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
News isn’t only about the headlines, but also about the deeper currents that perniciously change your world. Here are two such stories today. Secret Soulmates: 1 in 7 Young Adults in Committed Relationships Still Chat with an AI Romantic Companion https://wheatley.byu.edu/secret-soulmates-ai-romantic-companions-and-real-life-relationships “A surprising number of young adults in real-life
Worship That Brings Christ into Focus: What Robert Webber Can Still Teach Evangelicals about the Meaning and Practice of Christian Worship By Jonathan A. Powers Most of us who wear eyeglasses do not think much about them until they stop helping us see. A prescription that once brought
“For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a variety of leaders in the ELCA and includes prayer prompts, upcoming events and observances, and prayer suggestions from existing denominational worship materials. You
The 4 Most Overlooked Realities of a Healthy Church Turnaround Many pastors say they want a church turnaround when what they really want is for the church to get bigger. Those are different goals. Tropical Storm Bertha threatens Gulf Coast with storm surge, potential flooding U.S. Gulf Cost communities are
Where does a poem come from? The immediate genesis for the following poem, which forms the introduction to my latest book of poems, Sing Me a Song, She Said, literally came from a dream, in which I remember hearing a sublime music like nothing I had heard before. When I
Mizu is a monster. That is the first thing we understand about her in Blue Eye Samurai (Netflix): that she is an onryo, a demon or a monster. Seventeenth-century Japan has recently closed its doors to the West. Europeans are not allowed to enter Japan. Any children produced from their
This article originally appeared in Public Square Magazine. Visit their site HERE. Social media has taught Christians a dangerous half-truth: if you are not using your platform to publicly denounce evil, you are complicit in evil. I understand that instinct. But in many ways the demand for denunciation does more harm than good.
Bearing the Name of Christ by Pastor Omar There are moments in ministry that remind us how desperately the world longs for hope. Living and serving in the Middle East has provided many such moments. They do not always occur in dramatic settings. More often they happen over a shared