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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.
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David W. Virtue
First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Faces Safeguarding Criticism. Bishop Sarah Mullally's Historic Appointment Draws Petition Opposing Consecration
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org January 2, 2026 The appointment of London Bishop Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury—making her the first woman to lead the worldwide Anglican Communion—ranked among the top religion news stories of 2025. However, her upcoming consecration is facing opposition over allegations of safeguarding failures during her tenure as Bishop of London. Petition Calls for Consecration to be Halted A petition on Change.org , i
2025: A Year to Forget//Is GAFCON and GSFA the future of the Anglican Communion? //TEC Faces Decline and Canon Application Failures//
CofE Faces Evangelical Failures and Backlash to Woman Archbishop Appointment//ACNA leadership failures//Continuing Church Mergers By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 30, 2025 Dear Brothers and Sisters, 2025 was not a year to remember or repeat. The steady drumbeat of “reset” and “realignment” continued with a fractured communion. The West and North moved further away from the gospel, even as the Global South embraced the faith with greater intensity.
JAFC BISHOPS FORM NEW ANGLICAN DENOMINATION. The Anglican Reformed Catholic Church will be led by Bishop Derek Jones
SPECIAL REPORT By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 25, 2025 Anglican chaplains from the Joint Armed Forces Chaplaincy (JAFC) who were ousted from the Anglican Church in North America have formed a new Anglican denomination—the Anglican Reformed Catholic Church (ARCC)—dedicated to "preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." The JAFC Bishops, in consultation with the Executive Committee and Futures Planning Group (comprised of staff and ministers at
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First Woman Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Faces Safeguarding Criticism. Bishop Sarah Mullally's Historic Appointment Draws Petition Opposing Consecration
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org January 2, 2026 The appointment of London Bishop Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury—making her the first woman to lead the worldwide Anglican Communion—ranked among the top religion news stories of 2025. However, her upcoming consecration is facing opposition over allegations of safeguarding failures during her tenure as Bishop of London. Petition Calls for Consecration to be Halted A petition on Change.org , i
JAFC BISHOPS FORM NEW ANGLICAN DENOMINATION. The Anglican Reformed Catholic Church will be led by Bishop Derek Jones
SPECIAL REPORT By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 25, 2025 Anglican chaplains from the Joint Armed Forces Chaplaincy (JAFC) who were ousted from the Anglican Church in North America have formed a new Anglican denomination—the Anglican Reformed Catholic Church (ARCC)—dedicated to "preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." The JAFC Bishops, in consultation with the Executive Committee and Futures Planning Group (comprised of staff and ministers at
"Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave..."ACNA Faces Escalating Legal Challenges as JAFC Lawsuit Exceeds $10 Million
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 24, 2025 Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy ( JAFC) filed an amended complaint against the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) in Federal Court on December 22, adding new counts alleging conspiracy, theft of proprietary information, and theft of personnel records. Link here: file:///C:/Users/david/Downloads/ECF%2035%20-%20Verified%20Amended%20Complaint%20for%20Permanent%20Injunctive%20Relief%20and%20Damag
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He suspended the archbishop, but faced his own probes — financial ones
Julian Dobbs, interim leader of the Anglican Church in North America, denied claims and said he was cleared of alleged financial wrongdoing. EXCLUSIVE By Ian Shapira THE WASHINGTON POST December 30, 2025 The interim leader of the Anglican Church in North America — who suspended the denomination’s archbishop over allegations of sexual misconduct — was himself previously investigated over two separate allegations of financial impropriety, according to a federal lawsuit an
UK Christian Website Frozen by GoDaddy Finds New Global Audience After Moving Host Overseas
PRESS RELEASE Issued by Anglican Mainstream 23 December 2025 A UK Christian website that was abruptly “frozen” earlier this year for its traditional views on marriage is experiencing unprecedented global growth after relocating to an overseas web host - including more than 2,000 visits a month from China. For more than 22 years, Anglican Mainstream, a registered charity, has published daily news and weekly briefings on church and social issues at www.anglicanmainstream.o
When Repentance Sounds Like Risk Management: A Call for a Covenant of Courage from the ACNA Bishops
BY Fr Randall Graf Dec 08, 2025 (Source Material: Report from the College of Bishops Meeting in Plano, TX) The decision of the College of Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America to meet in early December was necessary, and their stated commitment to prayer and self-reflection in the midst of crisis is a welcome signal of seriousness. Our Province needed to hear from its shepherds. Yet, as a priest, I am compelled to speak. My motivation is the apostolic command that
Church of England
The time bombs in the new Archbishop of Canterbury's in-tray for 2026
BBC December 25, 2025 The church of Holy Trinity is a solid red-brick presence at the top of Guildford's medieval High Street. There has been a place of worship on the site since at least the 14th Century, and today's Georgian building includes the tomb of an archbishop of Canterbury from the reign of the Stuarts. The pre-Christmas scene here could not be more traditional - children from the local Church of England school putting on a Nativity show of song, dance and drama.
