? Is aligning itself with the culture a winning strategy?
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 13, 2024 A lot is being made of culture, realignment and restructuring as churches...
Children’s charity rejects Christmas donation from Archbishop Justin Welby
The Children’s Society said it is committed to supporting survivors of abuse and accepting the donation would not be consistent with its...
Theology, History and Science
A Living Faith Justifies
Dr. Alice C. Linsley https://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/ March 15, 2025 What is the difference between a living faith and a dead faith?...
Why We Should Not Impose Ashes
By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org March 8, 2025 ASH WEDNESDAY is very strange for Anglicans. First, the passage from Matthew...
English Bibles, Refuted Clericalism, and Reformation Anglicanism
By Sarah Carter JUICY ECUMENISM February 18, 2025 Misrepresented for being born chiefly out of King Henry VIII’s divorce, Anglican...
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