Anglican practices and rituals are primarily found in the Book of Common Prayer, the prayer book of Anglicanism, which helps define Anglican beliefs and worship practices on every level. The book is almost as important as the Bible itself to Anglicans. The Book of Common Prayer, which defines the “common”
The Baptist denomination is the largest free church denomination in the world with 43 million members. It is one of the largest Protestant Free Church denominations. More than 75 percent of all Baptists – about 33 million – live in America. There are about 216,000 Baptists in Great Britain, 850,000
The Catholic Church, known as the Roman Catholic Church, has well over one billion members, about one-sixth of the world’s population. It’s the world’s largest Christian denomination. It’s also the largest organized body of any world religion. Catholics are led by the Pope, also known as the Bishop of Rome,
Lutheranism is not a single entity. It is organized in autonomous regional or national churches. Globally, there are some 150 such Lutheran church bodies. Lutheranism is one of the largest Protestant denominations. It is also the oldest Protestant denomination. Lutheranism retains much of the tradition of the ancient and medieval
There are Methodist Churches in nearly every country in the world and global membership numbers about 70 million in 138 countries. The World Methodist Council (WMC), an association of churches in the Methodist tradition, comprises more than 40.5 million Methodists. There are at least 19 Wesleyan Methodist denominations in the
Medievalist Barbara Newman has characterized the Benedictine Abbess Hildegard of Bingen as “a perfect embodiment of the integrated, holistic approach to God and humanity for which our fragmented era longs.”[1] Pope Benedict XVI similarly observed in Hildegard “a wonderful harmony between teaching and daily life” when he declared her a
Scot Isn’t it amazing that Isaiah’s prophecies date back more than 2,700 years and they are so completely applicable today! No wonder the Lord Jesus Christ commanded the Nephites and the Lamanites: 1 And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment
Scot Isn’t it amazing that Isaiah’s prophecies date back more than 2,700 years and they are so completely applicable today! No wonder the Lord Jesus Christ commanded the Nephites and the Lamanites: 1 And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment
A Fountain of Life By Stephen Rankin “The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.” Proverbs 13:14 Across the years, I have benefitted tremendously from people who gave me their time, attention, and perspectives on life. As
On this week’s Sermon Notes Podcast, Senior Pastor Jay Strother and Brian Ball take a closer look at Revelation 5. John sees a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It’s written on both sides and sealed with seven seals, a picture of God’s complete
Church Worship Attendance Is… Up! (For the First Time in Years) A new Hartford Institute report shows median in-person worship attendance increasing from 65 to 70 since just before the pandemic. That five-person gain may sound small, but it represents a 7.7% increase and moves the median congregation above its
An Encounter With Grace What was I doing in Rome? When I landed in the Eternal City on a warm Sunday in May of 2025, I was apprehensive and second guessing myself. I had come for the Exorcism and Deliverance class sponsored by the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum (APRA). While
The twentieth-century debates over the natural desire for the supernatural largely begin with the common conviction that the human person, in some sense, desires God. Yet under contemporary conditions, the Augustinian “restless” heart has slowed, not because it has found its true contentment, but out of indifference, and modern culture