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
In a recent article discussing John Keble’s defense of patristic exegesis, Ephraim Radner suggests that in our own post-modern age, with its professed love of diversity, its penchant for popularized exoticism, and its interest in religious or “spiritual” experience, early Christian ascetical practices and the Fathers’ non-historical mode of scriptural
In honor of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21), ELCA Racial Justice Ministries invited the Dr. Robin Lauermann, Ph.D. to share some thoughts about the annual board retreat held in Montgomery, AL of the ELCA Association of White Lutherans for Racial Justice and their work to
Mac and Grace Johnson have spent the last three years serving in Vancouver, British Columbia, investing in the students and community at Simon Fraser University. When they arrived, their church had just three students attending due to strict in-person restrictions. Today, they have 30 students regularly attending, 80 engaged in
10 Ways Churches Can Engage with Their Local Communities Churches play a vital role in their communities, offering salvation, guidance, support, and outreach to those in need. However, to remain relevant and effective, churches must actively engage with their local communities in meaningful ways. Church community engagement goes beyond Sunday
The Contemporary Metaphysics of Power and Sex Are women rational and free persons? Catholicism’s answer should be easy to discern, surely, given that Christianity was uniquely supportive of the equal human dignity of women in the ancient world. Yet many loud voices are claiming that the Catholic faith teaches that
In his dialectical reconstruction of Christianity, G.W.F. Hegel not only distorts theological events into philosophical moments through which the Spirit (Geist) comes to self-consciousness, but in doing so, he contracts each “stage” in such a way that each appropriates the role of the one that follows. The series begins with
The following first appeared in Public Square Magazine. As a psychologist and psychotherapist who specializes in the relationship between psychology and faith, I regularly work with religious people who struggle with feelings of unworthiness and guilt. Some of them have developed symptoms of OCD/Scrupulosity because their thoughts and feelings convince