Archbishop-elect Sarah Mullally Must Resign for Safeguarding Failures
December 15, 2025 A petition on Change.org argues that Sarah Mullally should resign for safeguarding failures. It has been posted by the Rev. Fr. Paul Williamson. Williamson argues that as Bishop of London, she kept a file of false sexual allegations about the Rev. Alan Griffin for two years, which later resulted in his taking his own life. Coroner Mary Hassell confirmed this, and Mullally did not investigate to discover the truth of these allegations. She then broke the law
The quiet revival passes the Church of England by
by John Sandeman Thedothercheek.com November 5, 2025 New attendance stats released by the Church of England are in marked contrast to the Bible Society’s report of a quiet revival in the UK. The Bible Society “Quiet Revival” report claimed that “Church attendance has risen by 50 per cent over the last six years,” according to stats from a You Gov survey in England and Wales conducted for the Bible Society. “In 2018, just 4 per cent of 18–24-year-olds said that they att
Viewpoints by David Virtue
2025: A Year to Forget//Is GAFCON and GSFA the future of the Anglican Communion? //TEC Faces Decline and Canon Application Failures//
CofE Faces Evangelical Failures and Backlash to Woman Archbishop Appointment//ACNA leadership failures//Continuing Church Mergers By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 30, 2025 Dear Brothers and Sisters, 2025 was not a year to remember or repeat. The steady drumbeat of “reset” and “realignment” continued with a fractured communion. The West and North moved further away from the gospel, even as the Global South embraced the faith with greater intensity.
ACNA Archbishop to Face Trial on Three Charges//TEC has Plateaued//New ABC Embroiled in Safeguarding Issue//Scottish Woman Bishop Accused of Bullying Again//ACNA Faces Criticism over Leadership//
TAS gets $10 Million & VTS Gets $5 million from Lilly//ACNA Dean Resigns//DOMA Bishop Faces Inquiry//Pannenberg: NO to Gay Marriage QUOTES OF THE DAY The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. --- John R.W. Stott Half of Episcopal churches have an Average Sunday Attendance under 50. On the
Biblical Illiteracy Rampant in US // ACNA in Free Fall // TEC Faces Title IV Reform // JAFC Wins Legal Round Against ACNA // Persecution of Christians in Nigeria //
Welsh Lesbian Archbishop Calls for Unity // TEC AWA Figures Show Decline in Church Attendance Dear Brothers and Sisters, www.virtueonline.org November 14, 2025 BIBLICAL illiteracy is growing in America. In 2022, a comprehensive survey found that 26 percent of evangelicals think the Bible is more made-up than historical (up 9 percent since 2016); 56 percent think God accepts the worship of every religion (up 8 percent since 2016); and from 2020 to 2022, 13 percent more ev
Culture Wars
8 Global Trends That Will Transform the Future Church
By Joseph Mattera THE STREAM November 22, 2025 As we cross the threshold of a rapidly shifting global landscape, the Church must prepare itself for tectonic changes that will redefine its mission, methods, and missiology. We are living in a kairos moment—a window of divine opportunity—where crises and breakthroughs collide, giving birth to movements that will reshape how the body of Christ engages culture, makes disciples, and stewards the kingdom. The following are ei
Evangelicals consider AI’s role in the Great Commission
By Obianuju Mbah Christian Today Nov. 11, 2025 The Lausanne Movement is weighing in on how artificial intelligence might shape the future of Christian mission. Under its new research division, LIGHT, the movement is examining both the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities presented by the rapid rise of AI in the Church and everyday life — from communication and learning, to ministry, theology and pastoral care. “AI is neither savior nor threat in itself,” said
‘Roe v. Wade’ Eroded the Church’s Historic Pro-Life Consensus
Abortion and America's Churches: A Religious History of "Roe v. Wade" (Faith, Governance, and Civil Society in American History) By Daniel K. Williams (Author) 384 pages $33.54 BOOK REVIEW By Gillis J. Harp Christianity Today October 9, 2025 It was already unraveling by 1973. Repairing it today won’t be easy. After the Supreme Court’s polarizing Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the liberal Protestant organ, The Christian Century, sometimes expressed deep ethical concerns
