The Rt. Rev. Foley Beach, who currently oversees ACNA’s Diocese of the South, was elected June 21 to succeed Archbishop Robert Duncan, the former Episcopal bishop of Pittsburgh who has served as ACNA’s founding archbishop. Beach was elected archbishop after a three-day conclave at St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pa., east of Pittsburgh. He will serve... Continue Reading

“From a personal perspective, yes, you are correct – I do not ordain women to the priesthood. But I came into the ACNA knowing that other dioceses do ordain women. But now I am in a new position; I am the Archbishop of all the clergy in the church – including the women clergy. I... Continue Reading

“We’ve had a great conservative resurgence in the SBC. We are in the midst of a Great Commission resurgence in the SBC. In order for the Great Commission resurgence to be elevated to the proper priority, we need a great spiritual movement and a mighty spiritual awakening, which this nation has not seen in a... Continue Reading

It is the liberal churches, those which embrace abortion and homosexual practice and which compromise biblical truth and biblical standards, which have experienced the steepest decline in membership. In all likelihood, they also have far lower commitment levels from their people…. Let’s not believe the lie that the way to win the world is by... Continue Reading

Since congregational singing is so very important, we should have the goal of teaching our church families songs that have rich biblical texts sung to good tunes. What we teach them should not be time-bound. We should build together with them a body of songs that express the Gospel in its fullness, songs that they... Continue Reading

Last week NBC news reported that the “top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church in America” voted to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian in their church constitution. The news report, which was quickly corrected, was confusing the Presbyterian Church of the USA—whose general assembly was meeting in Detroit, Michigan—for the Presbyterian Church in America—whose general assembly was meeting in Houston, Texas.... Continue Reading

Be a constant naysayer. Pastors can usually handle the occasional critic. But the truly painful relationships are with church members who are constantly negative. How do you know you’ve succeeded in this regard? The pastor runs the other way when he sees you.   If you really want to hurt your pastor, then this blogpost is... Continue Reading

“During the first day’s worship, the Rt. Rev. Keith Ackerman, retired Bishop of the Diocese of Quincy, preached as homilist. He and then-Presiding Bishop Leonard Riches exchanged mutual forgiveness and reconciliation between the Diocese of Quincy and the Reformed Episcopal Church. They highlighted the mistreatment and ill-will that occurred between the Episcopal Church and the... Continue Reading

Presbytery of the Siouxlands erred because its Judicial Commission made serious procedural errors that undermined the legitimacy of the Judgments proposed. The disposition to be made of this Complaint is that the Presbytery of Siouxlands is instructed to undertake a new trial of TE Lawrence according to the instructions that follow.   The Standing Judicial... Continue Reading

“I made an exception to a rule that I assumed, probably wrongly, the president has the right to make if he feels that it is that important,” Paige Patterson told Southern Baptist delegates on Wednesday (June 11). “He was admitted as a special student in the Ph.D. program.”   BALTIMORE (RNS) The head of Southwestern... Continue Reading