As Eye See It
Why Broken Men Become Dangerous When Biblical Christianity Disappears. Part of the Remnant Church series
The Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore www.virtueonline.org Jan 1, 2026 Some men are not born monsters. They become dangerous because no one ever taught them how to bear their wounds. The modern world produces these men in increasing numbers — fatherless, rootless, angry, lonely, and hungry for purpose. They are not villains in the beginning. They are boys who were never discipled, men who were never pastored, souls who were never told that their worth does not hang upon their own greatne
Should we Support Gay Marriage? NO
By Wolfhart Pannenberg Good News Magazine Can love ever be sinful? The entire tradition of Christian doctrine teaches that there is such a thing as inverted, perverted love. Human beings are created for love, as creatures of the God who is Love. And yet that divine appointment is corrupted whenever people turn away from God or love other things more than God. Jesus said, "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me..." (Matt. 10:37, NRSV). Love for God
Christian Zionism Came Long Before Dispensationalism
By Gerald R. McDermott https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/ December 8, 2025 It would be perverse to charge all fulfillment theology with antisemitism. Many reject Christian Zionism for the plausible (but unfounded) reasons described in Mattson’s piece, and many are clearly philo-Semitic. But it might not be a bad idea for some of them to ask what W. D. Davies and other theologians started asking in the 1970s: “How did Christian Europe come to hate Jews?” I will never forg
Devotionals
PARADISE LOST
by David G. Duggan © www.virtueonline.org December 28, 2025 In my 35 plus years of being a landlord I’ve never had to evict someone–until now. After more than a year of non-payment, and eight months of legal proceedings, the sheriff finally escorted this tenant, and her young child from the apartment they had shared for three years. Welcome to C[r]ook County, IL. Undeterred and defiant, this tenant somehow made her way back to the apartment, dismantling a lock and ripping off
Stand Fast in Freedom: Galatians 5:1 and the Modern Yokes of Bondage
By the Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore www.virtueonline.org August 20, 2025 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us...
Sola Gratia: The Unmerited Favor That Rescued the World
Grace is not a suggestion, a boost, or a cooperative handshake—it is the sovereign act of God upon undeserving sinners. The Rev. Dr....
Theology, History and Science
Stop Lying to Ourselves
By Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Moore www.virtueonline.org January 2, 2026 There is a moment in every collapsing order when the problem is no longer policy, leadership, or even ideology. The problem becomes something far more basic and far more dangerous: self-deception . We have reached that moment. The crisis of our age is not merely that nations act unjustly, but that they insist on describing those actions as virtue. We no longer argue about whether something is right or wrong; we
The Door That Is a Person (Part II)
The Fathers and the Faith: How the Early Church Interpreted John 14:6 The Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore Dec 17 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” — John 14:6 (NKJV) The words of Christ in John 14:6 form the heartbeat of Christian theology, but they are also the foundation of Christian spirituality. The early Fathers did not read this verse as a philosophical axiom to be dissected—they received it as revelation,
Revival Outside the Walls
The Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore Dec 08, 2025 It is tempting to believe that the decline of the Church means the decline of Christianity. That is the mistake the Church of England’s recent statistics make—and the same illusion many American denominations are beginning to share. A reduction in attendance is not always evidence of a waning faith; sometimes, it signals that the Spirit has moved elsewhere. According to the Bible Society’s new report The Quiet Revival, church attenda
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